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Time to Indoctrinate the Children

By: The_Rebel (Diary)  |  September 1st, 2009 at 01:21 PM  | 

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On September 8, 2009, Obama will address all public school children across the U.S.:

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10582301/President-Obama’s-Address-to-Students-Across-America-September-8-2009

 
As shown in this link, the Department of Education has sent out a menu of classroom activities for PreK-6 students. Since Obama has been unable to convince most Americans about his health care plan, especially seniors, perhaps he can persuade the children that this is a right that all of them are entitled to. He can instruct them on how best to get their parents and grandparents to come around to his way of thinking.

If President Bush had ever done this, you can imagine the teachers and administrators reactions. If the comments in the link are any indication, there will be high absenteism that day.

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  • http://www.nighttwister.com NightTwister

    My kids are going to have fun at school that day….I better be prepared to go pick them up after they tell their fellow classmates how wrong Obama’s socialist polices are and get kicked out of school…

    I’d put my kids up against any liberal (including elected ones) in a debate. From what I hear, it isn’t long into the discussion before the ad hominem attacks begin.

    • http://andrightlyso.com/ civil_truth

      And the Cabinets departments are being turned into the personal advocates for Obama’s electioneering – with taxpayer money.

      First NEA is trying to mobilize artists behind Obama as propagandists.

      Now the Deptment of Education is trying to make our school children a captive audience for the President to mobilize for his programs.

      And the educational materials are directed towards having children view Obama as Dear Leader whom they are supposed to take direction from.

      And this is just the beginning – soon we’ll have the Obama Youth Brigades.

    • Raven

      My favourite was when my brother was asked his reaction to the book “Into The Wild” and he said the kid was an idiot who got exactly what he asked for. The teacher’s and class’s and the principal’s reactions must have been priceless.
      The fact that the principal was required to Have a reaction in that situation was priceless in its own right.

      I can’t wait to hear stories about the smarter kids’ responses to this “speech.”

      • blooch

        despite the teacher’s best efforts. Last January, my 7-year-old daughter came home with the following test question marked wrong:

        Q. Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

        A. A doctor who wanted to be king.

        • $peciallist

          hit it HARD…

    • Ann_W

      When I was in 7th grade my American History teacher announced to the class “all Republicans are crooks” as part of a discussion about Nixon. I raised my hand and said, “no, they’re not.” He said, “name one who’s not.” I shrugged my shoulders and backed down. It was pretty intimidating.

      Now the indoctrination runs so wide and deep that it’s hard to know where to start. I put my foot down when an AP English teacher gave my straight A, National Merit Scholar daughter a C on her final portfolio (after A’s all year) as payback for her opinion in their in-class discussions. The teacher changed the grade when I questioned her, but you just get worn down. Stuff happens every day.

      Vouchers really need to be more of a priority with conservative legislators. And the indoctrination isn’t even the main reason. Where’s the social justice of sending these inner-city kids to the stagnant schools they face every day?

  • bk

    EXACTLY! You’d have had the NEA trying to shut down every school for the day and an endless stream of leftist talking heads on TV screaming about it.

    Now all we need is some judge to decide that all parochial school kids and all home schooled kids need to be forced to hear the message.

    • blooch

      First he harnessed The National Endowment for the Arts, and now he’s harnessing the National Education Association. Soon, the driver will be ready to roll.

      • mom2oneson

        nobody is talking about is why O can even do this, the schools are already socialist, this battle was lost in 1852 with compulsory attendance laws.
        Great post title blooch :)

        • blooch

          I worshipped JFK as a child, but I cursed him under my breath for the physical exertion I was forced into by his Youth Fitness Program. I wonder if my three kids will soon be muttering oaths against Obama for his Youth Mental Fiitness Program.

          • bk

            Ask away what your country can do for you. And while you’re at it, ask what you can do for your President.

  • Raven

    They decided to leave it up to the teachers as to whether the President’s speech fits into their curriculum.

    Further, they are allowing parents to send note to school in place of kids if they do not wish their kids to see the speech and the teacher has decided to show it.

  • izoneguy

    I think the kids will like watching this better than Obama….

