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But then there are classrooms like mine in Texas where my kids learned the cause of the "superstorm" was cooler Pacific/warmer Atlantic/natural cycle/nothing to do with human causes motif. Even at that I find that one of my greatest challenges is trying to get through the previous brainwashing my students have experienced before they get to me. I call it "uni-thought" and the effectivness of it has just been demonstrated at the nation's polls.
Social justice activist teachers see natural disasters like the recent Hurricane Sandy as opportunities to bring their political agendas into the classroom.
And they rarely miss an opportunity.
Writing for the far-left Zinn Education Project (named for the late communist professor Howard Zinn), Portland, Oregon high school teacher Tim Swinehart opined:
“Hurricane Sandy, and the superstorms that will follow, are not just acts of nature—they are products of a massive theft of the atmospheric commons shared by all life on the planet. Every dollar of profit made by fossil fuel companies relies on polluting our shared atmosphere...
Your inability to pay attention or ecercise critical thinking skills is no one's fault but your own.