by: Nemo

Apr. 9, 2026

With Lab’s newly formed neutrality policy officially being published, there are a handful of mixed responses. What is shocking to me is how many people are upset about it, and claim that it pushes certain ideologies, and silences others. I find that extremely hard to believe simply because that is not true.

Before I say anything further, we should review what the neutrality policy is in the first place.

The neutral-teaching policy is a policy that was released at Lab a few days ago aiming to remove opinions in teaching environments. This means that teachers cannot implement personal ideologies into their curriculum. This does not mean that teachers aren’t allowed to have opinions and keep them to themselves, and it certainly does not mean that students cannot discuss things amongst each other. It just means that teachers cannot share their opinions on political topics in class or at school. 

I can say with full confidence that the students who claim that this is somehow silencing or harmful are simply mistaken or don’t understand the policy. If anything, this policy aims to build free-thinkers that don’t rely on others to think for them. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, and it should already be encouraged in the first place. 

You know there is an issue with free-thinking in a system when students go to teachers for opinions. I have seen this myself many times, and it’s incredibly damaging. It destroys the intellectual potential of any student, and leads them to ask for approval before forming an opinion. That is why we need this policy, and why it is rational to support it. With this policy implemented, students remain free to discuss topics themselves, hang posters to protest things going on in the world, and everything else they could do before. It just means you can’t expect to get politically educated by your teachers, which, honestly, you absolutely should not have been able to do in the first place. You learn about the world from living in it or watching the news, not from asking others what is going on and how to feel about it.

Additionally, before jumping to conclusions about the policy and spewing inflated misinformation, read the words on the page.