[doug from upland]

Great. The guy also teaches U.S. History. That should be quite a pro-American class. I didn't see where the comparison of Bush to Hitler fit into the course discussion.

[Billthedrill]

The alarms should start going off when you reach "Critical Thinking." This is a code word that has everything to do with criticism, specifically of the status quo, and very little to do with actual thinking. It basically means placing a filter on everything you encounter intellectually (see "critical reading," the next entry down) that assumes that there is an oppressor/oppressed class dynamic that is inseparable from the ostensible message. When you hear somebody insisting "you're only saying that because..." you gotcha one right there.

[Fawn]

Wow----Schnitt is playing the actual tape recording of this teachers ranting....he covered every single Dem talking point.....really really hates this country....he says Bush is Hitler...and said we are purposely killing innocents in Iraq...it's unbelievable what is coming out of this stupid liberals mouth.....shocking.

Thank God for this kids father for catching this....

[nhoward14]

Classroom Rules

Respect must be shown to myself and fellow peers at all times

Tolerance for differences, remain open minded

Turn in all assignments at appropriate time

Complete all readings and arrive to class attentive, prepared, and willing to participate

Disregard for these rules will not be tolerated

I guess going against the establishment is OK with this dude as long as the establishment is not liberal.

[ChadGore]

www.indymedia.org ? ? ? ?

Isn't that tower of babble owned by the evil George Soros?

[fhlh]

· Tolerance for differences, remain open-minded

That's rich :)

[kcvl]

bttt

[mewzilla]

· NPR (National Public Radio) 1340 AM · The New York Times · The Wall Street Journal · The News Hour (PBS) channel 6 · The BBC News (PBS) channel 12 · www.npr.org · www.pbs.org · www.guerrillanews.com · www.tompain.org · www.cato.org · www.heritage.org · www.indymedia.org · www.freespeech.org · www.newamericancentury.org · www.brook.edu · www.zman.org

My, that's an interesting source list...

[Beckwith]

Principal Jana Frieler ~ jfrieler@cherrycreekschools.org

Asst. Principal Brent Graham ~ bgraham5@cherrycreekschools.org

Asst. Principal Ron Hogan ~ rhogan2@cherrycreekschools.org

Asst. Principal Pam Smiley ~ psmiley@cherrycreekschools.org

[zbigreddogz]

Hmm, syllabus seems OK. Even mentions extra credit for reading stuff from CATO and Heritage.

What did the guy do that was so bad exactly?

[GoforBroke]

ping

[litehaus]

Luv the "Extra Credit" sources.....theres a 'manifesto' missing though....LOL...

[hattend]

BTTT

[Fred Nerks]

Jay Bennish.

[rfp1234]

The best of the links on this Bennish character's syllabus:

http://www.newamericancentury.org

He may unwittingly be undermining his own propaganda, if enough open-minded students can understand that the PNAC agenda makes more sense than global socialism. That's a big if, for sure. We can only hope...

[excludethis]

http://www.guerrillanews.com/

CHECK OUT THE TOP BLOGS AT THIS WEBSITE, IT SAYS:

"*UCK THE TROOPS"

THIS IS THE TRASH READIN THIS SUPPOSED TEACHERS GIVE EXTRA CREDIT FOR MINORS:

[Fred Nerks]

Indocrination not education.

[beaversmom]

Good find. I stopped by Utah Park near Overland High School after I picked up my son from preschool. Most of the local TV were there plus 630KHOW--Craig Silverman and Dan Caplis were doing their radio show there. So me and the family stood around and listened for a little bit.

I took some pictures of our "future" and the "future" ain't pretty. I didn't hear the remark but Mr. Caplis had made some comment that the students felt insulted them. One boy said to the affect, "Oh he's making fun of us--they think we are just stupid teenagers and we don't know what we are talking about." One older woman with some weird hair color stated to a producer or some such that she thought it was great to give the kids a voice.

I don't see what's so great about it myself as most of them looked like circus freaks. They'll all fit in in "higher" education in a few years.

I've also come to the conclusion that there are no more parents around--how else can you explain children being let out of the house looking like they do. One boy had some kind of paint/makeup smeared all over his face like war paint.

I know--he's just "expressing" himself. We must not hinder his right to look like an idiot/freak at school less the ACLU be called in to defend his rights.

Also, the "children" were very loud and disrespectful. They all seemed full of themselves. You can tell that they've all been told that they are as smart or smarter than any adult.

I know most everyone at FR knows it, but this is what we are dealing with folks. Our public schools are toilets and they are churning out crap.

Anyway, it was a nice day and my kids got to spend some time at the park--something we haven't done in awhile.

[Phsstpok]

Actually, I'm beginning to have a "ports tsunami panic" kind of moment about this guy and his classroom work.

I remember one of my favorite high school teachers using what could be a similar "agent provaceteur" approach to teaching.  Back in '69, when the National Moratorium Day was to be the last major non-violent anti-Vietnam war protest, my english teacher told us we would flunk his course if we took the day off.  He then set us several provocative questions about the war and the issues involved.  You could excerpt a tape of what he said to us and make him out to be a "nuke 'em till they glow" type or a "peace at any cost" lefty, depending on your choices. 

But he convinced us not to skip school, which is what the peace activists wanted everybody to do.  He promised that if all of us showed up for class he would donate the equivelant of one months salary to the peace movement.  Everybody but me showed up and we all got passing grades.  I was excused because I was with the PBS news crew (acting as a "runner" for the producer, who was one of the adult leaders of my Baptist church's youth fellowship program) covering the national organizers of the protest down at Rutgers (totally seperate story, but fun).  What we didn't know about the offer from my teacher was that he was independently wealthy and his annual salary was $1, so he was coughing up all of 8 cents. 

He just wanted to prompt us to THINK THINGS THROUGH.  Not right.  Not left.  Just to think things through.

It's possible, just possible (mind you) that this guy is trying to do that with his students.  The fact that this is being reported to us by the "major media" makes me instantly suspicious that we don't know "the rest of the story."

[Salvation]

I hope this guy gets fried.

[Brad’s Gramma]

BTTT for later. Thanks, Doug