Posted on 05/25/2004 12:22:50 PM PDT by CourtneyLeigh
PIN A MEDAL ON ‘EM
“In San Diego, a couple of teachers have been suspended for showing the pictures of American Nick Berg being killed by his Muslim captors in Iraq. Oh, the outrage that our delicate high schoolers would be subjected to reality. Far from suspending these teachers, we should give them medals (maybe the ones John Kerry threw away). They have done their students a big favor. They have introduced these soon-to-be-adults to the notion that it is a dangerous world out there.
“...It is a mean, nasty, dreadful world out there, but one which we have managed to keep at bay, not by the UN, but by our own Constitutional government. Those teachers who dared acquaint their sheltered and misled underlings about a little part of the real world deserve a promotion and thanks from all of us. If they lose their jobs over this it will demonstrate just how far cultural Marxism (i.e. political correctness) has infiltrated this once great country.”
- Paul M. Weyrich, chairman of the Free Congress Foundation
It is not the job of the teacher to let down my child easy on issues that would be strange to them! But I also don't believe in public education until a child is about 16. I promote homeschooling, and I support trade schools for college education.
Trade Schools? What do you mean?
If this was elementry then I would be upset. But a teacher showing this to high schoolers-nay. The teacher should just tell the school board this is part of their multi-culturalism lesson.
Even then, I feel the parents should know about it first. In case they want to speak to their children on any given issue.
Even then, I feel the parents should know about it first. In case they want to speak to their children on any given issue.
Even then, I feel the parents should know about it first. In case they want to speak to their children on any given issue.
I guess I was thinking of something else. I'm more of a fan of a broader education for undergrads, unless they're in the sciences.
I assume the district has no problem with the media saturation coverage of Abu-Ghraib.
I do believe that a person should seek to learn as much as they possibly can. However, Universities are too liberal for my taste. Even Private Christian (not parochial) are too liberal. I would attend a Parochial college, before attending a Christian university, just because the Parochial seems to be more disciplined education. and they are well organized and thought out curriculum.
Sorry to ramble on. This is a good subject to discuss, I've always felt!
:o)
Yeah! Probably not.
My son sent hti sto me. Seems some transplanted Muslims were inspired by the beheading of Berg-and decided to do
the same here. Not knowing the way to the local synagogue they pulled up beside a pickup and began yelling Allah Akbar
but to their suprise the cowboy driving reached calmly behind the seat after he turned off his truck and come out
swinging and yellin' "eat my crowbar."
The problem here was that the flicks were accompanied by some heavey left editorializing by the teachers. I would not complain if the video were shown and the teacher said, "That's what happened," and left it at that.
No students were forced to view it, there is nothing in the newspaper about any editorializing and no parent complained about it (the school superintendent said "he only became aware of the incident when we was contacted by a reporter, who had been tipped off by a parent."
But the teacher is being disciplined because "school policy dictates that teachers get administrative permission before presenting potentially controversial topics or materials in class."
MOST of the stuff they teach in high school is controversial, as far as I'm concerned.
OK, OK! I got your point.
Just kidding. ;O)
Ditto to the latter!!!
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