  • JadedByPolitics

    it’s one more day off for having intelligent parents!

  • Ausonius

    I hope the conservative radio people broadcast this latest outrage and start calling for people to boycott school that day!

    We here at RedState can persoanlly “viralize” a boycott: e-mail as many people as possible, post on other sites, use Twitter or whatever, but spread the word!

    The above comments are on target: imagine the left-wing outcry if W. Bush had wanted to address the nation’s school-children.

    Be afraid! Be very afraid!

  • Trelaina

    If the speech was about health care or global warming I’d do it in a heartbeat (or my son would have an “appointment” which required me to check him out and then coincidentally back in when it’s over), but the “announced” topic is the importance of education, which is something, at least at the topic level, that we agree on.

    My plan is to go to the principal and find out if they’ll be following those D of Ed guildelines. If so I’ll be talking to my son about those same questions before the school gets around to it. Either way I will be IN that classroom when the speech is aired.

  • mom2oneson
  • http://www.theminorityreportblog.com/blog/loren_heal Socrates

    a rousing game of Cowboys and Indians.

  • Ausonius

    The shock and disgust and genuine fear from parents I have contacted in the last two hours about this are a sight to behold: some could not believe it at first, but the official website with the K-6 (!!!) Activities for teachers to use as educational aids is all the evidence you need.

    My Catholic school will not be showing it: our parents already view NObama as somewhere between Mephistopheles and the Anti-Christ.

    Again, call your schools to protest this blatant politicization of public schools! Spread the word: you know the MSM will not make this their lead story tonight!

  • http://www.criterionchemical.com Chemical Sam

    My daughter starts public school, first grade, Thursday.

    Apparently the first assignment of her life will be to write down what she can to do help Our glorious President, according to the Dept. of Ed. guidelines on the upcoming presidential speech, assuming the school decides to broadcast it in first grade. (Feh, this would be in New Jersey, so you can expect they’ll bring in extra TVs for the occasion)

    My wife and I discussed — and I use the term euphamistically — whether or not to extend the Labor day vacation through Tuesday. My elder daughter will be having a severe case of some Potentially Undifferentiable Syndrome (PUS), and I will feel compelled to act on my concern and bring her into a doctor for examination, followed by a first-class day of chicken soup and cartoons. Thankfully my younger is in day care, too small to give anything but Noggin her undivided attention. And sadly I suspect they’ll even have a special session

    Meanwhile, I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop…Will our school own up to their political bias, and proudly announce their intent to broadcast the speech in advance, giving parents the decision to make. Or, will the school go under the radar, keep quiet on the subject, and rely on a truancy-ashamed (or outrightly uninformed) populace to voluntarily (unsuspectedly) drop off their children for their first dose of government conditioning, outside the purview of good parents everywhere?

    If they try to fly under my radar with this, and Obama utters one politically biased syllable, I’m going to consider some sort of legal action, forcing the school to admit their actual policy of aligning themselves with a particular political party in written form.

    And, no matter what, the moment I can afford private school, off they go.

  • bs
  • 6eorge Jetson

    Replied To This when I posted below.

  • bs

    Perhaps this?

  • 6eorge Jetson

    by teaching him about the Constitution of the United States and in particular, the meaning of enumerated powers. Your daughter could remind the President about the virtues of honesty and teach him a little math in the process. After all, the President pitched a reveunue neutral budget effect after the Congressional Budget Office projected an increase of $1 trillion in the budget.
    Finally, your daughter could count to fifty with the president as she pointed to each state on a map of the United States.

  • JaonneB

    Our district decided this morning to cancel any showings of the speech, live or taped. I was surprised at the negative reaction of my children’s teachers to the speech. Neither thought it was appropriate for the kids and was glad to hear it was being nixed.

    Joanne

  • Moriah

    … which I’m sure he did, just maybe not in a telebroadcast, I would have been happy for it.

    http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/academic/bts.html

    “Dear Principal:

    In a recent interview with student reporter, Damon Weaver, President Obama announced that on September 8 ? the first day of school for many children across America ? he will deliver a national address directly to students on the importance of education. The President will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning. He will also call for a shared responsibility and commitment on the part of students, parents and educators to ensure that every child in every school receives the best education possible so they can compete in the global economy for good jobs and live rewarding and productive lives as American citizens. ”

    I do think the suggested homework is a bit over the top.

