I did NOT think we did such things to our kids in America.
After Obama's speech to America's schoolchildren this Wednesday, students in grades 7 to 12 will be asked, among other things, "How will he [President Obama] inspire us? "
What if the student writes;" He won't, because I know he is a liar and a deceiver."
Do you think the student will be chastised by the teacher and/or sent to the principal's office for some "re-education" in Obama-worship?
Do you think the teacher will hold that Obama-non-worshiper up to class ridicule?
Do you think the teacher might suggest the student has "problems" and needs to see the school psychologist?
Why in the he__ are public school students being asked, "How will he [President Obama] inspire us? "
I think this whole speech -- and the FOLLOW-UP class discussion and homework -- are designed to make kids idealize Obama, and I think the public schools have NO business politicizing the students.
What if that question were asked of students after a speech to them by Presidents Nixon or George W. Bush?
I can hear the howls now from the very same people who are pushing Obamagod on America's young people this week.
In China, schoolchildren were taught that Chairman Mao was "inspirational" -- I did NOT think we did such things to our kids in America.
The links to the "suggested" classroom activities can be found here:
- Classroom Activities (Pre-K – 6)
PDF (115K) | MS Word (119K) - Classroom Activities (7 – 12)
PDF (170K) | MS Word (184K)
The link to the whole mess is at:
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/academic/bts.html
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Wednesday is the address to the joint session of Congress.
Although Bush 1 addressed schools back in 1991, I don't think there was a lesson plan to go with it.
BTW, Obama's address to schools will be made from Wakefield HS here in Arlington, VA. I once taught a unit of AP physics there. Wakefield is one of the best high schools in the country.
that dawned on me later (smile)
The good thing is there are many schools that do not start until Wednesday. Lucky kids.
The lesson plan has always been the problem...not that he wants to speak to school children. Since I know his modus operandi, I don't trust him, but as long as he sticks to talking about things like staying in school and making the most out of their educational opportunities, I can live with it.
Media Resources Prepared School Remarks
It's too bad he had to go there with the lesson plans.
get a healthcare "reform" bill that raises our rates and decreases our access. And private insurers and pharma companies will be happy.
Awesome!!
who say "don't be ridiculous, it's nice the president is speaking to kids" people who have lost all sense of skpeticism.
People who have never been charged ridiculous surprise fees by banks, have never had the rug pulled out from under them by corporations, or health insurance companies, or employers, or people they know.
It's these people who want this crap of a health care "reform" bill to pass no questions asked. They don't know what is in the bill. They were upset about the bailout bill, but they TRUST WHAT THEIR LEADERS TELL THEM. They say "don't be ridiculous, a Democrat would not have passed a bailout bill that helped the rich and screwed the middle class."
My 70-year-old friend Martin is the nicest man, but he's one of those people. He's a lefty, he's not terribly rich, but in his lifetime the system worked for the middle class. So it's taking him longer to accept the fact that a health care "reform" bill might actually screw the middle class.
The words gullible and obots came to mind, catfish. We could call people who trust the system gullibots.
Now we're getting somewhere.
Mark Penn identified this group in his book Microtrends, he labeled them "impressionable elites." He is a pollster, he asked the questions, and found them through direct evidence.