As students filed into Spanish class at a high school outside Seattle on Tuesday, their teacher, Antonio, stood at the door greeting them. One girl – “one of my LGBTQ kids”, Antonio called her – seemed unhappy. “If they punish kids who are using Trump as a bullying word, will they themselves be accused of being political?” she asked. I had students come up to the Latino kids and tell them openly, ‘It’s now time to go home. Gail, a high school teacher from a small town in New Jersey, said being a lone Democrat in a sea of red brought challenges in a classroom.

Source: The Guardian November 20, 2016 13:00 UTC