Banning Legos (School socialist indoctrination alert!)

NRO ^ | 3/27/2007 | John Miller

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

We recognized that children are political beings, actively shaping their social and political understandings of ownership and economic equity,”

This is the logic for "All your legos are belong to us."

WTF, people?

/r

[untrained skeptic]

Can't you get basic sets of lego's? I know that's what I had growing up. My set didn't have laser turrets, etc...

With a little imagination, you can always make a ship with laser turrets out of a collection of basic Lego blocks.

[Gabz]

I remember that thread........

Here's another one, though I don't think it's the same one we are both thinking of

L'Eggo My Lego (Teaching communism with legos)

[Republican Red]

My middle school daughter was invited to participate in a GA Tech Engineering day. One of the big programs GA Tech and the local middle/high schools are supporting and encouraging is a Lego League competition. From their brochure:

"students solve real-world engineering challenges, develop important life skills, and learn to make positive contributions to society"

Surprised to read now that Lego's are evil.

[dawn53]

The kids in this school could use a visit from my old teacher Mrs. Gilmore. She explained communism and its inherent flaws in the following way: In Mrs. Gilmore's communist classroom, some kids do A work, some do C work, and some do no work. But everyone gets a C. We got it loud and clear.

Boy, you hit the nail on the head.

Except this type of thinking is going on at a college level too. When my kid hears "group project," he cringes.

Last night he drove 45 minutes to his campus (had to leave 2 hours early to avoid rush hour traffic) to get together with 4 other members of his latest "group project." Only one guy showed up, and he was unprepared to contribute his part.

They'll all get the same grade when the project is presented though.

My son's a senior now, and has probably worked on a dozen group projects. Only one prof had them turn in evaluation sheets about how much each student participated.

I told my son the sorry part is, they're sort of preparing you for reality because that's how things are in the workplace. Oftentimes, one person does the project and all the others assigned to it take credit for the work.

[Esther Ruth]

Oh sure, just heard my seven year old say to his older brother "Hey while mom is making pancakes - do you wanna make a lego community center with me?" Then my other son said "Sure, it would be the right thing to do, I am so tired of building space ships, battle ships and robots...and fighting with you dear brother about who gets the best pieces, lets work together toward world peace, cooperation etc, what do you think?" And my seven year old said "Ha ha I fooled you, my space ship is gonna blow your junk up so fast, hey mom watch this!"

[PacesPaines]

Ann Pelo bio

[cake_crumb]

"We recognized that children are political beings, actively shaping their social and political understandings of ownership and economic equity"

Oh my good lord those poor, poor little kids being brainwashed so young. Those teachers are stealing their childhood. It's demented. It's psychological torture.

[johniegrad]

I have no problems about being concerned about lego guns,

The problem with stepping on your Lego is that it really hurts.

[Sue Perkick]

We are allowing the terminally stupid to take control. There will be consequences. Hope I'm not here to see it.

[Huntress]

Group projects were just coming into vogue when I finished college in the 1990s. I hated them for the same reason your son does.

[metmom]

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[andy58-in-nh]

Socialism is the God that Never Fails.

The fact of 100 million dead in the 20th Century constitutes no proof whatsoever for True Believers in the Church of Collectivism that their ideology is profoundly at odds with human nature and leads inevitably to tyranny and death.

These "teachers" should not be allowed anywhere near a child for the same reason as sexual predators: they poison minds, destroy spirits, and molest the good.

If you all sense I'm angry - you have no idea how much I hate these people. It is one thing to spout drivel to adults who can make their own independent judgments; it is quite another to seek to indoctrinate the young by denying ability, punishing independence, turning smiles into scowls and open minds into closed alleys. Hell is too good a punishment for those who treat children like this.

[metmom]

These liberals are just like muslims. They won't allow or tolerate anything they don't approve of.

[Gabz]

Oh my good lord those poor, poor little kids being brainwashed so young. Those teachers are stealing their childhood. It's demented. It's psychological torture.

What's even more demented is the amount of tuition parents are paying for this. Something like $1,000 a month.

[EngineDad]

Sounds to me like these teachers were the ones that the parents had to tie a bone around their necks to get the dog to play with them.

This is crazy. How are kids supposed to learn to get along in the real world? I learned as much about life and dealing with people on the play ground and playing sports as I did in the classroom (Not to mention the fact that I had two parents who didn't hesitate to keep me in line). Kids need to be allowed to fail and figure out what went wrong. Parents that allow "everyone to win" are doing nothing but avoiding the issue of loosing and having to deal with their kids when it happens. By avoiding this issue, they are showing what a bunch of selfish idiots they are! Besides, as these kids get older, the "non inducted kids" from other schools will take their lunch money!

[Calpernia]

Thank you Gabz! Pandora, Gabz had the previous thread!

[grjr21]

Instead, they make monster trucks, space ships, and war machines. These little creations are usually loaded with ion guns, nuclear missiles, bunker-busting bombs, force-field projectors, and death-ray cannons.


Lego Chaingun

[stainlessbanner]

Appears the teachers did not like the capitalist-type environments the students were building with the Legos. The instructors wanted a collective environment (ie. socialist).

[Savage Beast]

Marxism works only in the minds of sociopaths and morons. So does Leftist thinking. This is no accident.