Posted on 09/03/2002 7:55:31 AM PDT by 2banana
“What are they teaching our kids these days?”
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The Morgan Hill Unified School District is now teaching our children the following:
“The 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms does NOT include the right to keep and bear handguns.”
"There is no place in our society for handguns."
“All small firearms should be banned by law.”
These are quotes from an English class assignment at Britton Middle School in Morgan Hill. They are part of the standard curriculum in use by several teachers at the school for years.
A copy of the actual course material is shown below. When questioned about this political indoctrination of children, the response of the School District was:
The English Department instructors at Britton have met to discuss this matter and conclude that these statements are “part of an effective supplementary writing kit – and not an attempt to advocate for gun control in any manner.”
The Executive Council of the Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers (the teachers’ union) fully supports the position of the Britton English teachers. The Morgan Hill Unified School District Board of Directors refuses to agendize this matter for discussion or to answer any questions about MHUSD policy on political indoctrination of children. The official response by the District Superintendent’s office is: “Here, fill out our standard complaint form.”
What can you do?
Contact the Morgan Hill Unified School District Board, express your displeasure with this curriculum and inquire about district policy on political/controversial subject matter taught in their schools. Call the MHUSD District Superint- endent, Dr. McKennan, and request a copy of the complaint form and the policy for the complaint process. Fill it in and submit it. Members of the School Board are elected to office.
If they are not properly educating our students, consider running for their offices or supporting those who will better handle controversial, political subject matter in Morgan Hill Schools. Students are taught English writing skills by study- ing this example of a “good paragraph”:
Let the Morgan Hill Unified School District know how you feel:
Morgan Hill Unified School District
15600 Concord Circle
Morgan Hill CA 95037-5451
(408) 779-5272
Superintendent: Dr. Carolyn McKennan, Ed. D.
cmckenna@mhu.k12.ca.us
Assistant Superintendent: Mr. Robert Gaskill
rgaskill@do.mhu.k12.ca.us
MHUSD Web Page: http://www.mhu.k12.ca.us/
MHUSD Board of Trustees (The School Board):
President J.C. Foster
del@rftw.com
Vice-President John Kennett
jkennett@garlic.com
Larry Carr
Susan Choi
susan98@ix.netcom.com
Rick Herder
rherder@us.ibm.com
Tom Kinoshita
tkinosh@aol.com
Jan Masuda
masuda@ix.netcom.com
I concur. No one should have anything smaller than a .45ACP.
Cyber high-five!
When you care enough to send the very best.
Let Social Services come a knockin' - I'll deal with them. My son's not quite ready for that level of confrontation.
A handgun is a firearm.
>>>"There is no place in our society for handguns."
Oh yes there is!
>>>“All small firearms should be banned by law.”
BS! Law enforcement won't go along with that and neither do I.
Here's some other statements that I would then like to suggest for inclusion in their "supplementary writing kit" -- these are also not intended for indoctrination into anything at all:
1. Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God, who was born of a virgin, lived as a man, was crucified on a cross, then resurrected to live again.
2. Abortion is equivalent to infanticide.
3. Homeschooling is better for educating kids than the public school system.
4. Members of the United States military are very brave and should be held in high esteem for their service to our country.
5. Global warming is an unproven theory that is being used for political gain throughout the world.
6. Charles Darwin was wrong.
One more good reason for conservatives and confessing Christians to get your children out of the government schools now!
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