An Alberta teacher has sparked a province-wide existential crisis after suggesting that taxpayers might want to know where their money goes. The comment, reportedly made during a classroom discussion on education funding, inspired a petition calling for a review of the province’s generous private school subsidies – and an immediate review of the teacher’s employment.
The teacher, now branded “Comrade” by local talk radio hosts, maintains that asking questions is part of critical thinking. “I thought that was still allowed,” they said, moments before their social studies class was reclassified as “political indoctrination.”
Meanwhile, parents across Alberta are demanding the government protect the sacred right to fund exclusive schools with public dollars. “If public money can’t go to private privilege,” said one concerned parent, “what’s even the point of being middle class anymore?”
The province has promised swift action – against the teacher, not the funding.
