Politics must be banished from the classroom. If it does creep or barge in, we must preserve a serene neutrality, even though we might feel that Brexit is rubbish, that UKIP is bunkum, that rampant narcissism, vicious bigotry and the tyranny of the inarticulate are in the ascendant – and the wretched of the earth must continue to suffer. No matter. We must not get on a soapbox with our righteous rants. Anyway, sections 406 and 407 of the 1996 Education Act prohibit this.
Mind you, teachers flatter themselves about the hold they have over the infant mind. I don’t think I’ve ever really influenced any pupil to actually change his/her mind, unless it’s to enthusiastically embrace the contrary opinion.
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