Don’t get emotionally involved

Don’t get emotionally involved. We are here to teach the facts.

I don’t really agree. Being an History/English teacher, I’m granted the great liberties of teaching the social ‘greys’. Evidence and opinions from both sides of the argument are essential in studying any case study, however I don’t think this neccessarily means lack of passion in delivery. After all, if teachers are too detached from the subject matter, how can we expect our students to engage in the work? Isn’t it hard enough for a web.20 generation to study the essential cannonical texts when their world is far more elusive than the texts they study?

When teaching the Civil Rights Movement in the USA I cannot help but put all my passion in expressing  opinions about the atrocities committed. The same applies to the plight of our Indigenous population. I always leave room for debate and contest, but I think not getting emotionally involved is taken too literally. What say thee?