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Teacher says inflammatory letter was part of lesson plan
Chico Enterprise-Record ^ | 09/13/2007 | GREG WELTER

Posted on 09/15/2007 10:23:45 PM PDT by george76

Bidwell Junior High School administrators said a letter sent home with students in an eighth-grade class Tuesday was a good idea for a history lesson, with bad execution.

The letter, which appeared to ask parents to renounce their U.S. citizenship, prompted phone calls to the school from several irate recipients.

He concluded the letter with "After careful consideration of the facts of our current situation, I have decided to announce to everyone that I am no longer a citizen of the United States, but a free and independent member of the global community."

"The point was, I wanted to ask parents if they would sign such a letter if conditions that existed prior to the Revolution were happening now,"...

Parsley said Brooks sent the letter out with no explanation or disclaimer, and was relying on students to tell their parents it was part of a lesson plan.

She said several parents reacted adversely to the letter, but a few sent them back signed.

Chico resident Michael Hill said he was told by his daughter, Kaytlen Hill, 13, that the assignment was to have parents sign the letter and return it to class Wednesday.

"The lesson being taught in class was that the U.S. kidnaps innocent people and takes them to Cuba, where they are kept indefinitely and tortured," Hill said he learned through his daughter.

When Hill asked her if Brooks mentioned Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the U.S. imprisons terrorist suspects, he said his daughter replied "yes."

He said his daughter broke into tears when she talked about Brooks mentioning illegal wiretaps and other surveillance directed against innocent people.

"I think I was more irritated by the classroom discussion than the letter,"

Principal Joanne Parsley said she doesn't believe Brooks has any political agenda to advance.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicoer.com ...


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To: Beckwith

I did fire at will, heh, heh!

Thanks!

;^)


21 posted on 09/16/2007 4:25:06 AM PDT by elcid1970
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To: george76

It wouldn’t surprise me a bit if this teacher were either a DUmmie or a KOmmie. Would like to know what his screen name is.


22 posted on 09/16/2007 4:51:11 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: loboinok; george76
This made me think of the 45 Communist goals introduced into the Congressional record in 1963, which included.

I keep the link to the original 1999 FR thread on my About Page.

Communist Goals (1963)

23 posted on 09/16/2007 5:07:37 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (DC scandals. Republicans address them, Democrats reelect them. (Tom DeLay 8/30/07))
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To: george76

In that case, his ass should be fired and he should be deported fom the U.S. to the global community.

Where do shits like this come from?

Back when I was going to school we did not have this, in fact, a lot of them were WWII and Korean War veterans.


24 posted on 09/16/2007 5:14:01 AM PDT by sport
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To: george76

“.....Principal Joanne Parsley said she doesn’t believe Brooks has any political agenda to advance.”

If she read the letter and believes what she said, then she is, in my opinion, too stupid to function in society.


25 posted on 09/16/2007 5:18:22 AM PDT by sport
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To: azhenfud

Since there is a signed statement denouncing his citizenship, does that not mean he is now here illegally, the school has violated federal law in having him employed, and do we get to deport him to the country of our choice?


26 posted on 09/16/2007 5:19:16 AM PDT by EBH
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To: urluquai

***”The point was, I wanted to ask parents if they would sign such a letter if conditions that existed prior to the Revolution were happening now,”... This is a lie, because the founders did not declare themselves members of a “global community” (an oxymoron if ever there was one) But rather they declared a new nation.***

Agreed! Sounds like an excuse to weasel out of trouble.


27 posted on 09/16/2007 5:25:01 AM PDT by kitkat (I refuse to let the DUers chase me off FR.)
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To: george76

deport him to lovely North Korea


28 posted on 09/16/2007 5:26:47 AM PDT by Charlespg (Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under our infidel boots.)
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To: george76

I had my blood pressure under control this morning prior to reading this post. Is 800 over 675 normal?


29 posted on 09/16/2007 5:43:18 AM PDT by CHEE (You don't have to practice to be miserable.)
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To: Beckwith

I sent my 2 cents to the principal. Thanks for the link.


30 posted on 09/16/2007 6:04:18 AM PDT by BillyBonebrake
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To: Maelstorm
confined in well isolated petri dishes for study

Nothing to play with. Minimum Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) enviroment.

31 posted on 09/16/2007 6:23:08 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Life is Good!)
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To: george76
...I have decided to announce to everyone that I am no longer a citizen of the United States, but a free and independent member of the global community."

"The point was, I wanted to ask parents if they would sign such a letter if conditions that existed prior to the Revolution were happening now,"...

What horse manure !

The conditions that existed prior to the American Revolution was not a state of being "...a free and independent member of the global community."

You were a subject to a king or to a nation state, you were neither totally free or independent. There was no global community to be part of

If this was his true intent, to teach this lesson rather than preach an ideology, he should be reassigned to teach another subject because comparative history is beyond his ability to teach

32 posted on 09/16/2007 6:31:21 AM PDT by Popman (Nothing + Time + Chance = The Universe ---------------------Bridge in Brooklyn for sale - Cheap)
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To: loboinok; Arrowhead1952

Thanks

Communist Goals - 1963 Congressional Record

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a37ebc13801fd.htm


33 posted on 09/16/2007 7:12:16 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
Principal Joanne Parsley said she doesn't believe Brooks has any political agenda to advance.

Parsley is either ignorant or a liar.

My choice is liar.

Perhaps adults in her district will do what they can to make sure Farsley is fired and banned from influencing children.

As for the "teacher", Brooks should definitely be canned..........and caned.

34 posted on 09/16/2007 7:20:43 AM PDT by Thumper1960 (Unleash the Dogs of War as a Minority, or perish as a party.)
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To: endthematrix; ExGeeEye; Born Conservative; rellimpank

Thanks.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1594896/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1591911/posts


35 posted on 09/16/2007 7:25:10 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: MPJackal

“Then she is the dumbest person on the face of the earth.”

That’s why she’s the principal.


36 posted on 09/16/2007 7:27:15 AM PDT by toddlintown (Five bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
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To: george76
He doesn’t have a political agenda. He’s just helping to raise the children to be critical thinkers.Yeah whatever.
37 posted on 09/16/2007 7:27:37 AM PDT by BBell
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To: Maelstorm

Well said and God bless you!


38 posted on 09/16/2007 7:28:34 AM PDT by Plains Drifter (If guns kill people, wouldn't there be a lot of dead people at gun shows?)
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To: endthematrix; mathprof; DBeers

Another Jay Bennish ?

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39 posted on 09/16/2007 7:30:07 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: rlmorel; mewzilla; jazusamo

Excellent post by rlmorel :

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1596331/posts?page=26#26


40 posted on 09/16/2007 7:34:49 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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