Parent Blows Whistle on Teacher Promotion of Obama Internship

Education Reporter ^ | MARCH 2010 | Education Reporter

[RaceBannon]

Parent Blows Whistle on Teacher Promotion of Obama Internship

The parent of a Perry High School student in Massillon, Ohio, set off a firestorm in his community and in the blogosphere when he gave Pamela Geller, of AtlasShrugs.com, a copy of an internship application provided to his 11th-grade daughter's government class the last week of January. The information packet, emblazoned with the Obama presidential campaign logo, was from DNC-funded Organizing for America (OFA), the successor organization of Obama for America. The student's father, identified as "Chuck," told Geller that the teacher offered no Republican Party internship equivalent to students.

The document, posted in its entirety on Geller's website, promotes a ten-week internship for "empowering students across the country to help us bring about our agenda of change," and for which students may receive course credit. Interns must commit to at least 12 hours a week, and will be taught how to be "leaders in OFA's organizing work this summer," i.e., campaign workers for the 2010 election season.

[montyspython]

This proves that the most important component of a child’s education is the vigilant involvement of the parents, end of story.

[RaceBannon]

You got that right!

[50mm]

Just a few seconds apart...

It takes a little longer to post from my iPhone.

[Bikkuri]

Holy crap!?! where are all of the roaches coming out from}? think this is the most I’ve seen come out of the woodwork since sKerry was running :p

Keep upi the good work ;)

Bikk

[RobbyS]

Th NEA and AFt are virtual arms of the Democratic Party.

[Bikkuri]

“IT”... they can’t even decide WHAT sex they are >.<

Bikk

[Tzimisce]

This is Communism.

What are you going to do about it?

[444Flyer]

Mr. Plant, you've been EXPOSED.

[Andonius_99]

Personally, I think this one fits a bit better...

[mojitojoe]

I had to look twice to make sure this wasn’t an April fools post. Another day of being enraged.

[mojitojoe]

The teacher knew exactly what he was doing.
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Sure they did. Anyone have the teachers name?

[mojitojoe]

Oh he’s definitely a troll and not even a good one. I don’t know how long it will take for the mods to figure it out.

[mojitojoe]

WOO HOO! he wasn’t even a good troll. His posting history was so obvious. He didn’t even come in slowly and his attempt to fly under the radar was pretty miserable.

[Oceander]

[mojitojoe]

I doubt it. I think that teacher knew exactly what they were doing.

[GOP_Raider]

I KNEW you were a troll! Now my suspicions are confirmed.

So yeah...Kenny The Snake Stabler reacts to your trolling.

[UCANSEE2]

What if the teacher had received only applications for Republican interns?

Would it then be called inappropriate? Should she have rejected them, or passed them out to students?

Here’s the big question, at least in my mind,.... where did she get these? Do they send them to all the teachers? All the schools?

[UCANSEE2]

And the teacher STILL doesn’t see the problem no doubt.

Is the problem really situated with the teacher?

Is it more likely that the materials came to the district, and to the principal, and that he gave them to the teacher?

Did the OFA just pick that teacher's name out of a hat?

I doubt it. But now he claim's he has 'counseled' the teacher, informing her of district 'policy'. Because district lawyers told him to blame the teacher, and that nothing untoward will happen as a result.

The teacher may be the last line of 'defense', but to blame the foot soldiers when it is obvious the enemy has infiltrated the officers ranks... is exactly what they want us to do.

[UCANSEE2]

who agreed to accept this brainwashing as a credit course for high schools?

That's what I've been saying.

It makes it appear the teacher was only doing her job, as per a federal mandate. And that the district was completely aware of the program.

And yet, the blame is put on the teacher.