So, religious-based morality is a no-no. But secular agenda-based morality, yes, with both feet. Meanwhile, we continue to fail to teach children to read.
Posted on 11/16/2004 1:38:33 PM PST by lainie
Look out kids. SpongeBob SquarePants, Barney and Clifford the Big Red Dog are joining forces to rerecord the disco tune We Are Family to promote diversity and tolerance in classrooms.
A video starring the three children's characters plus nearly 100 others, including Dora the Explorer and Arthur, will be distributed to 61,000 public and private elementary schools nationwide, along with lesson plans for teachers. It will air simultaneously on Nickelodeon, the Public Broadcasting Service and the Disney Channel in March.
...
The We Are Family Foundation was founded by singer-songwriter Nile Rodgers, who wrote the song recorded in 1979 by Sister Sledge. The nonprofit organization creates and supports programs about diversity and multiculturalism. The video was financed by a grant from the Toni Mendez Shapiro estate.
"Cooperation and unity are the most important values we can teach children. We believe that this is the essential first step to loving thy neighbor," Rodgers said.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
1. Why do schools need to teach "love thy neighbor," when God and Ten Commandments aren't allowed to be mentioned?
2. What's Nile Rodgers' take of the merchandising?
"Love Thy Neighbor" isn't exclusive to any religion and is not necessarily a religious concept anyway.
I'm guessing SpongeBob is "ready"
Okay, I'll give you that. It's still obnoxious to have public schools include this in official curriculum. imo
I'm more worried about my kids reading and writing and doing math than them learning tolerance and diversity. Besides, we don't have to teach it, because we live it.
I'm a little confused. What is so obnoxious about it?
This sounds more evil than the time the Animaniacs met Barney. . .
I miss Roadrunner.
I guess the rumors about Spongebob and the Starfish being more than just friends had some basis in truth, then.
I undertand Dora, but what's the deal with Clifford.
It's offensive to use cartoon characters, in conjunction with their big-media-owned TV networks, to "teach" children, in schools, about diversity. This is especially true given that some schools are turning out kids that can't even read.
Sure it is. It is a God-given standard.
How about teaching our kids to be themselves, take inintiative, confidence to take a stand even if the majority disagrees. "Unity" and "cooperation" are phoney leftist codewords for "conformity" and "following the herd". But of course, look who's running the system.
My question is, "Who is going to do the voice of Clifford?"
John Ritter used to play that role.
And we believe that everything is given to us by God. But that doesn't mean well-intentioned atheists don't believe in "love thy neighbor" as well!
I think teaching all this diversity and "love the animals" and "share everything" is nice to teach little kids.
It lays the groundwork for what you have to teach them later - that liberals have bastardized and corrupted such obvious and sweet sentiments into tools to try to spread the evils of socialism and government solutions to every problem.
Children should not be racist or intentionally destroy the environment or be cruel to animals. And when they grow up, they should fight socialism/liberalism everyday. The left doesn't own those issues, despite their belief that they do.
So, religious-based morality is a no-no. But secular agenda-based morality, yes, with both feet. Meanwhile, we continue to fail to teach children to read.
I can understand possibly being upset about teaching tolerance . . . but not using the cartoon characters. If that's the best way to relate to kids, so be it!
"...to promote tolerance and diversity of thought."
Tolerance of what exactly? All people or all actions of people, or all ideas of people?
Diversity? Read diversity of color and economic status except if you're rich, but not diversity of political or religious thought.
How about valuing honesty, integrity, hard work, personal achievement, generosity, compassion, love for God (gasp!) and others, The Golden Rule, Honor thy Father and mother, don't steal....
Yes, certainly "cooperation and unity" are far more important for the creation of a socialist/communist society than those silly values I listed.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.