Posted by
Adam Cassandra on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 12:45:35 PM
The President’s address to school children planned for
September eighth should raise some concerns for all parents, not just those who
happen to disagree with Mr. Obama. In
addition to the speech, the Obama administration will distribute
work
sheets to teachers across the nation to help students understand Obama’s
message. But instead of asking questions
about being a good American citizen, teachers raise questions on how the
students can best listen to Obama, and help his radical agenda come to
fruition.
Why is it important
that we listen to the President and other elected officials, like the mayor,
senators, members of congress, or the governor? Why is what they say important?
What new ideas and
actions is the President challenging me to think about?
What do you think the
President wants us to do?
Does the speech make
you want to do anything?
Are we able to do what
President Obama is asking of us?
These are a few of the questions that teachers are to
encourage their students to think about and answer. When I first read over the work sheets, I
could hardly believe my eyes. The whole
event seems like an innocent attempt to teach young kids some valuable lessons,
but the lessons here are dangerous to a child’s understanding of how free
citizens interact with the government.
The proper answer to the first question, which I am sure
will not be explored in the classroom, is that elected officials work for the
people, and are supposed to represent the interests of the people in accordance
with the Constitution. And what they say
is important because when they speak out against the Constitution and the
principles that made America
great, they need to be voted out of office. I fear that what will actually be discussed is that politicians are our
leaders, and do things to help us, like providing cars, houses, heath care,
etc.
This is the last question asked on the work sheet before the
speech starts. The intent is obviously
to set the tone that the kids should pay attention to what the President is
about to say, and do what he says. And
if that is not obvious enough, just look at the other questions.
The following questions somehow did not make it onto the
work sheet, but are the questions young students should be thinking about:
Do the people control
the President or does the President control the people?
Shouldn’t the
President be doing what we want, and not have us following his orders?
Is the President’s
vision of America
in line with American founding principles?
Do the President’s
policies follow the restrictions on the federal government established in the
Constitution?
How much pressure are these teachers going to put on young
students to follow the mandates of this administration? According to the work sheets, teachers should
also encourage students to read books about Barack Obama. Which books has yet to be disclosed. I imagine the parts about using cocaine,
being angry at white people, and joining Marxist and radical groups in college
will be left out…maybe not.
The whole event is pure propaganda intended to gain support for
Obama. Are we able to do what President Obama is asking of us? Just wait until your kids come home asking
you this same question. What happens if
you tell your children that you do not want to do what Obama is asking? “But teacher says we should listen to the
President. Bad Mommy and Daddy!”
Parents have three options here. Option 1: Take your kids out of school that
day and attempt to explain to them the situation in order to deal with their
teacher and classmates when they return to school. Option 2: Let your kids watch the speech, but
prepare a lesson for them when they return home to combat the Obama
indoctrination. This will be hard if the
teacher and other students are fully in support of the Obama cause, especially
because kids are more likely to listen to their teachers than their parents. Option 3: Just let the government controlled schools take hold of your kids
now. With the way things are going, odds
are the government will control every part of their lives by the time they are
adults anyway right?
Personally, I would avoid Option 3 at all costs.
Now is the time to be involved in government, which
means being involved in public education. The frustration over government meddling seen by Americans at Tea
Parties and town hall meetings cannot end there. As Joseph Stalin said, “Education is a
weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is
aimed.” Right now, the Obama
administration holds the education of our nation’s youth in their hands. And it appears to be aimed against the
freedom loving opponents of his agenda.