Fully entitled to their own opinions, but not in the classroom. If I seek out a teacher and ask for his or her opinion on a political issue, that's perfectly acceptable. But if I am sitting in class trying listening to them lecture, and all of a sudden there is a less-than-flattering comment thrown out here regarding Sarah Palin or there regarding Barack Obama, I am very likely going to be offended: It's not my teachers' job to tell me what their political opinions are. There's no room for it in the classroom. And, also, it's technically illegal.

-Stef.