Posted on 08/27/2009 11:07:07 AM PDT by Benjamin Harrison
Subject: A Back to School Message from U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan - K12 (GA,HI,IA,ID,IL,IN,KS,,KY,LA,MA,,MD,ME,MI)
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Dear Principal:
In a recent interview with student reporter, Damon Weaver, President Obama announced that on September 8 – the first day of school for many children across America – he will deliver a national address directly to students on the importance of education. The President will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning. He will also call for a shared responsibility and commitment on the part of students, parents and educators to ensure that every child in every school receives the best education possible so they can compete in the global economy for good jobs and live rewarding and productive lives as American citizens.
Since taking office, the President has repeatedly focused on education, even as the country faces two wars, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and major challenges on issues like energy and health care. The President believes that education is a critical part of building a new foundation for the American economy. Educated people are more active civically and better informed on issues affecting their lives, their families and their futures.
This is the first time an American president has spoken directly to the nation’s school children about persisting and succeeding in school. We encourage you to use this historic moment to help your students get focused and begin the school year strong. I encourage you, your teachers, and students to join me in watching the President deliver this address on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. It will be broadcast live on the White House website www.whitehouse.gov at 1:00 p.m. eastern standard time.
In advance of this address, we would like to share the following resources: a menu of classroom activities for students in grades preK-6 and for students in grades 7-12. These are ideas developed by and for teachers to help engage students and stimulate discussion on the importance of education in their lives. We are also staging a student video contest on education. Details of the video contest will be available on our website www.ed.gov in the coming weeks.
On behalf of all Americans, I want to thank our educators who do society’s most important work by preparing our children for work and for life. No other task is more critical to our economic future and our social progress. I look forward to working with you in the months and years ahead to continue improving the quality of public education we provide all of our children.
Sincerely,
Arne Duncan
Himself?
Y’all make sure you check out the PDF/HTML lesson plan for this POS on the link I provided. I’m scanning it, now.
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This from the guy who does not accept responsibility for his past.
This made me laugh from the website:
“Before the Speech:
Teachers can build background knowledge about the President of the United States and his speech by reading books about presidents and Barack Obama and motivate students by asking the following questions:
Who is the President of the United States?
What do you think it takes to be President?
To whom do you think the President is going to be speaking?
Why do you think he wants to speak to you?
What do you think he will say to you?
Teachers can ask students to imagine being the President delivering a speech to all of the students in the United States. What would you tell students? What can students do to help in our schools? Teachers can chart ideas about what they would say.
Why is it important that we listen to the President and other elected officials, like the mayor, senators, members of congress, or the governor? Why is what they say important?”
Oh rats! My 7-year old son’s schooll district voted last night to strike, so he’s going to miss this.
The Dear Leader wants to indoctrinate your kids.
Replacing parental influence with party official influence is standard socialist doctrine.
It's not a big jump from asking you to rat on your neighbor to asking kids to rat on their parents.
Also be on the lookout for surreptitious gathering of information. I seem to recall a few years back that pediatricians were required to inquire of young patients whether Mommy or Daddy kept a gun in the house. Similar info can be gathered in school without you even being aware of it, does Daddy get paid “under the table,” does he have guns, etc.
Maybe we can adopt some kids so we can keep them home from school that day.
Ours in Ohio usually started at the very end of August.
Used to be you’d find my jaw on the floor and me saying “Not a day goes by.....”, ... now it’s AT LEAST once a day. Beck is absolutely right...the OVER LOAD is almost more than I can take...and I’m sure they’d be thrilled if most of us just threw up our hands and put our heads in the sand.
“Everybody should take their kids out of school that day. This is ridiculous. It’s like Stalin or Hitler speeches being read to kids in their classrooms where they are a captive audience and where it is sanctioned by the state.”
Yep, and I think the administration is counting on two things...1) first day of school...who’d want to miss that day?, and 2) first day of school...uniformed parents can’t object.
Egads. So Barry wants them to read his books first, or those awful illustrated books about him for younger children that I see on the shelves at Target. I didn't realize this was the full indoctrination package. This beyond upsetting.
“How many lies in this thing?”
Well, here is one:
“This is the first time an American president has spoken directly to the nation’s school children about persisting and succeeding in school. .... I encourage you, your teachers, and students to join me in watching the President deliver this address on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. It will be broadcast live on the White House website www.whitehouse.gov at 1:00 p.m. eastern standard time. “
The FIRST TIME, WOW.
Thank you, Mr. Obama.
The ONLY President who cares about our yoot.
Guess it means how you define speaking “directly”.
I suppose it is possible that no other President ever felt the need to co-opt every channel to beam his fat face to schools but I expect that most kids have seen some type of government address by a President over the years.
But just not on this scale.
Because Obama and his minions control the stoolies, err, I mean the press, it is Obama TV 24 hours a day. Interrupted only by dragging Wacko Jacko around and now Kennedy.
True, they’re probably hoping that most parents will be caught off guard by it or not know about it in advance.
I hope this gets to Rush or somebody who can publicize it.
Also he's talking about “Charter Schools” ... naturally there will be a catch ... I'd bet UNIONS and failing teachers with a government curriculum that is politically correct will be mandatory for it.
Also Obama has a “lottery” for schools. Those that meet HIS OBJECTIVES will get federal funds. Those that don't will be starved out financially.
Oh he’ll also want to push “community service” and probably “save the planet” crap.
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