Posted on 02/21/2005 3:28:29 AM PST by jocon307
An American soldier overseas is fuming over letters he received from Brooklyn middle-school children accusing GIs of destroying mosques and killing civilians in Iraq.
Pfc. Rob Jacobs of New Jersey said he was initially ecstatic to get a package of letters from sixth-graders at JHS 51 in Park Slope last month at his base 10 miles from the North Korea border.
That changed when he opened the envelope and found missives strewn with politically charged rhetoric, vicious accusations and demoralizing predictions that only a handful of soldiers would leave the Iraq war alive.
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The letters were written as a social-studies assignment.
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(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
What is with all those links pointing back to FreeRepublic?
BTW, if you read the article, the letter which accused the soldiers of destroying mosques was written by a Muslim student (OK, so I read the whole article.)
Some of the programming here begins at home imho.
Thanks so much for supporting our troops. You're the kind of teacher I remember having a hundred years or so ago . . . until I got to college. LOL.
My nephew was in Iraq . . . and the two recurring themes he always speaks of are how happy their Care Packages made them and how, THROUGH THE INTERNET, they knew MOST Americans supported them and their efforts. If you want to hear a Young Man vent on the MSM, you should . . . but that's another thread. LOL.
Our warriors skillfully and bravely man the frontlines of the battlefield . . . but don't think FOR ONE SECOND that you're not serving your country. You're manning the frontlines of the battle for OUR FUTURE. Teach our future well . . . you're the parents' eyes and ears and you're the third-most important person in our youngsters' lives. We always, always remember our favorite and best teachers . . . I suspect you'll be remembered well.
Again . . . THANKS!!!
Good teachers don't get nearly enough credit for all they do. Oftentimes they're underpaid and thought to be unappreciated. YOU'RE NOT BY THOSE OF US WHO KNOW HOW TRYING YOUR PROFESSION IS!! I had to substitute teach one time when the flu outbreak devastated a local school . . . I was a blabbering idiot after three days. I would even venture to say that GOOD teachers are the first building block that supports our way of life . . . you're that important.
The bad teachers? LOL. Trust me . . . we'll take care of them SOB's one at a time . . . eventually.
The Silent Majority is silent no more.
Pfc. Rob Jacobs of New Jersey said he was initially ecstatic to get a package of letters from sixth-graders at JHS 51 in Park Slope last month at his base 10 miles from the North Korea border.
This is the one that ws linked by the poster I responded to. Are they the same schools?
"Never censor"... Really? They're NINE YEAR OLDS. You(the principal, the 'teacher')are the ADULTS! You are supposed to censor, critique, guide, counsel, etc. It's called TEACHING you MORONS!
Absolutely disgusting. Anyone have a phone unmber to the school? Tommorrow, we can start bombarding them with calls since today they are off for PRESIDENT BUSH'S DAY.
Is there any way we can Freep this soldier? We need to counter the bad stuff that was done to him. My boys will be glad to help, they write really nice letters.
Just Damn!
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Because he's a kid away from home risking his life for his country, and the last thing he's thinking about at mail call is the trouble with our public schools.
If this teacher set this soldier up, as I suspect, he/she needs some personal "tutoring."
"We need to wrest control of elementary and secondary education out of the hands of the COMMUNISTS who run the teachers unions."
How is it you know she didn't act independently of those others you mention?
Excellent point!
Some locals to that school district need to initiate an investigation and censure this teacher.
Opps.
LOL!
And let's face it - although there was Congressional bickering by the usual Leftists, we really had America's public support back then. There's much more doubt this time around, which makes a tough job even tougher. (I realize with a 'Nam vet I'm preaching to the choir on that one!)
The banner ad for FR on the school site was the clue that something was outta whack. :)
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