[EggsAckley]

I would pull her out of that class, and possibly place her in another school, or even better, look into home schooling, if you can.

[countrydummy]

I am sending this letter to the Hinton News, The Beckely Register-Herald and on to anyone that would like to pass it along as well. I am livid!

I plan on making a trip to the school tomorrow, and I will be calling the governor of WV, the Attorney General, and the WV Department of Education.

[Sloth]

You might want to make that a bit more coherent. Like supplying an antecedent for the pronoun "her."

[isthisnickcool]

I suggest that you run for a school board position.

[Junior]

You might want to run a spell check before sending this. Otherwise, they're going to pillory you as an uneducated hick.

[MineralMan]

Before you send this, spell-check it, and make it clear who the "her" is. As it stands, it will simply be discarded. It is very important to write well when you complain. A well-written, grammatical, and properly-spelled letter carries much more weight.

[longtermmemmory]

Does the NRA have a contradictory Documentary? The opposing view of the NRA should be given equal time. Where is the market place of ideas?

This would be a good NRA case, all we want is equal time.

This would be particularly viable because of the case where the girl sued a school that would not allow not pro-homosexual speaker in a sexuality panel discussion.

[Maria S]

If this is legitimate, please name the town involved, the school, and maybe even the teacher. A few letters to the editor then might be in order from others. Seems a little vague.

[longtermmemmory]

Be specific in your letter. Which school is this, which teacher? Did you complain to the principle and were your concerns disregarded?

You may want to couch this as censorship. "The school at X refuses to show any non-liberal perspectives on gun control. Instead they will only allow the dubious 'mockumentary' made by an admitted maxist. When I contacted my child's teacher and principle, I was advised that the 'mockumentary' was the only political opinion allowed taught to children."

[ForOurFuture]

Tone it down a bit.

[Esther Ruth]

Forget about the letters and spell checking, lets all just get some trumpets, lots of trumpets, and start going around all the school all over the country, blowing our trumpets and wait for the wall of these wretched schools to start falling down!!! It sound like it would do us good to let off a little steam.

[teach1st]

I have not sent my children to school to be indoctrinated to become lying, stealing cheating communists! Damn straight! They should be indoctrinated to become lying stealing, cheating Neo-conservatives!

Seriously, showing "Bowling" might be over the top, unless the instructor also provides an alternate view or arguments. Still, (if this is high school) the kids should be able to discern for themselves if a teacher is spouting BS or not. I wanted my daughters to be exposed to as many diverse views as possible.

I remember all the propaganda my history teachers tried to sell me about Vietnam when I was in high school. I didn't buy it. It never bothered me when a teacher had different views than me.

[Polonius]

I'd re-draft the letter to make the tone more calm and convincing, perhaps mentioning some of the factual problems with "Bowling for Columbine" and instances of Moore's off-the-wall partisan statements. Extra exclamation points won't sway people over to your way of thinking.

[crona]

As soon as you start calling people commies you argument loses effectivness. It makes you look a bit unbalanced. Especially since she hasn't actually given your kids any communist literature. She's just disagreed with your party politics. And NO teacher liberal or right wing, should EVER try to "educate" the kids in accordance with their political views...she should be fired.

[anonymous_user]

Everything you need to know about "Bowling" can be found right here...
http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html

[Saundra Duffy]

Sue the creeps!

[nobody_knows]

Kudos!

[Saundra Duffy]

Demand equal time - some fiercely conservative video - like the one about Waco or Ruby Ridge.

[HungarianGypsy]

She does sound disgraceful? And to say nothing ever happened to white women during the Civil War? Perhaps she needs to read a few autobiographies of the time. Sadly, it happened on both sides.

[Iron Eagle]

I am just wondering what her age is, what level of school it is, and in what class it is being shown. (All will be relevant in couching your letter more efficiently and precisely.)

I'd be happy to re-draft for you.