Posted on 02/27/2006 12:44:06 AM PST by freespirited
For months, 17-year-old Andrew Saraf had been troubled by stories he was hearing about a Peace Studies course offered at his Bethesda high school.
Last Saturday, he decided to act. He sat down at his computer and typed out his thoughts on why the course should be banned .
"I know I'm not the first to bring this up but why has there been no concerted effort to remove Peace Studies from among the B-CC courses?" he wrote in his post to the school's group e-mail list. "The 'class' is headed by an individual with a political agenda, who wants to teach students the 'right' way of thinking by giving them facts that are skewed in one direction."
He hit send.
Within a few hours, the normally staid e-mail list BCCnet -- a site for announcements, job postings and other housekeeping details -- was ablaze with chatter. By the time Principal Sean Bulson checked his BlackBerry on Sunday, there were more than 150 postings from parents and students -- some ardently in support, some ardently against the course.
Since its launch at the school in 1988, Peace Studies has provoked lively debate, but the attempt to have the course removed from the curriculum is a first, Bulson said. The challenge by two students comes as universities and even some high schools across the country are under close scrutiny by a growing number of critics who believe that the U.S. education system is being hijacked by liberal activists.
At Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Peace Studies is taught by Colman McCarthy, a former Washington Post reporter and founder and president of the Center for Teaching Peace. ...McCarthy makes no effort to disguise his opposition to war, violence and animal testing.
"Unless we teach them peace, someone else will teach them violence," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Ummm....not sure...how long has the democrat party been around?
Also,,,It is immoral and abusive to FORCE immature children and youth into a government indoctrination environment where they are surrounded by teachers and other children who attack and undermine the most cherished traditions taught in the home. When and why did citizens give government this much power over our minds and thoughts?
The left has infiltrated the schools and wants to use it to indoctrinate our children. They are unable to win people over at the ballot box, so they greatly desire to change the perceptions of the next generation in hopes of winning that way...that is why they fight tooth and nail against any sort of voucher programs, even though they are working where they have been established and none of the doom and gloom projections have come to pass.
If there was a strong movement to eliminate government schools the complaint the left will use is separation of church and state. They will complain that tax money will go to schools set up by religious folk of all persuasions...and they will attempt to use fear of funding madrassas to scare otherwise rational people from endorsing any move to private schools.
Excellent example of twisted Leftist paper writing. Who could be against teaching "peace"? If the Wa Compost were a true newspaper and not a Marxist rant, the article's title would be something like "Students Question Class' alleged Political Bias."
Maybe he f'ed up and quoted an actual conservative that wasn't on the WaCompost approved list of pseudo-conservative lackeys, or failed to describe him as "far right wing conservative extremist who want to starve your grandma".
Nam Vet
Reason to home school #1623: Former Washington Post writer teaches a class at the local high school.
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Thanks for the ping. I'm SHOCKED that the Post covered this.
What more needs to be said?
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"Yes. I will. And how to keep clean, and square away a bunk. And how to have fun on a day pass. "
Amen and Hooah!
Don't forget PT and proper diet along with personal finance.
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