I agree with you, but you would be amazed at the number of people, who will agree on emotion, that teaching kiddies to "be kind to the animals" in school is a good thing.
Unfortunately, those people who realize that educators need every minute to teach kids the basics have to be on guard constantly against the Gramcians. PETA and other leftists drool over the prospect of shaping our little "skulls full of mush", and to heck with giving them an actual education.
"I agree with you, but you would be amazed at the number of people, who will agree on emotion, that teaching kiddies to "be kind to the animals" in school is a good thing."
It is a good thing to teach kids to be kind to animals. The bible also teaches this. It's bad when they step overboard, that we can all agree on. Teaching kids to have no sensitivity or responsibility toward animals is as bad as PETA telling us pet ownership is slavery.