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Anonymous Parent
The Daily Sceptic
Left-wing bias in education. It has been following my son through every school he has attended and has once again raised its ugly head at his current college in Bedfordshire. My son is currently studying three A-level subjects there, having joined in September last year. One of those subjects is A-level law – evidence-based, focusing on factual information without fear, favour or prejudice, right? Not quite, it seems.
Although he has been at the college for less than a year, he (and we as parents) have noticed extreme left-wing agendas and beliefs being pushed onto the students. Many, if not most, of the students either swallow it unthinkingly – hook, line and sinker – or go along with it, simply going through the motions to (as they may hope) move on to other topics. For better or for worse (you decide), our son is in neither of those camps; instead, he highlights inconsistencies and failures in the belief systems being pushed, generally getting himself into a regular pickle because of it.
In so far, M’lud, I would like to present exhibit (a) below as evidence:
For clarity, I’ve included the text from the task below:
Ahmed was sitting in his house when a brick, thrown by Bryan, crashed through his window. Ahmed feared that he was about to be attacked by Bryan’s gang which was noted for racist attacks. In a panic, Ahmed rushed out of his house and jumped into his van. He raced to the police station.
Ignoring liability for any property offences, discuss the criminal liability of Bryan for the incident with a brick.
Why should the property offence be ignored? What evidence do they have – apart from hearsay – that Bryan has a record of racist attacks? If Bryan attacked multiple houses regardless of who lived in them, then surely that would point to the fact that it was not a racist attack but a local troublemaker instead? No evidence is provided – no verbal abuse, written messages left behind, or any other act indicating a racist motive. However, students are directed to focus on the one part of the case with no evidence – law applied through prejudices, biases and emotions.
It is troubling to see this happening, and it is not the first time on this course that white males have been portrayed as the criminals. Another fictional case that my son’s law class was provided with centred on a transgender (male) person going into a workplace in a dress and being assaulted. But rather than focus on the physical assault, the attention was shifted onto it being a gender-based assault by a white, heterosexual man. Once again, no background was given, with students led to base their legal conclusions on taught prejudices, assumptions and emotions. During this exercise, the text referred to the transgender man as “she” and “her”. My son mentioned that the pronouns should have been “he” and “him” and once again was reported to the college’s safeguarding team and received a dressing down from the college’s lesbian (so she claimed to our son) deputy head.
Note that I said “once again”, as this is now the second time our son has been reported. The first time, back in October, was during a discussion of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Our son, perhaps unwisely in these dangerous times, mentioned that he supported Israel in the conflict. He was quickly rounded on by other students in his class and called a Nazi. I myself received a call from the college’s safeguarding team, where a member of staff said they were concerned by his pro-Nazi views in supporting Israel and that he had also mentioned supporting the Reform Party in class.
Let’s reiterate what he was accused of:
- He supported the rights of Israel (and therefore the Jewish people) in the recent conflict
- He felt his values and beliefs align with the Reform Party, a legitimate and legal political party in the UK at the time of writing
- Both of these facts somehow put him on par with the Nazi party in 1930s/40s Germany
So the Nazis were big supporters of the Jews, right? And naturally Nazis working with Jews equals Reform? Remember, this was a supposed adult member of staff at an A-level college telling me this over the phone.
I am pleased to say that I was unable to withhold my disbelief and anger during the call. It was absolutely pathetic and highlights an education policy based on extreme left-wing ideology. We were told that they want to make sure they are an inclusive place, but it seems only for those who hold the same beliefs and opinions as them.
This article was originally published by the Daily Sceptic.
