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L'Eggo My Lego (Teaching communism with legos)
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| 2/28/2007
| Maureen Martin
Posted on 03/01/2007 8:24:13 PM PST by Usually_Disappointed
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To: Usually_Disappointed
The teachers decided its destruction was an opportunity to explore "the inequities of private ownership." Aaaah, these teachers are sooooo wise! /sarcasm What a bunch of commies. Instead of using this as an opportunity to teach about how to work to prevent land-grabbing, or brainstorm about how to prevent or rectify 'inequities of private ownership' or some such idea, they've decided to teach the children to abolish private ownership althogether! Uncle Joe Stalin must be sooo pleased, from his hotspot in hell...
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posted on
03/01/2007 8:30:48 PM PST
by
fortunecookie
(My computer is back!)
To: Usually_Disappointed
Hmmm...I guess there isn't much left to do after the kids have mastered the English language, can write a persuasive or narrative paper, and have no problem integrating or solving differential equations. I guess the Evils of Capitalism and Private Ownership are the only thing left...those poor teachers!
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posted on
03/01/2007 8:36:46 PM PST
by
opticks
To: Usually_Disappointed
Economic theory from folks who have no real concept of politcal and economic theory let alone political and economic reality.
They should lead by example and renounce all of their own property and distribute it equally among the toiling masses.
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posted on
03/01/2007 8:37:30 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Usually_Disappointed
They left out the most important socialist lesson of all:
"Some animals are more equal than others"
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posted on
03/01/2007 8:38:07 PM PST
by
Aikonaa
To: Usually_Disappointed
America is doomed unless we reform and rebuild the educational system. We have failed, and continue to, fail in reforming and rebuilding the educational system. Therefore, what can we conclude about the future of America?
To: Usually_Disappointed
How rich does one have to be to send children to this school?
To: Usually_Disappointed; Clemenza; phantomworker; Libertina
They claimed as their role shaping the children's "social and political understandings of ownership and economic equity ... from a perspective of social justice." I'm sure they let just any child into this school regardless of ability to pay.
To: Paleo Conservative
Just checked their website. Tuition, for preschool, looks to be about $1100 a month.
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posted on
03/01/2007 8:51:52 PM PST
by
RepoGirl
("Tom, I'm getting dead from you, but I'm not getting Un-dead..." -- Frasier Crane)
To: Aikonaa
Some animals are more equal than others
"community property good, private property baaaaad"
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posted on
03/01/2007 8:58:45 PM PST
by
bws53
To: fortunecookie
Private Ownership rights have been linked to civil liberties all through western civilization, starting with the Magna Carta and beyond. You first owned yourself, then you owned property, then you owned civil liberties.
To: Usually_Disappointed
'These assumptions "mirrored those of a class-based, capitalist society -- a society that we teachers believe to be unjust and oppressive."'
WARNING! TEACHERS SHOULD NOT PICK UP THEIR CAPITALIST BLOOD MONEY UNLESS IT IS USED TO BUILD COMMIE-PARADISE CITY-LEGO-TOWN! TEACHERS CAUGHT BUYING VCRS & SUVS WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT... THAT IS ALL.
To: Paleo Conservative
$1100 a month for preschool? Sounds pretty capitalist to me. I'll bet those kids figure out real quick how communism sucks. lol
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posted on
03/01/2007 9:27:20 PM PST
by
phantomworker
("The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." --Gandhi)
To: phantomworker
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posted on
03/01/2007 9:31:27 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(AL GORE STALKED ME ON 2/25/2007!)
To: phantomworker
At $10,000 per child per year, I'd bet there aren't any children from families below the fifth percentile of income distribution.
To: Usually_Disappointed
Crzy teachers -- wonder why something like this didn't happen with Lincoln logs of so other kind of building blocks???
Go figure.....leftist teachers, in my opinion.
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posted on
03/01/2007 9:47:02 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Salvation
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posted on
03/01/2007 9:47:56 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Usually_Disappointed
Did they have the kids make Gulags out of the Legos?
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posted on
03/01/2007 9:52:09 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Championship U)
To: Paleo Conservative
How rich stupid does one have to be to send children to this school?
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posted on
03/01/2007 9:52:11 PM PST
by
Axenolith
("pound pastrami, can kraut, six bagels – bring home for Emma")
To: Usually_Disappointed
"If I buy it, I own it," one child is quoted saying. The teachers then explored with the students concepts of fairness, equity, power, and other issues over a period of several months. I bet private property would suddenly become very important if one of the kids "appropriated" something that "belonged" to a teacher. For "community" use, of course.
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posted on
03/01/2007 9:55:56 PM PST
by
RobinOfKingston
(Man, that's stupid...even by congressional standards.)
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