Posted on 09/16/2007 7:57:25 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
One often hears that government schools in totalitarian nations brainwash their children to love the government. People in free nations decry that as oppressing the free will of innocent children, and rightly so. In American schools, however, just the opposite is true as with the case of an anti-American teacher in a public school in Chico, California who hates this country so much that he sent a letter home to his student's parents urging them to renounce their citizenship in the U.S. as he announced he was so doing.
Since the troubling work of the so-called progressives led by John Dewey that has resulted in the near destruction of our institutes of higher learning, American schools have been steadily undermining this country. For a long time, at least, it was isolated mostly in the Universities safely removed from our youngest and most vulnerable students. Now, this pernicious and self-loathing force is commonly seen in even our elementary and high schools all too often. Supposed "teachers" who so hate the United States, its culture, history and ideals that they are willing to cast aside any pretense of teaching and are going straight for political indoctrination of their own hate filled ideology appear everywhere you turn.
This is the case of yet another American hater, another Ward Churchillesque propagandist infesting an American public school, one paid for by public funds, who is advocating the destruction of the United States by teaching things antithetical to our nation.
"Teacher" Mike Brooks is teaching his 14-year-old, middle school children that the U.S. tortures people and that it is better to be a member of "the global community" than to be an American. He is so filled with hate against the U.S.A. that he even sent a letter home to his student's parents asking them to renounce their citizenship in the U.S.
Worse than this, the school's principal is so mindless that she is sticking up for this enemy to our country by saying she is sure Brooks "has no political agenda to advance." Clearly he does with his advocacy that his students turn against their own country.
Parent Michael Hill of Chico tells reporters, "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 went on to say that his daughter, "broke into tears when she talked about Brooks mentioning illegal wiretaps and other surveillance directed against innocent people."
The letter this propagandist for unAmerican ideologies sent out re-imagined the Declaration of Independence in "modern language" and ended with the teacher's postscript renouncing his citizenship in the U.S.
"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," it read.
Then he insisted that parents sign this letter so that his children may return it to his classroom. Many of the children felt pressured into having their parents sign it, though this purported teacher claims he meant only to start a "discussion."
I would suggest to the Chico, California schools system that they allow this "independent member of the global community" to go find a job in a Madrassa somewhere where his hate-America ideology will be welcomed with open arms and where he will not have his truly wasted salary paid for by the tax payers of the country he so hates.
This story can be added to another recent and outrageous one from Sampson County, North Carolina. There a local High School banned the U.S. flag from being displayed on articles of clothing. In true, mindless "zero tolerance" style, the U.S. flag was banned along with that of any other nation because too many Mexican kids were wearing Mexican flag items to school.
Not only are schools anti-American, but they are filled with gutless and stupid administrators, as well. Here the U.S. flag was banned so that administrators who "didn’t want to be forced to pick and choose which flags should be permissible," could get away from having to make a decision.
That one would have been easy for a true American. Ban ALL but the U.S. flag. This IS America, after all. Fortunately, the ban was later rescinded but the only thing that changed the minds of the weak spined administrators in North Carolina was the monumentally bad publicity the story raised for them. If no one had reported on this one, the ban would still be in place and our own children would not be able to show their love for the flag of the very country in which they live.
Sadly, stories like this are not isolated and few. They happen every day throughout the country. Our government schools are failures through and through and should be dismantled. Instead of places of learning, they have become dens of the unAmerican left skulking around and undermining the very nature of these United States by teaching our children to hate their country. Parents should make themselves very aware of the indoctrination being foisted upon our children and stories like this sound a clarion call for change.
Vouchers are a start, but the elimination of the teacher’s unions is about the only thing that will begin to fix this problem. Add to that the elimination of Federal funding and a return to local control and we may yet refashion our schools into places to which we would no longer be afraid to send our children.
I always tell them that “a man without a country” by his own choice is a man who should never be trusted.
We were serving in the Vladivostok area for two years and met Peace Corp types and UNO volunteers. I don’t think I ever met such weirdos in all my life. I don’t know if all Peace Corps people are the same, but the ones we met in eastern Russia sure were, and seemed to loyal to no country; certainly not to the USA (in their conversation).
More of these guys should renounce their citizenship. I sure hope they deported him.
The Dim’s forget there were somewhere around 60 million Americans that did not vote for them in the last election. That is a big audience to continually M.F.on a daily basis.
This story should be emailed to every talk show host and hostette. Make sure this idiot gets kicked out of this country ASAP."To where? As a member of the 'Global Community' and without his U.S. Citizenship, he couldn't get a passport to leave or go anywhere.
Actually, there is a country which was founded for the very purpose of settling people from the United States. It is called, "Liberia," and with a little encouragement I shouldn't wonder if they would accept immigrants from here.I move that we auction off this guy's American citizenship to the highest qualified bidder, and that the proceeds be used to buy him 40 acres of land, and a mule, in Liberia.
Great. Then deport the guy. Above all else, remember that he cannot vote. I don't believe non-citizens can contribute to political parties either.
The Government does not “give” money to schools in a voucher program. The money is given to parents, they decide where to spend it. They decide which schools gets the money.
Further indication of the consequences of Schools of Education — the University Department that teaches the teachers — accepting the lowest GPA/SAT/ACT scores for admittance of all other schools except Journalism.
“Mommas, don’t let your babies grow up to be taught in Publik Skools”....
Let em be smart by keepin em home at your side to learn the rules.
Why not just accept that he has renounced his U.S. citizenship and deport him? I'm sure Castro, Kim, Assad, or the jerk in Iran would take him. Maybe even Canada would welcome him.
It seems this article is a "knee-jerk" reaction to a completely different truth.
If this clown was foreign born, I suggest setting him adrift in the gulf od Mexico with a month's provisions, and let him choose his paradise of choice.
If he was born in the US legally, it is more problematic. I would suggest a fund to get him a one-way ticket to the paradise of his choice on another continent.
A fools bet.
I'll take a wild guess that you don't live in Chico. I don't either, but quite close...
The Flag Code and Flag etiquette instruct us that the flag should not be worn as clothing.
United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Section 176 - Respect for flag, Paragraph D:
(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
According to the flag laws of the District of Columbia and most states, the words "Flag of the United States" include any flag, or picture of any flag, in which the colors, the stars, and the stripes may be shown in any number which, WITHOUT careful examination or deliberation, the average person may believe to represent the Flag of the United States.
To be fair the North Carolina school is not just banning American flag but all flags
“Under a new school rule, students at Hobbton High School are not allowed to wear items with flags, from any country, including the United States. The new rule stems from a controversy over students wearing shirts bearing flags of other countries.”
It doesn't surprise me that you'd find Marxism rampant in a town named for one of the Marx brothers.
Marxism is not rampant in Chico, so there go your theories based on what you saw in the media.
I was just extrapolating from the story about the middle-school teacher, and the fact that Chico State is located there. It’s in a county which voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004.
I urge all leftists to do just that. Then they cannot lawfully vote, hold office or buy guns.
Correct. Butte County and all of Northern California is extremely conservative. The fact is that you can find stories like this in any city in the U.S. these days. Liberalism is everyone’s problem.
This fool renounced his citizenship, so deport his sorry butt. I doubt that he has been issued a green card to stay and work here.
If they do, they can sack this guy for his comments.
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