A government schoolteacher in Maine asked students to confess their “unconscious biases” and gave a homework assignment asking them to write a “Declaration of Independence” from “something problematic” in their lives such as ... “parents” or “authority” more broadly. Critics lambasted the exercise as part of a far left and “woke” indoctrination scheme.
The scandalous exercise, assigned by high-school “social studies” teacher Sara Hampton in Maine’s Gorham school district, asked students to declare their independence from things in life that may be stressing them out. “Possible ideas” suggested by Hampton included parents, government, racism, sexism, homophobia, inequality, “any form of control/authority,” and more.
“Now is your chance to officially declare yourself independent from something... anything!” read the assignment description. “Think of something that is problematic for you in your life. Free yourself from whatever is causing you stress, making you unhappy, something with which you struggle, or is difficult for you to deal with.”
The only institution students are not allowed to declare independence from, the assignment continues, is school. The reason why is simple: The danger ...