  • Karina
  • Ausonius

    with NObama.

    I do not trust this speech at all, as my earlier posts indicate. Was this announced months ago? Why not? It obviously has been planned for some time, given that the bureacrats had to have weeks to put together their guide for teachers.

    To be fair, I know that some systems begin school on Tuesday (e.g. Michigan). Maybe it will be a speech of bland “be cool stay in school” rhetoric.

    My olfactory nerve, howvever, is picking up a large rodent in this. The implications (q.v.) in the “guide for teachers” are not too subtle.

  • Raven

    Unless they’re weird, Your kids will like it.
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    (the above was a Life cereal reference for those who don’t remember)

  • http://beaglescout.wordpress.com LJ “Beaglescout” Miller

    More like it is a “ask your parents why they don’t want jobless people to have healthcare” political speech. This is partisan campaigning to children that needs a Republican response that gets just as much play in the schools. If the schools don’t support the Republican response equally then the speech should be cancelled.

  • janis

    Obama’s intrusion into the classrooms of America. If this goes well in their eyes, are we to look forward to regular homilies from Dear Leader to our children?

  • Moriah

    I do plan on watching it on the website, and I agree with Trelaina that if I had kids in school I might come up to watch with them.

    But that’s how they’re selling it to the principals.

  • Richard Mullins

    Otherwise, I would have treated to this. The kids around here have been in school since August 24, so what ever it is, it’s not good. While I was going to school under 3 different presidents, none of them would do such a thing(not even “Slick Willie”).

  • blooch

    Or maybe “Chalkboard Chats”?

  • Moriah

    … our district had “Channel One” broadcasts in the classroom — a short news-like broadcast that often had pro-Bosnian conflict segments.

    We usually just did our homework while it was playing.

  • mom2oneson

    library card, a couple of .20 cent spiral notebooks and the free pen and calendar the bank gives out. :) There isn’t anything to afford.

  • http://www.nighttwister.com NightTwister

    Most parents will want to purchase curriculum that assists them more in the teaching process. Creating your own curriculum from scratch is quite a lot of work, and not everyone is up to the task.

    I only say this because I’ve seen some homeschooling disasters. People need to be realistic about not only what they are capable of, but what they’re actually willing to do.

  • http://www.criterionchemical.com Chemical Sam

    knew how to read, write and do simple mathematics before she was taught in
    pre-K. She’s entering 1st grade fully armed. That’s because we, unlike others parents around here, felt is was our responsibility, not the schools to properly educate our children. We do the pen and notebook now.

    We’ll do the same thing with our younger daughter. She’s about to turn three, and we’re a little behind with her, but she already knows how to count on her fingers and add to the next number. Take away a blueberry, how many left, that sort of thing. It’s as cute as it is impressive.

    I did mean private school versus public school. Of course, homeschooling can be dirt cheap, but as I have shown above, she gets that already.

    However, I’m in the middle of trying to put together a startup business. I’ll be working even longer hours when I succeed. My wife is a career biochemist and loves her work (but not her job or her boss). We are in our 40s (not complaining, but a little late for two small children).

  • Richard Mullins

    but he still didn’t come on and do what the one did. I only had to deal with Slick Willie for 3 years and few months while I was in school.

  • StandardCandle

    I used it as napping time… many of my teachers said we could be late if we didn’t want to watch it… I was in a small town in Utah… I remember watching the teenage/college anchors being enthusiastic while reading the prompt… it didn’t make much sense during topics of the end of the gulf war to the bosnia conflict…

  • izoneguy

    that he was resigning the presidency.

    No politics in school.

    Maybe the teachers can tune bama out and have the kids read the Declaration of Independence instead.

  • janis

    “Homilies from the Hood”, “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind”?

  • mom2oneson
  • blooch

    present a bill to protest this encroachment. They could call it the No Child Behind the Left Act.

