Howard Zinn
People say some things should go left unsaid when it comes to political or religious views, however, Howard Zinn take his political opinions to an extreme in his textbook.
If Howard Zinn was to be placed in a room with conservative Republicans, nothing good would come from it. Howard Zinn has extremely liberal views, and these views could get a class of high school students stirring and arguing against each other easily based on their own political opinions. I find that in learning about the history of the United States, Howard Zinn’s textbook is too biased for a student to fully understand what they are actually learning, which is history. When it comes to the subject, Howard Zinn’s personal opinion should be irrelevant to what the teacher is trying to teach and what the students are trying to learn. Howard Zinn’s textbook is too biased to be used in a high school class room. Howard Zinn has created a textbook that could spark controversy with almost anyone. When taking a class of the history of the United States, and learning how the government has been set up over the years, it is very important to receive an unbiased fact based opinion always. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and technically no one can have the wrong opinion, but someone else’s opinions should never be forced upon anyone, and in Howard Zinn’s textbook, he inputs his own opinion into many of the subjects where it is unnecessary. High school students are very impressionable, and when a book like this is imposed upon them, they may not have a chance to develop their own thoughts on the subjects. As a student, people are still deciding and changing their beliefs every day. Students have yet to decide whether they will fall to the left or the right wing in their political views. It is important for students to hear other people’s opinions and know the facts, but by writing a textbook, Howard Zinn became a teacher, and a teacher is supposed to deliver a factual,
If Howard Zinn was to be placed in a room with conservative Republicans, nothing good would come from it. Howard Zinn has extremely liberal views, and these views could get a class of high school students stirring and arguing against each other easily based on their own political opinions. I find that in learning about the history of the United States, Howard Zinn’s textbook is too biased for a student to fully understand what they are actually learning, which is history. When it comes to the subject, Howard Zinn’s personal opinion should be irrelevant to what the teacher is trying to teach and what the students are trying to learn. Howard Zinn’s textbook is too biased to be used in a high school class room. Howard Zinn has created a textbook that could spark controversy with almost anyone. When taking a class of the history of the United States, and learning how the government has been set up over the years, it is very important to receive an unbiased fact based opinion always. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and technically no one can have the wrong opinion, but someone else’s opinions should never be forced upon anyone, and in Howard Zinn’s textbook, he inputs his own opinion into many of the subjects where it is unnecessary. High school students are very impressionable, and when a book like this is imposed upon them, they may not have a chance to develop their own thoughts on the subjects. As a student, people are still deciding and changing their beliefs every day. Students have yet to decide whether they will fall to the left or the right wing in their political views. It is important for students to hear other people’s opinions and know the facts, but by writing a textbook, Howard Zinn became a teacher, and a teacher is supposed to deliver a factual,