FILE – This April 2007 photograph, released by the Tennessee Valley Authority, shows the cooling tower of the single operating reactor at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring City, Tenn. It’s a political role reversal: Republicans are blasting a plan by President Barack Obama to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority, a New Deal-era […]
FILE – This April 2007 photograph, released by the Tennessee Valley Authority, shows the cooling tower of the single operating reactor at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring City, Tenn. It’s a political role reversal: Republicans are blasting a plan by President Barack Obama to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority, a New Deal-era […]
Frederick Reese In Mower County, Minn., last week, a mother fought for the right to do what she felt was best for her child. Lindsey Nagel, 22, contested a case before the Mower County District Court to determine if her 4-month-old son is to be remanded to county authorities in order to administer a recommended medication […]
Frederick Reese In Mower County, Minn., last week, a mother fought for the right to do what she felt was best for her child. Lindsey Nagel, 22, contested a case before the Mower County District Court to determine if her 4-month-old son is to be remanded to county authorities in order to administer a recommended medication […]
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. pauses during a press briefing at a hotel in Jerusalem, in this Jan. 7, 2013 file photo. Paul is endorsing a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants in a speech to be delivered Tuesday morning March 19, 2013 to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a […]
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. pauses during a press briefing at a hotel in Jerusalem, in this Jan. 7, 2013 file photo. Paul is endorsing a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants in a speech to be delivered Tuesday morning March 19, 2013 to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a […]
In this Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 file photo, handguns appear on display at the table of David Petronis of Mechanicville, N.Y., standing with rifle, who owns a gun store, during the heavily attended annual New York State Arms Collectors Association Albany Gun Show at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center, in Albany, N.Y. Key measures […]
In this Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 file photo, handguns appear on display at the table of David Petronis of Mechanicville, N.Y., standing with rifle, who owns a gun store, during the heavily attended annual New York State Arms Collectors Association Albany Gun Show at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center, in Albany, N.Y. Key measures […]
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., seated right, meets in his office with families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., on the day he announced that they have reached reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Seated […]
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., seated right, meets in his office with families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., on the day he announced that they have reached reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Seated […]
A New York English teacher is facing disciplinary action after assigning students a propaganda essay to argue Jews were responsible for Nazi Germany.
The Albany High School teacher, who has not been named, asked student to assume they had to convince a Nazi official of their loyalty.
“You need to pretend that I am a member of the government in Nazi Germany, and you are being challenged to consider that you are loyal to the Nazis by writing an essay convincing me that Jews are evil and the source of our problems,” the assignment instructions said.
“Please remember — your life [here in Nazi Germany in the 1930s] may depend on it,” it continued. “You do not have a choice in your position… use solid rationale from government propaganda to convince me of your loyalty to the Third Reich.”
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A third of the students in the three English classes refused to do the assignment, which the teacher said was meant to flex students’ “persuasive writing” skills.
Superintendent of the City School District of Albany Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard called the assignment “completely unacceptable,” although she said she believed the teacher did not have any ill intent when assigning the essay.
“It displayed a level of insensitivity that we absolutely will not tolerate in our school community,” Wyngaard said, “I am deeply apologetic to all of our students, all of our families and the entire community.”
Discipline for the teacher could range anywhere from a letter of counsel, to a letter of reprimand, to termination.
A New York English teacher is facing disciplinary action after assigning students a propaganda essay to argue Jews were responsible for Nazi Germany.
The Albany High School teacher, who has not been named, asked student to assume they had to convince a Nazi official of their loyalty.
“You need to pretend that I am a member of the government in Nazi Germany, and you are being challenged to consider that you are loyal to the Nazis by writing an essay convincing me that Jews are evil and the source of our problems,” the assignment instructions said.
“Please remember — your life [here in Nazi Germany in the 1930s] may depend on it,” it continued. “You do not have a choice in your position… use solid rationale from government propaganda to convince me of your loyalty to the Third Reich.”
More from GlobalPost: Undercover with the neo-Nazis
A third of the students in the three English classes refused to do the assignment, which the teacher said was meant to flex students’ “persuasive writing” skills.
Superintendent of the City School District of Albany Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard called the assignment “completely unacceptable,” although she said she believed the teacher did not have any ill intent when assigning the essay.
“It displayed a level of insensitivity that we absolutely will not tolerate in our school community,” Wyngaard said, “I am deeply apologetic to all of our students, all of our families and the entire community.”
Discipline for the teacher could range anywhere from a letter of counsel, to a letter of reprimand, to termination.
Martin Michaels Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has struck down “Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces” a proposed ordinance that would have required companies to offer 180,000 low-wage employees paid sick leave. The bill failed narrowly but would be a welcome change for workers across the city who go to work when they are sick, afraid of losing […]
Martin Michaels Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has struck down “Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces” a proposed ordinance that would have required companies to offer 180,000 low-wage employees paid sick leave. The bill failed narrowly but would be a welcome change for workers across the city who go to work when they are sick, afraid of losing […]
