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* '''Played For Horror''': Ms. Smith is a Neo-Nazi; her goal is to establish the Fourth Reich in the United States.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Until the history class gets to TheSixties, and her passion for that era [[NewAgeRetroHippie comes out in her lesson.]]

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Until the history class gets to TheSixties, and her passion for that era [[NewAgeRetroHippie comes out in her lesson.]] ]]
** Ms. Smith turns into a horrible strawman when pretending to be a committed leftist, allowing her to promote conservative beliefs.



* '''Implied''': Children come home from Ms. Smith's class chanting far-left views, much to their parents' consternation.



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* '''Exploited''': ???Someone with a grudge against Ms. Smith for unrelated reasons makes her classroom behavior public, sparking a controversy among parents and administration that ultimately results in her firing.

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* '''Subverted''': Ms. Smith dresses and seems like a HippieTeacher, but it [[BourgeoisBohemian otherwise doesn't affect her teaching]].

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Ms. Smith dresses and seems like a HippieTeacher, but it [[BourgeoisBohemian otherwise doesn't affect her teaching]].teaching]].
** The first day of class, Ms. Smith is seen ardently pushing her political opinions. The next day, she's ardently pushing... the exact ''opposite'' opinions. It turns out this is her strategy for fostering debate in the classroom; ultimately, no one's sure what her actual stance is.


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** Ms. Smith's actual ''teaching'' is shown to suffer from her political agendas. Some of the students in her class disagree with her political preachings, and as a result feel intimidated and attacked and become hostile towards her. Even the students who agree with her feel like she's preaching to the choir, and aren't really learning anything from her lessons.
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* '''Straight''': Ms. Smith's [[CharacterFilibuster history]] [[AuthorFilibuster lesson]] clears up any abiguity as to what part of the political spectrum she's on.

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* '''Straight''': Ms. Smith's [[CharacterFilibuster history]] [[AuthorFilibuster lesson]] clears up any abiguity ambiguity as to what part of the political spectrum she's on.

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* '''Deconstructed''': May be viewed as unfair and biased by parents and students, or lead to brainwashing.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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May be viewed as unfair and biased by parents and students, or lead to brainwashing.



* '''Reconstructed''': Ms. Smith makes no secret or bones about her own political views but is open-minded; she's willing to encourage the students to develop their own views on the issues she discusses rather than expect them to blindly parrot hers.

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Ms. Smith makes no secret or bones about her own political views but is open-minded; she's willing to encourage the students to develop their own views on the issues she discusses rather than expect them to blindly parrot hers.
** Ms. Smith's strong political views revolve around free speech. She lauds any student who speaks their mind about politics, especially when they refute hers.
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** Ms. Smith gets fired because the school board fears the controversy that could ensue from her sharing her political beliefs with her students.
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** The class is specifically about political opinions, and Ms. Smith's not the only one stating her opinions.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Ms. Smith teaches several different history classes. Her political biases are fairly obvious in World History, but she's much more even-handed in American History. Except when it comes to the Sixties and the current administration, where she can't bring herself to be neutral. And her honors History of Economics class is nothing but political rants about her favorite economic philosophy.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Ms. Smith clearly has strong opinions on a subject, but tries not to let them affect her teaching.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A teacher brings his/her political or religious beliefs into the classroom, whether it's appropriate to do so or not.
* '''Played Straight''': Ms. Smith's [[CharacterFilibuster history]] [[AuthorFilibuster lesson]] clears up any abiguity as to what part of the political spectrum she's on.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A teacher brings his/her political or religious beliefs into the classroom, whether it's appropriate to do so or not.
* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': Ms. Smith's [[CharacterFilibuster history]] [[AuthorFilibuster lesson]] clears up any abiguity as to what part of the political spectrum she's on.



* '''Justified''': Ms. Smith is a teacher at an AssimilationAcademy of some sort.

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Ms. Smith is a teacher at an AssimilationAcademy of some sort.



* '''Deconstructed''': May be viewed as unfair and biased by parents and students, or lead to brainwashing.
* '''Reconstructed''': Ms. Smith makes no secret or bones about her own political views but is open-minded; she's willing to encourage the students to develop their own views on the issues she discusses rather than expect them to blindly parrot hers.



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* '''Averted''':
** Ms. Smith does not bring politics into the classroom.
** Ms. Smith teaches about what her side believes and what the other side believes, and lets the students think for themselves with no repercussions.
* '''Enforced''': "Let's make some commentary on how schools influence politics, or how parents' politics influence schools!"



* '''Averted''': Ms. Smith does not bring politics into the classroom.
** Ms. Smith teaches about what her side believes and what the other side believes, and lets the students think for themselves with no repercussions.
* '''Enforced''': "Let's make some commentary on how schools influence politics, or how parents' politics influence schools!"



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* '''Deconstructed''': May be viewed as unfair and biased by parents and students, or lead to brainwashing.
* '''Reconstructed''': Ms. Smith makes no secret or bones about her own political views but is open-minded; she's willing to encourage the students to develop their own views on the issues she discusses rather than expect them to blindly parrot hers.


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* '''Invoked''': The P.T.A. in a very conservative community wants books, lessons, and teachers that will better help their kids learn [[IncrediblyLamePun right]].

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* '''Invoked''': The P.T.A. in a very conservative community [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny Democratic Socialist Republic]] wants books, lessons, and teachers that will better help their kids learn [[IncrediblyLamePun right]].properly.
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* '''Inverted''': The students of Ms. Smith all have strong political opinions. She insists that they keep their debates out of the classroom.

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* '''Inverted''': The students of Ms. Smith all have strong political opinions. [[BanOnPolitics She insists that they keep their debates out of the classroom.]]
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Just you wait and see; with Ms. Smith as our math teacher, this is going to be forty-five minutes of The Proper Role of Multiplication in Modern Society."

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Just you wait and see; with Ms. Smith as our math teacher, this is it's going to be forty-five minutes of The Proper Role of Multiplication in Modern Society."
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Ms. Smith? More like Ms. Republican-Agenda!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Ms. Smith? More like "Just you wait and see; with Ms. Republican-Agenda!"Smith as our math teacher, this is going to be forty-five minutes of The Proper Role of Multiplication in Modern Society."

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* '''Inverted''': Ms. Smith does not bring politics into the classroom.
** Ms. Smith teaches about what her side believes and what the other side believes, and lets the students think for themselves with no repercussions.

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* '''Inverted''': The students of Ms. Smith does not bring politics into all have strong political opinions. She insists that they keep their debates out of the classroom.
** Ms. Smith teaches about what her side believes and what the other side believes, and lets the students think for themselves with no repercussions.
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* '''Averted''': See "Inverted"

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* '''Averted''': See "Inverted"Ms. Smith does not bring politics into the classroom.
** Ms. Smith teaches about what her side believes and what the other side believes, and lets the students think for themselves with no repercussions.
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* '''Reconstructed''': See "Inverted"

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* '''Reconstructed''': See "Inverted"Ms. Smith makes no secret or bones about her own political views but is open-minded; she's willing to encourage the students to develop their own views on the issues she discusses rather than expect them to blindly parrot hers.

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