What I'm saying is that many teachers cannot tell the difference between responsible journalism, lazy journalism, and spin, and many perpetuate the latter two, I'd bet. I'm not saying or even remotely implying that YOU can't do it.

Reporting on the politics of history is different than rewriting it, like many do. Sorry, call me jaded, but I live in an area surrounded by conservatives, so my view may be skewed, but there are many pockets with this mentality, so maybe not. Meetings where I work make me feel like I'm from another planet, and have given me a very bad taste for topics like this where the idea is that things are supposed to be "thorough, fair, and balanced." Here, they are definitely not. On the other hand, it's been a very long time since I've been in a high school classroom, and I don't know how it is here these days.

And sex education was a complete joke when I was in school. But since I'm tuned in to these issues because of my involvement with the lgbt community, I'm sure that in many places, it's no better now than it was then.