Posted on 01/21/2009 12:17:40 AM PST by pennyfarmer
I heard a disturbing thing today that irked me. I would like your opinion on what should be the next move.
My daughter in the 6th grade came home on the 20th and described an assignment she was given. The assignment was to write about how January 20th 2008 was the greatest day in American history. She questioned why that day was the greatest in our history and the teacher responded by saying, "If you don't think today is the greatest day then you must be racist.".
WTF. The left can not just be content with the day being the inauguration. They have to treat it like they are still victims. I respect Obama as our president, I don't think he is the right person for the job. But the people elected him and I can deal with that for right now. Does the fact that I don't agree with the man make me a racist? Every time that someone questions his policy they are going to go for the race card right from the get go. They must have decks and decks of gold plated race cards. They seem to be the only dealers of the race card and the coveted trump card, "Tolerance". Oh the tolerance card. If you don't agree they hold the tolerance card then you must be intolerant.
Time to visit the teacher, the principal, and the superintendent with the information that you will be going to the media if there is not an immediate apology to your child.
If this comment was said within the hearing of others, then the apology ought to be made in the classroom.
I would go have a little talk with Miss Fascist at the school.
So much for that “post-racial society” we were all led to believe we are entering, eh?
I think you must have meant January 20, 2009 but maybe you didn’t. January 20, 2008 WAS pretty good. I got new puppy back then.
My son got an Obama assignment too on the 20th after they watched the inauguration at school.
Here’s the first question:
What was your favorite part of the inauguration ceremony?
To which my son responded:
Seeing President George W. Bush
and gave some reasons why he was a good president
Second Question:
Did Obama mention any goals we had previously discussed:
I told him to write blah, blah, blah about community service and respect of others.
My son was also called a racist by one of his classmates for not clapping during the ceremony. I told him to tell the boy the next time he says something like that to ask him if he likes GWB. We know he doesn’t and when he says no, tell him he is a racist if he doesn’t like him.
In your case I think it’s a bit more severe since it came directly from the teacher.
The schools are totally liberal indoctrinated with a few anomalies here and there. You just have to decide if you want your child to continue being singled out like that. I know it’s hard because we have tried everything (public, private, homeschooling, private again, and now charter), but it might be time to look at some different options for her.
I would tell the teacher that you are very sad to see that Dr. King's vision goes unrealized. By focusing on the color of Obama’s skin and ignoring his character you spit on MLK’s vision and all that he stood for. He wanted people to look at character, not skin color, wasn't that the point.
Oh dear oh dear ... I agree with Carley that a visit to the principal, superintendant, and teacher are in order. However, go to the principal or superintendant first. If you try to address this with the teacher first, that will give him/her a heads-up and a chance to make up a story as to what he/she “really” said. So go to the higher-ups first and work your way down.
Sorry this happened. What a pain to have to try and put it right, eh? But you can’t let your kiddo think this is acceptable behavior from a teacher.
Is your child in public school?
Complain loudly and often to anybody in authority at that school. Call the local papers. Get that teacher fired. That kind of harassment, intimidation, and political indoctrination is outrageous.
Schoolteacher, letter to a friend (December, 1938)
Honestly, if things like this are not addressed directly, then there is no hope for any of us. We need people fighting the battle everyday and it is worth the trouble to take a stand.
“January 20, 2009 was the greatest day in history for ME because I found out my teacher was a racist, and that I’d better be skeptical of everything she says. Had it not been for this day, I might have gone on thinking she was knowledgeable and honest.”
Why do you have to come on this website to ask what to do? Your butt should have been at the school ASAP and make it understood that the brainwashing by a fascist will not be tolerated and that you’re only going to tell her once. ONCE.
You can start with how horrible December 26, 1860 was because the Civil War started on that day, but how the horrors of the war eventually led to more growth for our country (whether or not you believe that).
Next, talk about how December 7, 1941, was the worst disaster in our country's history until recently, but it led to a good outcome with our military stopping Hitler.
Third, you can talk about the horror of September 11, 2001, but how under a president who was a great leader in foreign affairs that led to freedom for two coutries.
Finally move on to the fourth date, January 20, 2009, and talk about the sadness at seeing the office of the President of the United States handed out as an entitlement based not on the content of a person's character but on the color of his skin. I would explain how one might hope that despite the shock of such decision, there is hope that it can lead to a post-racial society where we see a diversity of individuals all of whom are simply American rather than a diversity of interest groups all hyphenated-Americans who have been stripped of their individuality and pigeon holed by overt and implied quota systems. You could talk about how the racism of the past that prevented voters from considering a black candidate led to the racism of the present where voters chose a man only because he was black, and how you hope that in the future voters will look beyond race ... and that hope, that chance to change, is why yesterday was a great day.
Get a lawyer.
Get a lawyer.
Get a lawyer.
Opps didn’t mean to triple post.
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