Posted on 09/01/2009 8:22:15 PM PDT by FromLori
lol wait until you see his video...
I think it’s wonderful that President Obama is making education a priority. And his bookish, pro-intellect personality is good for children to emulate (to a point). Certainly, his academic achievements are an paradigm for kids to aspire to.
But like President Bush's, Obama’s first educational foray is an unwelcome one.
Bush, who also made education a priority, joined with Ted Kennedy to produce a truly horrendous piece of legislation in No Child Left Behind. NCLB is a well-intentioned disaster at best.
Obama’s initial educational push will be what he thinks he does best a speech, likely read from a Teleprompter.
Obama is planning to address all of the nation’s students on Tuesday, September 8, 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
I’m sorry, but the notion of a national address to schoolchildren creeps me out.
Maybe I’m paranoid, but it sparks within me thoughts of Big Brother’s looming head on a massive television screen, indoctrinating the hapless drones spread out before him.
The companion “Menu of Classroom Activities” released to pre-kindergarten through sixth graders by the Education Department in advance of what they are billing as “President Obama’s Address to Students Across America” does nothing to assuage my paranoia.
Before the speech, students are instructed to read books about Barack Obama. Teachers are asked to ask students “Why do you think he wants to speak to you?” referring to the President.
During the speech, students should think about the following “What is the President asking me to do?” and “What specific job is he asking me to do?” among other things.
After the speech, the questions that students should ponder include “Are we able to do what President Obama asks up to do?”
I’m sorry, but I don’t want the President of the United States asking or telling the kids of the United States to do anything. This isn’t 1950s China.
And what -- exactly and precisely and specifically what -- is the President going to be talking about during this address? The war? Healthcare reform? Voting issues?
Nobody knows, which is also scary.
The White House needs to be completely transparent beforehand about what the President intends to tell the kids of America.
Because if it’s anything other than “obey your parents and your teachers,” the President may well be out of line.
Parents should be aware and wary of mass indoctrination coming from any President and into the hearts and minds of impressionable little ones.
Que The Big Feed Archives - Leave Dem Chilrens Alone!!!!
I know I’m spamming here, folks.....but PLEASE COPY this vid. I have not seen this before....This is UNBELIEVABLE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMxOPvIohcM
I cannot STAND it that Obama is speaking to our kids. How dare he!!! I will talk to all my tutees about it, Tuesday. Son’s too old. How DARE he? Who does he think he is? The man needs to be run out of town, tarred and feathered. How about a march on DC with pitchforks?
I’d keep them all home. They’re showing this bit of propaganda in middle and high schools, too.
An outrage! If every red-blooded serious conservative would keep their kids home from school that day, it would send a message!!
I would just explain to my children that they already know those things because their dad and I taught it to them already. They don’t need the President of the United States to speak to them and explain all of that no matter WHO the President is. It’s not his job.
WTF!!!!! UNBELIEVABLE! I would have my kids out of that school so fast their heads would spin!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1822992/children_singing_praise_obama/
Hitler youth and North Korean kids sang too
I teach 3rd grade in Texas and we have had no directive to have the students watch the video. But like I said, I teach in Texas!
The adults have finally figured him out and know he is an anti American, liar. Now he is going to try to brainwash our children into believing his lies. Mark my words....he will start using his own children to reach out to other children. It won’t be long before we see his daughters giving speeches from their teleprompters too!
God Bless Texas !
subliminal message?? Maybe we should play the tape backwards.
Maybe you didn’t get the memo yet?
If he’s coming on Channel One your older kids can just skip 1st period.
So how/where/why is our President guaranteed this kind of access to OUR children?
Aren’t “Public Schools” LOCAL?
Shouldn’t my School District, and our PTA’s have a major SAY?
Shouldn’t that “SAY” occur B4 that broadcast?
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