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Posted on 02/22/2005 4:09:30 AM PST by Jon Alvarez
Middle School Students Encouraged to Send Demoralizing Letters to Soldier
Pfc. Rob Jacobs is a soldier based ten miles from the North Korean border. His home is in New Jersey. Therefore, it was not a surprise that he was excited when he received letters from sixth-grade students at JHS 51 in Park Slope; near Prospect Park in Brooklyn. But, that was before Pfc. Jacobs opened and read the letters. Monday, David Andreatta of the New York Post reported that these letters were “strewn with politically charged rhetoric, vicious accusations and demoralizing predictions that only a handful of soldiers would leave the Iraq war alive.”
The students’ indoctrinator (AKA “teacher”), Alex Kunhardt, had encouraged them to send letters to Jacobs that were to be filled with leftist rhetoric against the Iraq war, the soldiers and President Bush. At least nine of Kunhardt’s students followed his orders. As an example, a letter from a Muslim boy included: "Even thoe [sic] you are risking your life for our country, have you seen how many civilians you or some other soldier killed?" and "I know your [sic] trying to save our country and kill the terrorists but you are also destroying holy places like Mosques." To add insult to injury, Andreatta also advised that the envelope had a ‘smiley-face’ stamped on it.
Although “indoctrinator Kunhardt” refused to return phone calls, his principal Xavier Costelli responded in an inordinately cavalier fashion when he stated: “While we would never censor anything that our children write, we sincerely apologize for forwarding letters that were in any way inappropriate to Pfc. Jacobs. This assignment was not intended to be insensitive, but to be supportive of the men and women in service to our nation." You can tell he really meant it. Sure he did.
This is merely another example of leftist “academia”, now at the lower-grade levels, indoctrinating our children into their malicious and ever-increasing sadistic philosophies. It’s one thing for the leftists to write letters and complain to government leaders but, quite another to try to demoralize our troops by using their new and improved desperate weapon…our kids. This is a new low, even for the Left. So, the next time you hear a liberal/leftist say “we hate the war but, support our troops”, remember this scenario. Then, you can fairly and accurately (and with all intended sarcasm) say: “SURE you do!”
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Then the teacher should be fired if they have so little good sense.
I was not going to call the school but tomorrow morning I am going to.
I noticed, after reviewing your original thread & letter, that these young ladies could not answer the truths you presented from first hand experience. They did not address the fact that you went into a country to not only protect America, but to protect the innocents in that country from the very same acts they accused you (and the rest of our wonderful soldiers) of.
She says you would like to murder millions. That you do blow up children & rape women. I would challenge her to find the "proof" of these accusations.
Sad, what our young men & women are allowed to believe. And sadder when they come face to face with someone who has been there and lived it and call them a liar.
Then the teacher should be fired if they have so little good sense.
Agreed.
Dear Sir: A apology from you does nothing to help the problem. Allowing teachers to indoctrinate 6th graders in their world view rather than teaching them how to read, write, add and a proper view of history is a disgrace. This is not a free speech issue, this is a wake up call on why NYC students are among the lowest scoring students in the US! Curt
Well put...
Hannity and the father did an excellent job...funny how Colmes views differ so greatly from what the rest of us see. Parallel universe? Bizarro World?
on Hannity it was reported that they were sent in one big envelope...thus, the teacher saw them. The consensus was that adult input was given...too much adult language/left-wing reasoning (I know...an oxymoron) used.
Cleaning my keyboard now!
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And send him a link for that Anheuser-Busch SB commercial of the returning troops in the airport.
BTTT for tommorrow - tnx for the ping.
I am sure the school district is regretting the day Al Gore invented the internet.
I've just added you to my FoxFan ping list. :-)
Thanks for the ping!
LOL, you are such a 'man of words' I'd like to have read those letters!!
Thanks for the 'bumpity ping' Meek!
There are stacks of letters in boxes in the hangar from kids in elementary schools, high schools, and churches back in the states. You pretty much just grab what you want, and answer them if you choose. I'd say that 99% of the letters and cards were supportive, but there were a few that were critical of the administration, of the soldiers, etc.
I specifically looked out for the ones that were negative and took my time to answer them. I always reminded the letter writer that American servicemen and women had died for freedom and for their right to disagree. I communicated a conservative Christian point of view in my answer and asked for God to bless America.
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