Posted on 03/27/2007 6:03:10 AM PDT by Uncledave
Hey! I want their home, TV, car. It's better than mine. They've had it long enough. They need to shaaaaaare.
Usually their guilt is well-earned because they were born rich and never did anything useful with their wealth. My boss falls into that category.
My daughter had a *group project* at college and got a poor *group grade* because it bombed. She'd have been better off on her own, than with kids who wouldn't show up and do the work.
"The quotes from the school officials sound like the musings of mental patients"
yeah. They sound like they'd get along well with the unabomber.
This is absolute insanity.
Website describing the Lego chaingun. Too cool for words!
"Ann is co-author, with Fran Davidson, of That’s Not Fair: A Teacher’s Guide to Activism with Young Children"
whadya think?
do these teachers have kids of their own?
I'd like all those liberals to share their resources with me.
All structures will be standard sizes.
My house doesn't look like John Edwards yet.
First, the mushy thought process of education majors. (I know many wonderful teachers but.....)
Second, in their lego eutopia, some students will quickly figure out a way to manipulate all the others and the lofty headed teachers won't even realize what is happening.
Communism/socialism heralds the "equality" of all people. Some people are just more equal than others and they will always grab more luxuries, money, power, etc. I think the real point of pushing socialism is to empower the people pushing the hardest.
My boys love their Lego's. Many of them were mine when I was a kid. THey have a bunch of Star Wars fighter kits, but used other blocks to build and design their own fleet.
Never once did they build a community center, however, my ten year old once re-enacted Picketts Charge in Gettysburg with Lego's. It was pretty cool.
Of course, in honor of a friend of mine who was wearing a halo for a broken neck, my son made a halo with Tinker Toys. But his had integrated machine guns mounted to the top of the halo.
"The problem with stepping on your Lego is that it really hurts"
yes. i once banned legos for this very reason.
Legos everywhere - sore feet.
This article makes me feel like fighting communism by restocking.
How many more times do blinkin' idiots such as these have to screw around with socialism before finally Getting ItTM?
It Doesn't Work!
It Never Has Worked!
It Never Will Work!
What absolutely monstrous, obtuse idiots!
"turning smiles into scowls and open minds into closed alleys"
well put.
The parents may put up with this in Seattle, but not here in Lynchburg. Socialists LIVE to get into position to have an impact on our children, parents just have to speak up.
"Some people are just more equal than others"
some pigs too.
Nonsensical, psuedo-philosopical group-think jargon aside, what it boils down to is Lego Creations = Individual Creative Thinking.
Big-time crime to socialists.
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