http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/12/22/we-strongly-suggest-you-read-this/ neweurasia\'s Kazakhstan blog Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:16:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/12/22/we-strongly-suggest-you-read-this/#comment-8996 Frederick Fri, 29 Dec 2006 05:35:25 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/12/22/we-strongly-suggest-you-read-this/#comment-8996 As an aside, although it would be unusual in the United States for teachers to be forced to buy government newspapers, this is more because of the relative absence of such papers than anything else. Public schools are commonly subject to propaganda materials, whether issued by government or, perhaps even more often, by private businesses. And teachers are often forced to buy materials from their own limited salaries, if only to make up for lack of adequate funding. So while the Kazakhstan example is important and disturbing, it isn't incredibly more offensive that what typically happens in the West. As an aside, although it would be unusual in the United States for teachers to be forced to buy government newspapers, this is more because of the relative absence of such papers than anything else. Public schools are commonly subject to propaganda materials, whether issued by government or, perhaps even more often, by private businesses. And teachers are often forced to buy materials from their own limited salaries, if only to make up for lack of adequate funding. So while the Kazakhstan example is important and disturbing, it isn’t incredibly more offensive that what typically happens in the West.

]]> http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/12/22/we-strongly-suggest-you-read-this/#comment-8812 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Kazakhstan: Pressuring Teachers Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:28:56 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/12/22/we-strongly-suggest-you-read-this/#comment-8812 [...] Arthur reports on government pressure against teachers, specifically putting pressure on teachers to buy government newspapers, in Kazakhstan. Nathan Hamm [...] […] Arthur reports on government pressure against teachers, specifically putting pressure on teachers to buy government newspapers, in Kazakhstan. Nathan Hamm […]

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