Indoctrinate Me!

[xwacky]

Just read a news buzz on yahoo that makes me scratch my head and go WTF?

In a nutshell, it says President Obama has this plan of talking to students across U.S. live via White House website on Sept 8, just in time for Back-to-School, on the importance of education and staying in school.  In preparation for this, Secretary of Education sent out letters to schools across the nation inviting (but not requiring) them to watch the speech and conduct in class discussions regarding the President and his talk.

So far so good?

Well, not so much because apparently this angered some conservatives and they came out to accuse the President and his "agenda."  Some parents even wrote, and I quote: "I sent my children to school to be educated NOT indoctrinated."

Really?  Really?  Are we this contrary?!

For the record, I don't know yet if my son's school will broadcast the live streaming.  But even if they don't, I'll make sure he gets to hear what the President has to say.

Comments

[dreams-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Oh I was hearing about this all over the CNN news whilst I was away (that's the only English speaking channel I could get) and I just didn't get what the issue was? This is why I stay out of politics all together.

[xwacky.livejournal.com]

So sorry about my slacking off my reply here. Supernatural (or rather the boys) broke my brain, again. But that's nothing new.

*pointing at the picture in my comment above*

I feel I can no better answer your question than this cartoon. It was Time's Cartoon of the week (Sept 12-18, 2009).

Now I shall stay out of politics and get back to the boys. ;-)

*Peace out*

[dreams-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Aw, no worries! *hugs* SPN broke all our brains!

lol, that cartoon is too good and sums it up perfectly! And that is exactly why I stay out of these things.