John has been hired to teach sixth-grade science. In the spring semester, his department chair hands him a packet of life science curriculum that includes topics of abstinence, sexually transmitted diseases, and identification of male and female sex organs. When he tells his department chair that he is uncomfortable teaching this subject matter to teenagers, his department chair tells him that the curriculum was created and approved by the district and must be taught. This means that ______.
a. John has to teach the unit on life science as it is written, since it is the required curriculum
b. John can select the topics of the curriculum that he is most comfortable with and teach those but skip the parts that make him uncomfortable
c. John should use his 10 sick-leave days that semester to avoid teaching the topics he dislikes
d. John should request an intern teacher from the university so he can foist the curriculum on that person and avoid teaching it
a. John has to teach the unit on life science as it is written, since it is the required curriculum
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