[B-Chan]

My letter to the author:

Dear Ms. Pelo:

I read with interest the piece written by you at http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/21_02/lego212.shtml. In retrospect, I can only thank a benevolent God that my child will not receive instruction at the Hilltop Children' Center [sic].

Homework: Please read and contemplate Rudyard Kipling's poem "The Gods Of The Copybook Headings" [http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_copybook.htm]. Compare and contrast Kipling's point of view to the "values of equality and democracy" that you and your colleague hope to instill in your students. In view of historical events, which value system is more reflective of actual reality as experienced by human beings?

Sincerely,

[B-Chan]

I can't wait to read the response.

[Spyder]

Heck, I'd be happy if she read Starship Troopers by Heinlein. I can't believe he wrote it in 1959. Eerily predictive of this exact situation.