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RE: Economics is a Very Dangerous Science
I remember a political-economy class given by a former bureaucrat. He had such contempt for freedom that he told be go "get down from Mount Pelerin" in the first draft for a final essay. It ended up with at most 1/4 government praise and 3/4 near-anarchist stuff; I ended up with A+ nonetheless for the class.
Wow, it's sad when educators let their ideology bleed into the classroom. However, i certainly understand how easy it is to let that happen!
As you can probably tell by now, i have a bias towards freedom and human dignity, so it's hard not to let them come through when i teach. Still, i try to be as unbiased as possible, agnostic on the surface, and encourage students to think for themselves. I'd NEVER consider dinging someone's grade for disagreeing on a principle.
Then I salute your integrity. That's probably why I could never become a teacher: not only are my pedagogical talents very limited, but I don't think I could "objectively" grade a socialist paper, lest it would include an "interview" afterwards to see if the students' arguments can face intense scrutiny