Student Anguish

Yesterday I blogged about Republican legislators who don’t want North Carolina schools to teach “concepts” that cause students to “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress.”

I asked whether teaching the history of slavery and racism might cause “discomfort.”

Several readers responded.

One wrote, “How about physics and calculus?  I recall significant anguish.”

Another asked, “Does this apply to calculus and trig?  Unless things have changed, those courses cause plenty of discomfort and psychological distress.”

Presumably, Republicans will ban any further indoctrination in these disturbing concepts.

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Yesterday I blogged about Republican legislators who don’t want North Carolina schools to teach “concepts” that cause students to “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress.”

I asked whether teaching the history of slavery and racism might cause “discomfort.”

Several readers responded.

One wrote, “How about physics and calculus?  I recall significant anguish.”

Another asked, “Does this apply to calculus and trig?  Unless things have changed, those courses cause plenty of discomfort and psychological distress.”

Presumably, Republicans will ban any further indoctrination in these disturbing concepts.

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