So my brother (taller boy in the back) is protesting his high school’s decision to “promote patriotism and the free-market system and downplay civil disorder in the curriculum [of AP history classes].” (x) In the video, the reporter only focuses on the schools participating in the protest (it covers the largest district in the state of Colorado) and that the superintendent wants students to come to him with their questions instead of protesting during class. She goes on to discuss, more than once, that “most” of the teenagers protesting don’t know what they’re protesting. My sister (not pictured) is also part of the protest movement, and was interviewed by the reporter. She stated quite clearly their position on the matter, but the interview wasn’t aired. This is so toxic in the fact that this reporter was blatantly under-representing the knowledge that these students had on the matter and invalidating their opinions on their own education.
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