Posted on 03/01/2005 8:09:14 AM PST by Mears
My grandaughter,out of the blue last week,said she wished that Kerry was president.
When I asked her why,she really had no response,she's in third grade after all. She then said everyone in her class wished Kerry was president(no surprise there in a very liberal schools system).
She then said that her teacher had told them we were at war in Iraq because Bush wanted the oil. I was stunned.
I then told her that I had voted for Bush and that more people in the USA had wanted Bush for president than had wanted Kerry and that her teacher's view on the war was an opinion,not a fact.
Why on earth would a teacher say things like this to a child who thinks if the teacher said it then it must be true.
"My grandaughter,out of the blue last week,said she wished that Kerry was president."
You might tell her that you wished she had a different teacher. Tell her exactly, but on her level, why this was wrong for her teacher to say. Use this real teaching moment to tell her about propaganda.
I'm glad you have also not encountered the problem.
My daughter couldn't wait to tell me all about the class voting. My political views, and the fact that we take our daughter with us when we express them has garnered me much criticism on other message boards by people that track my comments here. Of course the criticism comes from people that would be very comfortable over at DU, so I pay not much mind to them.
I can imagine just how you felt with your daughter paying that much attention to the State of the Union. That is wonderful that she is so interested.
I totally understand the disheartening feeling of being red in a blue area........we lived in what for years was a very red area in Delaware.......the changes had much to do with us moving to Virginia.
Educating and bringing up our child properly is definitely our responsibility and we have made decisions to do just that.
It is an insane world and we must take control of it, I'm trying to do my small part.
Making the decision to relocate was easy compared to what it took us to do it.......but we did.
Tell her mom and dad, first thing. Let them decide what to do. If it were me, I'd get her out of there.
I hear you about the pack rat problem........my husband and I are no different.
The Salvation Army and Goodwill is where much stuff we packed up went, as well as one of the local halfway houses. Now that we've moved, we give stuff to the local food bank that runs a thrift shop. I put stuff aside and take it down every couple of months. We got on our daughter about cleaning her room and she brought me shoes that she said didn't fit her anymore and asked if it was OK to add them to what we were taking to the Food Bank.
Like we are both saying - every little bit counts in the end.
When my youngest son was about 4,if he didn't like an article of his clothing(all hand-me-downs) he would say to me,"Can we give this to the poor people?".
I would laugh and say "We ARE the poor people"
Pleasant memories!
I don't know if you've gotten your answer(s) yet...but you did JUST FINE with your little one.
My Brad's in a public school, too, so I know where you're coming from.
I've taught him to think for himself. I remember when the WOT just started, and the Afghanistan girls were just starting to go to school for the first time.
I asked him if war was bad. Oh yes, Gramma, it's bad.
Is it ALWAYS bad? Oh yes Gramma.....
WHAT an opportunity to teach him the difference between good and evil. His little eyes were REALLY OPENED when he found out that those little girls had NEVER EVER gone to school before, and due to our President, our Military, and good morals...that war isn't ALWAYS bad.
As best as he could understand at that age, I told him about Hitler, etal....
Just teach her to think it through. Encourage her to talk to you...YOU open up the conversations...fly your flag, encourage her to write letters to the troops, do whatever you can to teach her good old fashioned American values. YOU have an enormous amount of influence in her life.
It's a SHAME that the schools can't support the family values...Me? My goal is to help bring up a whole new group of young conservatives.
Nothing, but you could call the teacher and give her a piece of your mind!
Obviously my sister-in-law isn't teaching at your kids school ;-)
Why don't you ask her/him?
I would have a little sit down with the teacher to discuss her/him and their politics vs. mine and my version of what is appropriate to teach to my child.
My son came home from elementary school during the bush/gore election. he was in first grade and he said "my teacher said that bush is evil, i want gore to be president because he wants to help kids." I was pissed. I never said anything to the teacher but straightened my son out and made sure i told my other children what we believed in. 2 years later, they come home telling me in our state(MI) i need to vote for granholm(D) for governor. I didn't and she won and now.........she took so much money from the schools that they are closing all over the state! No more teachers aids! layoffs of teachers! way to go teachers union!!:)My kids have also come home telling me that cigarettes are drugs and so of course mommy does drugs. now I know nicotine is technically a drug, but an elementary student doesn't know the difference between crack and a cigarette. So i had to explain the difference between something that can turn you into a homocidal maniac and a cigarette. thanks again teach!
Get that child out of public school now.
If you think this brainwashing is bad, wait until she's 12 or 13, has 42 piercings, has had an abortion without her parents' knowledge or consent, visited the school STD clinic several times, has become an atheist, a lesbian, and has shaved her head.
You need to begin inculcating the idea that teachers and school janitors are very much the same.
She should always be polite and respectful to them, but make her understand the reason they're not working somewhere else is because they aren't smart enough.
HOME SCHOOL!!!!!!!!
Send and anonymous Email to the school Principle stating that the little kid is coming home expressing the political rants of her teacher regarding the president, Iraq and oil.
Simply say have your teacher cease and desist at once or you will go to the press and bring a court action.
CC A couple of News Papers, the Governor of the state and perhaps a lawyer you know or don't know for effect.
If they don't stop after that, they are total idiots.
My daughter also just passed in a report on President Reagan and one on Condi Rice earlier in the year. She also thinks that it is impossible for there to be 2 dads or 2 moms in a family.
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