Osama and Obama: both have friends who bombed the Pentagon.
Posted on 10/22/2008 7:38:38 PM PDT by STARWISE
Over 3,000 educators nationwide, including six Brown professors, have signed a statement supporting the man Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain called a "washed-up terrorist" at the third presidential debate last Wednesday.
In recent months, the McCain campaign has criticized Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama for his connection to William Ayers. McCain and his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin, have accused Obama of being "friends" with Ayers and claimed Obama has hidden the extent of their relationship.
Both residents of the Chicago area, Ayers and Obama first met in 1995 when they served on the board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a school reform initiative. They also were board members of the Woods Fund, a Chicago charity, from 2000 to 2002.
Ayers, now a distinguished professor of education and senior university scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, was a co-founding member of the radical activist group the Weather Underground in 1969. The group's extreme tactics to end the Vietnam War included planting bombs in the Pentagon and the United States Capitol.
In response to the McCain campaign's focus on Ayers' radical acts of the 1960s and 1970s, "Friends and supporters of Bill Ayers" are circulating a statement online to vouch for the professor he has become.
"I think he's doing a lot of positive, progressive, constructive work right now," said Professor of English William Keach, the first member of the University's faculty to sign the statement of support. Keach was referring to Ayers's work in the field of education.
As a professor, Ayers has written more than a dozen books on his holistic approach to learning that downplays the boundaries between teacher and student. Ayers was one of the original proponents of "free schools," where students call teachers by their first names and don't receive grades on assignments.
Constance Crawford, an adjunct lecturer in theater, speech and dance, was educated in free schools and said she disagrees with the concept, favoring a more traditional approach. But she signed the statement supporting Ayers, and said his ideas "should be combated with clarity, not with personal demonization and vilification."
Osama and Obama: both have friends who bombed the Pentagon.
I’m so glad these 3,000 clowns are teaching our children.
Great! McCain now has a starting list of teachers that need to be helped to find another job.
A bunch of Marxist Eggheads tell us that Ayers is really OK.
Well there, that makes me feel better! /s
I would not have my kids in one of there classes. Untill people start sticking to there beliefs and start standing up to these idiots, these people are going to keep teaching our kids.
And ya’ wonder what’s wrong with the field of education...
This only confirms what I have been saying about these acadamia nuts for years.
Marxist “Profs” usually support other Marxist “Profs.” It’s not rocket science. It’s a comrade thing.
Ah yes, Ayers' tireless work to indoctrinate children into communist ideology. I suspect every last one of the 3000 profs heartily approves of that work.
And in other news, dog bites man.
This ^^^^^^^ is why ‘home schooling’ is on the rise. Can’t blame them AT ALL! If UhBamUh gets in.....I’m jerking my kids OUT!
and they wonder why our country is falling behind with public education with these clowns teaching
everyone of them should be fired.
If they have no problems with a man who called for people to be murdered , who planted bombs and who has no regrets then it speaks volumes about these Muppet’s who supports this loon
Maybe he should move out to North Korea seeing as he does not like America
I’ll bet that one of them is from Arizona State, particularly the Dean of the Education Dept.
Every incoming Education major has to read Bill Ayers (teacher story) book for Edu 101, required.
Is there a link to the list of these professors?
Professors of education influence how the public schools teach their cirriculum. Many of these Marxists are professors of education.
Would that qualify as Another Reason to Homeschool?
“I’m so glad these 3,000 clowns are teaching our children.”
Just what I was thinking.
Have the parents of America had enough or are they going to keep sending their kids to the indoctrination centers and contributing to the alumni groups and university foundations?
Higher education can be boycotted just like the media, you know. There are other options like junior colleges and distance learning.
if you get a list could someone ping me on it please
There ya go.
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