  • Xasteius
  • Rod_Patrick
  • janis
  • Aaron Gardner

    I found y our headline to be hilarious Janis. ;^)

  • janis

    And if you try to force me to think of the other def., I’ll be doing the liberal version of conversing with a conservative:

    Fingers in ears, yelling “NaNaNaNaNaNa….” Just so you know. :-)

  • Aaron Gardner
  • The_Rebel

    the next day, September 9, this indoctrination session with the children is all the more troubling. I am certain that it won’t be a general speech such as stay in school, do your homework, listen to your teachers, etc. I’m betting it will have Obamacare implications.

  • Richard Mullins

    The less people listen to O the better.

  • archer52

    From my website.

    http://truthandcommonsense.com/2009/09/02/protest-the-speech-pull-your-student/

    Not only pull the student, but do it right before the speech. Afterward, return the child and instruct them to refuse any questions about the speech from the teacher.

    “If asked, they should say, politely, ?My mom and dad handles that part of my education. I have nothing more to say.?

    If enough of you do this, you’ll make a statement and embarrass the school and Obama.

    Guys, honestly, it wasn’t like Michelle didn’t warn us this was coming. We just thought nobody was that vain, arrogant, and narcissist. He is simply has no shame and unbelievable to behold, kind of like watching Rodney Dangerfield show up on a golf course in Caddyshack.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3A9rLoz_0o

    How much longer do you think the rest of the country will put up with it?

  • http://fjrealamericans.blogspot.com/ fjrealamericans

    This is another tact in the brainwashing of the youth that has been going on for 30-40 years.
    The “teachers” are given their marching orders and carry them out like good soldiers.
    When I was in grade school, we prayed. OMG ! perish the thought now.
    Ok, it was a Catholic school, but growing up in public schools, we recited the Pledge of Allegance. Not the new pledge which holds mother earth & socialism in high regard, but the real Pledge to our God & our country.
    I see a distinct difference between my two sons, one is now 31, the younger is 26. Their mindsets are different. My youngest at times, has a more “diverse” outlook on the world, but in discussions, I realized there is hope.
    I found him to really be a Libertarian.
    Guess I did somethings right.
    Don’t give up. I didn’t.

  • larueladue

    Luckily, my daughter is doing virtual high school (on-line) so I don’t have to worry about this nonsense…

    By the way, for those that are thinking about it, home schooling is the way to go. If you are reluctant to jump off on your own, look for home school co-ops; private schools that are part-time home school and part-time in class, etc. These can be a big help in getting going. Home schooling doesn’t necessarily mean going it alone. There are a lot of resources out there, and the results are well worth it.

  • http://www.criterionchemical.com Chemical Sam

    I’ve been decidedly apolitical with my elder daughter. Yet another reason why I don’t like the Obama address. She only knows that Barack Obama is president, but she does not understand politics.

    She’s six.

    But you’re right, I think I should show her the Consitution and Declaration of Independence sometime. In fact, I can get a copy of the actual documents, and print them out on parchment paper, and put them on her bedroom wall, right over her desk.

  • mom2oneson

    http://www.emmanuelbooks.com/display_results.cfm?category=701
    Go to “American History” Those are books for various ages. My son really liked the COFA (childhood of famous americans) series. All are not there but that is a good starting point to see different authors and series. Some books I just loved and he didn’t. Learning to use the electronic card catalog was a good thing for him because he could search by series and author that he enjoyed not what mom thought he would like LOL.

    http://www.bethlehembooks.com/product_detail.cfm?ID=768&category=Wellspring%20Books&user=985239585
    Those are nice too and they get some history in then like Little House books.

    Your other post made me cry, I remember when my son was learning to count! Enjoy this time!!!! :)

    I totally understand time and work too..it’s so tough. You hit the nail on the head with responsibility. So many times I’ve thought why doesn’t __(friend) just pick up a pack of flashcards and work with ___(friend’s child) after dinner. They go through so much drama in their lives with demanding the school provide a tutor or the kid failing for months when it could all be resolved with a few minutes after dinner or breakfast.