Ask Dr. Helen: How Can I Keep My Students From Becoming Little Marxists?
–The Fountainhead is not too advanced for Middle Schoolers and its themes of integrity and independence help students stand apart from the crowd.
Yeah, and that whole opening rape scene is really appropriate for 6th grade boys and girls.
please, no Rand. She was formative to me, too, but that’s really just telling you how deeply broken I was. If you want to teach about anti-statism, use Friedman.
Comments about Heinlein show how old we are. Tunnel in the Sky was cute and fun, but it would be so dated nowadays–kids marrooned for a few months create a society and end up MARRIED? It’s like Mote in God’s Eye, where the humans stay virgins until marriage unlike those frisky aliens…
and asking people to cite sources will not create critical thinkers. People driven by emotions can’t be made into critical thinkers just by pushing them to think. As you as you remove the pressure, they will go back to thinking emotionally. you must inoculate them against their emotions first.
