Posted on 02/11/2022 5:32:49 AM PST by Kaslin
The headline was absolutely shocking in and of itself: “’My son didn't even know what oral was!’ Parents slam Connecticut school district for asking eighth-graders to share their sexual desires in the form of pizza toppings in bizarre assignment.” But what also got my attention when I read the rest of the story was the location of this school: Enfield, Connecticut.
It was in Enfield on July 8, 1741 that Jonathan Edwards, America’s most famous 18th century philosopher and theologian, preached his most famous sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”
This was in the days of the First Great Awakening, and God had been stirring the New England area out of its worldliness, apathy, and unbelief. But the town of Enfield remained untouched.
Yet that morning, as Edwards read his sermon, word for word, the fear of God fell. The congregants began to see themselves as hopelessly lost, dangling by a thread over the jumping fires of hell. (It was a vivid sermon!)
Soon there was so much screaming, crying out, and fainting that Edwards had to order them to be quiet so that his message could be heard. People began unconsciously to cling to their pews and grasp hold of the pillars of the church so as not to slip into hell. And many were radically converted.
Contrast that with Enfield today, where 8th graders (13-years-old on average) were asked “to share their sexual desires in the form of pizza toppings.”
They were told, “Now that you know this metaphor for sex, let’s explore your preferences!” (This was in a health class.)
They were told to “Draw and color your favorite type of pizza.” Then they were asked, “What's your favorite style of pizza? Your favorite toppings? What are your pizza no-nos? Now mirror these preferences in relation to sex!”
Specifically, “"Here are some examples: Likes: Cheese = Kissing. Dislikes: Olives = Giving Oral.”
These were 13-year-olds!
I know that many teens are sexually active, but really now, how many of them are having full intercourse or oral sex? And even if some of them were that active, how on earth could such a “lesson” be imposed on others? Or what is it doing in school at all?
In response to parents who had exposed the lesson, Enfield Public Schools Superintendent Christopher Drezek said at a school board meeting, “The simple truth was it was a mistake. And I know that there are some who may not believe that. I know there are some who don't necessarily maybe want that answer. In this particular case, I didn't even get a chance to because the person who made the mistake jumped ahead of it before I was even notified that it had happened.”
He agreed that the content in the assignment was “inappropriate,” and insisted that there was no “hidden agenda.”
And he added, “There was no secret cabal to indoctrinate kids on something. They sent the wrong document, And I'm not going to perpetuate this story any longer on their behalf. So that's what happened. And none of us are happy that it happened. No one feels worse that it happened and the person that did it.”
But all of this begs one big question. Even if this was a big mistake and there was nothing intentional about it, let alone the “lesson” being part of a hidden agenda, why on earth did the teacher go ahead with the class? Why not say, “Something is terribly wrong here!”
What if the lesson called for students to take off their clothes? Or to “experiment” by touching one another? Or to refer to each other using profane and sexually perverse words? Would the teacher go ahead with the class?
Then why did this teacher go ahead with this morally inexcusable lesson? If this person felt terrible about it, why do it?
A disturbing answer is that, while the lesson was deemed “inappropriate,” it was not that far removed from other “health” lessons taught in the school. Was that the case?
I can’t answer that from this distance, but I can say that it would not surprise me in the least. And that brings me back to the Superintendent’s comments.
He claimed that, “There was no secret cabal to indoctrinate kids on something.” That could well be true.
But the fact is that there has been a very open, out and proud cabal of educators for decades seeking to do this very thing: indoctrinate our kids.
I’m talking about sexual libertarians and LGBT educators and activists. Their agenda has been documented for many years now, with countless examples across our country every year. (See here and here and here for examples from the last 5 years.) And it is only against that backdrop that this “health lesson” made its way into this school in Enfield.
After all, even it was not intended for those school children, it was most certainly intended for other school children.
Jonathan Edwards must be turning over in his grave.
Connecticut is a liberal cesspool.
That’s a fact!
“Mistakenly” give your students a transcript of a Trump rally, and you’re instantly fired, blacklisted, and without any of your retirement or health benefits.
Fire the teacher. Period.
Relieve the principal of any administrative duties. Period.
The fact that neither of those will happen tells you all you need to know about the public schools, and why they must be immediately dismantled.
Hmm.. The lesson plan says to show “Debbie Does Dallas” to 8 year olds.
Teacher: I think that is probably a mistake. But, if it says to do it, I guess so. “Ok Kids, You’re in for a treat today!!”..
Has this health teacher NOT been fired?
Oh man. This is simply grooming.
If we were a lawful and reasonable society this teacher and their supervisor/s would be suspended and a serious investigation would be initiated immediately.
A mistake?
A mistake is taking the wrong exit off a highway.
A mistake is dropping a glass of milk on the floor.
A mistake is calling someone by the wrong name.
What is NOT a mistake? Creating a sexually based curriculum that includes that kind for any student in any K-12 school anywhere and disseminating it as an assignment. That is not a mistake. Someone spent time creating that with the full intent of giving it to a group of children in K-12. THAT is what is NOT a mistake.
I live in the town next to Enfield.
I guess this is why their pizza sucks.
I’m sure it was just a coincidence the “educators” chose pizza for this exercise. Yeah, just a coincidence. Nothing to see here.
A mistake?
A mistake is taking the wrong exit off a highway.
A mistake is dropping a glass of milk on the floor.
A mistake is calling someone by the wrong name.
What is NOT a mistake? Creating a sexually based curriculum that includes that kind for any student in any K-12 school anywhere and disseminating it as an assignment. That is not a mistake. Someone spent time creating that with the full intent of giving it to a group of children in K-12. THAT is what is NOT a mistake
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Thank you.
The only mistake here was these folks got caught grooming and weren’t fired and permanently banned from being employed by any school.
Recall that John Podesta’s leaked emails referenced child sex preferences as pizza toppings. The emails implied that there was a child sex ring servicing the perversions of the elite. Hence the scandal was called pizzagate.
ps
Jeffery Epstein did not commit suicide.
Superintended is lying, demonstrably so.
First, there is the lesson plan. There was coloring, so there were copies made of whatever material the teacher designed and built for the lesson.
Someone should have shut him down. Also, those lesson plans USED to have to be approved by a Principal or an Asst.
Fire everyone from Principal on down to the teacher.
Then fire the lying, mendacious Superintendent.
We read Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” in junior year high school American Literature.
Someone devised and presented and taught a lesson. And now it is decided it was a mistake?! Right.
It is astonishing to me. I still cannot believe that this is not regarded as even an issue. We have fallen that far, I guess.
How many decades ago?
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