By Kayla Hoang
In the political climate we live in today, there is plenty of debate towards the appropriate time and place to discuss your political opinions with other people. Barons, both teachers and students, reveal their thoughts toward whether teachers should express their viewpoints to their students.
“No, because [teachers] should be giving out facts and information and they should let the students decide what they want to believe. They shouldn’t influence what they believe in,” said junior Taylor Le. 
“I think that some teachers should not influence students on believing in something one way or the other politically. I do think teachers should talk about political events, if there’s something big going on. If there’s something evil or immoral happening that they think is wrong, that they think that students should know about and want to talk to them about it to have them be aware of that. But teachers should not use their authority position to influence their students,” said teacher David Theriault. 
“I don’t think that teachers should express their political opinions to their students. I think its important that as teachers, we let students explore the issue and we can help them to understand the issue, but we shouldn’t necessarily sway them from one direction or another, but let them be critical thinkers, active citizens and have them be more aware of their world and their communities. I think that we should help students look for all the information out there in order to have them make their own decisions about their community,” said teacher Jim Diecidue. 
“I dont think that they should express their political opinions because I feel like one’s opinion should be based on how you grew up and shouldn’t have been influenced by anyone else,” said senior Russell Pham. 
“No, because we’re here to learn about subjects like math and science. If we’re taking a political class, then yeah, but we’re not. So, it’s like, brainwashing, to force your opinions on students who don’t know any better,” said junior Anne Johnson. 
“I disagree that teachers should express their political opinions to their students because a lot of the time the teachers are authority figures and we can actually swing the student’s opinions a lot just because of what we say. I think that we shouldn’t do anything to swing the students’ opinions in anyway, and that they should develop their own opinions based on what information they have,” said teacher Jake Lee.
