I object to the wording of that sentence. There's nothing subtle about Obama's speeches or agenda.
Nope, not buying it...that “the alternative room” should be equal time....a Ronald Reagan inaugural speech for instance.
Go fishing with your kid that day.
It’ll starve the schools of funding.
DO NOT GO TO SCHOOL.
Do you really think a clip of Obama the boring speaking to school kids will advance Obamas cause with the kids parents? I don’t.
Maybe the schools could run something like Bill Nye the Science Guy instead of Big Brother Obama.
I emailed both the teachers and the principal for my daughters’ school and they said that they will not allow any politics in their classrooms and will not force my daughters to participate. I told them if they are required expect my daughters to be absent from school on September 8th.
We have received notice from the U.S. Department of Education that President Obama will deliver an address to students on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 12:00 noon. The address will be broadcast live on the White House website, www.whitehouse.gov . According to the press release, “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.”
This address is receiving a lot of attention in the media, both positive and negative. Our understanding is that the address will be archived on the White House website for students and families to view at their convenience if they so desire. Therefore, schools should not alter their schedules so that each student may view the address, and teachers are not required to interrupt their lessons to show the broadcast. However, if a teacher chooses to incorporate the presidential address into his or her lesson, the teacher should inform his or her students and their parents by this Friday, September 4, 2009 of the plan to view the address in class on Tuesday. If a parent or guardian does not want his or her child to view the address, or if a student over 18 does not want to view the address, the student will be excused from the class.
Doesn't it seem just a little bit counter productive to send little Johnny out of the door into the care of the primary Socialist brainwashing station in this country, whose only bent is to reshape him or her into an anti-Christian leftist, while we sit at the computer to rail against the destruction of America in this (and other) forums? We all made the choice to use a broken educational system with full knowledge of its statist roots because it cost us less to enroll our children there. The old adage, "You always reap what you sow, more than you sow, later than you sow." certainly applies here!
If you don't want your children indoctrinated by the left, keep them out of left leaning institutions. Problem solved!
I have 3 public school aged children, I contacted each school and then the superintendents office to see if this propaganda would be shown in the system.
At first they said that they did not know, then they called me back and said that they would not be participating.
I will send my kids to school, with notes to excuse them from this. If they are forced to watch or they suffer any degradation for not being present if they do decide to show it there will be severe legal ramifications against the district.
Outstanding parent action!
Our district, Cy-Fair ISD in Northwest Houston, says:
“There will be no alternative activities for students whose parents request that their child
not view the speech. However, an alternative location with supervision will be
provided.”
They made sure to reference “Not since 1989 when President George H. W. Bush made his address to students on
the dangers of using drugs has a president spoken directly to the nation’s students.”
Question: Was the GHW Bush address shown during classroom time?
I’d like to suggest, as an alternative to the Obama Indoctrination Hour, our children are given the option to read the U.S. Constitution in the Library.
Good thread with some ideas of how other schools are handling this intrusion/indoctrination. Maybe you’ll see something you can use.
Does anyone know how long this has been planned? I find it ironic that the Marine at one of the townhall meetings told a politician to “stay away from my kids!” The next thing we know Obama is going right at the kids.
(a) A parent is entitled to remove the parent’s child temporarily from a class or other school activity that conflicts with the parent’s religious or moral beliefs if the parent presents or delivers to the teacher of the parent’s child a written statement authorizing the removal of the child from the class or other school activity."
Follow up ping...
They will say that they did this so there is no reason to keep the kid out of school...
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MmVkZTA1NTIzM2M5YWJjNDcxNTJiZmJiZTZjZDFjMjg
NOTE they got cought red-handed and they will still claim it is all innocent.
Needless to say I voted my displeasure about this taking place anyway. They also asked about my political leanings as in whether I was liberal, conservative or moderate; democrat, Republican or Independent; male/female, age demographic and gender.
HOMESCHOOL NOW!!!!!