Ummm, do you remember going to school? I remember watching documentaries on Nixon, Kennedy, George Washington, Jefferson, and many more. Some were a bit controversial for the time as well.

Considering that she followed district regulations and was using it in a lesson about PROPAGANDA and politics ... I find it fitting.

Frankly, if we are talking about a teacher getting in trouble for showing politics in the classroom, then any teacher who ever showed news-any news-in the classroom should be treated the same, considering how biased the media is. Almost all of the news programs are propaganda for the Bush Administration. Also, since it was a public school, the government funds it, and there is no such thing as a government w/out politics, so there will be politics in school. As long as the views aren't forced upon the students (i.e., see things my way or your grades will suffer) there shouldn't be a problem. Religion and state, on the other hand, are supposed to be separated. We could always go into how God should be removed from the virtually mandatory Pledge of Allegiance. But only if you want.

I know Judy Baker and she is the smartest teacher that I have ever been taught by in my entire public school education. Her lesson was on detecting the biases of propaganda like Fahrenheit 9/11. I think before you write something like this that you do a little more research than copying things from the internet. I would hope that she would not keep politics out of that class seeing as it was a Government class. Ms. Baker is not a typical public school teacher that has a cursory knowledge about what they are teaching and completely unqualified to teach. She teaches objectively and efficiently. I have learned more in her class than all of my English classes before her combined.

I hope that you would be more informed before writing (or more correctly commenting) on any situations in the future, or you will lose any credibility you might have.

Justin Reed
2007 Student of Judy Baker