The Tucson public school system recently eliminated the whole Mexican-American studies curriculum, and banned a slew of books, including Shakespeare’s The Tempest.   There are similar things going on all over the country, with book bannings and the firing of teachers who try to pose contrary points of view and get students to think for themselves.  In 2010 the 6th Circuit  stated that it is the educational institution that has the right to academic freedom, not the individual teacher.  Thus a teacher, as a hired hand, has to teach what the school tells him or her to teach.  The teacher has no right to teach matters of “political, social or others concerns to the community” (activist judging!) .

If Epicureanism means anything it means thinking for yourself and not bowing to political correctness or the diktats of politicians.