>> I don't care which side, there's a special place in
>> Hell for people who try to warp kids with politics
Warp kids? More like save them. If you don't think they are already getting warped to the left from Kindergarten on, then you have NO idea what is going on in our public school system.
In fourth grade my daughter had a Social Studies book with the following items in them:
-- Statements that taxes are money we pay the government for services we need.
-- The equating of paying taxes with voting and insinuating it was patriotic to pay taxes.
-- A complete chapter on the Civil War with NO reference to any connection to state's rights - just slavery.
It goes on and on, take any significant public policy "hot button" topic and they are already getting brain washed on it. Affirmative action, racial profiling, abortion, gay rights, immigration policies, etc.
If you DO NOT education your children, and early, then someone else will do it for you.
I hear ya'
My daughter had the same "socialist studies" book in the 4th grade, and within two weeks of reviewing it, we were homeschooling.