the 60's saw the emergence of the Flower Child
the 00's....the ZOMBIE-CHILD
Posted on 10/08/2013 12:00:39 PM PDT by lowbridge
A mother in the Bryant School District in Arkansas -- a district using the controversial Common Core curriculum -- was surprised to learn her sixth-grade daughter was given a team assignment to revise the Bill of Rights, pruning two amendments from the Constitution while adding two others, Twitchy reported Monday, citing a report at the Digital Journal.
The assignment made the assumption that the United States government has determined that the Bill of Rights “is outdated and may not remain in its current form any longer.”
The children were to assume the persona of “experts on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights” in their aim to ensure that “the pursuit of happiness remains guarded in the 21st century,” despite the fact that the phrase "pursuit of happiness" exists in the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.
Twitchy also hoped that one of these "experts" would realize the Constitution isn't amended by a "special committee."
Lela Spears, the girl's mother, told the Digital Journal her daughter has not received any training in civics or government.
"After she brought it home and explained her assignment to me, it made me question exactly what she was being taught. Where I can see a class using critical thinking skills to modernize the words, as to help them better understand the Amendments, giving an assignment to remove two then add two with little explanation as to why is upsetting," she said.
Spears also said her daughter had no clue why she was being tasked with amending the Constitution.
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So America’s children are now being taught that the Bill of Rights - which has protected American freedoms for two hundred years - is ‘out-dated.’
Then let ‘em change it, if they can.
Imbeciles, all.
Hopefully her mother can straighten her out and teach her what a bunch vapid Commies her teachers are and exactly what they are trying to do to this great nation.
Forward preparation for a job as a Supreme Court Justice. Would join the other titans of the SCOTUS, such as Kagan, Ginsburg and Sotomayor.
/johnny
Strictly as a hypothetical, why confine ourselves to the bill of rights?
What about sections of the fourteenth amendment? If we are hypothetically revising the constitution...Why just the bill of rights?
Oh wait...could...it be...the school has an agenda????
Let me guess which amendment would be the first one to be thrown out?
Actually, I think getting progressives to talk about amending the Constitution is great. There’s a process for that other than having five progressives on the Supreme Court.
And, I could write a pretty good change to the first and second amendments to reverse the judicial legislation that has occurred on them. For a school child to do that would require a lot of good research into original intent, judicial decisions etc etc.
I don’t like the assumption that it is outmoded, though. The bill of rights is a darn sight better than anything progressives could come up with.
sounds like a hanging curve ball of a question to me
They do jump to mind as those needing to be removed; but they aren't part of the Bill of Rights.
The purpose of this exercise is to introduce the idea that the Constitution is outdated.
That and push the assumption that Govt is the ultimate power. Note the “the government has determined” part.
Let ‘em have fun. The Bill of Rights has been repealed for decades.
“despite the fact that the phrase “pursuit of happiness” exists in the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.”
Along with “life” and “liberty”, which I guess are outdated as well.
What’s really sad is that these children will be the adults who will have to live under the tyranny. They are being “groomed” to accept it.
From the Bill of Rights, it would have to be the 2nd and the 4th, of course. Followed very closely by the 1st. That should keep the Common Core authoritarian statists satisfied at least temporarily.
The teacher is behind the times. Recent experience would remove the First, Second, Fourth, Ninth and Tenth.
Ruth Buzze Ginsberg has just ruled that the Second Amendment was long ago rendered obsolete, no doubt citing the National Guard Act of 1890, which made yeoman state militias “unnecessary”.
“And remember, children, never go to somebody’s house to play if there is a gun in it. Don’t even speak to the kids who live there. They are not our kind of people.”
It is not a Common afore assignment as I was given the identical assignment 30 years ago while in a high school Civics class.
The lesson learned by the students is that all amendments in the Bill of Rights are important and in the process students learn about the Bill of Rights.
It’s a good lesson and the parents complaining are misguided.
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