"History" teacher asks 14 year olds to renounce U.S. Citizenship

[ProStockJunkie]

'History' Teacher Asks 14-Year-Olds to Renounce U.S. Citizenship | NewsBusters.org

 

[vegasnitro]

Whilst I think asking 14 year-olds to renounce their citizenship is crossing the line, and I do understand the liberal bias of the mainstream media, what the teach actually said in his classroom was not inaccurate, and the author of the linked article obviously slanted it far back to right interjecting his own opinions rather than reporting objectively as he claims the media is incapable of (and I am somewhat inclined to agree).

In other words the teacher was right in some respects (we are holding many people on circumspect or dubious information in Guatanamo and the "Patriot Act" is anything but) and the author is right that you can't ask 14 year-olds to renounce citizenship in government funded schools. Besides, one of the basic tenets of our system is that you can decide your citizenship status for yourself and no one can dictate it to you.

 

["Dr. Dirt"]

Unfortunately, many teachers are held in high regard by their students to the point that they learn to revere what they are taught almost despite reason. Worse yet, other students, trying to excel in their grade points probably fear retribution for speaking out against such teachers. As a result it behooves us to teach the solid principals of right/wrong as well as the ability to think for one's self in the home to the point that all other teachings are carefully considered/scrutinized prior to blatant acceptance.

Our middle daughter, Mandie came home from middle school one day with a great deal of concern after being told some biased information. Seems her Canadian born and raised teacher attempted to describe the difference between Republicans and Democrats to the students as such:

Republicans are all rich don't care about those less fortunate than themselves while Democrats are loving, kind, considerate, giving people.

Mandie feared the loss of her perfect grades by challenging the teacher but she came home nearly in tears given the content of the teachings. Wasting no time, I arrived at the school promptly the next morning to speak with the teacher-only to find a long line already at the principal's office addressing this very issue. I was basically told to take a number and wait my turn to which the general conclusion was that this teacher overstepped way beyond her boundaries with the expression of her personal political beliefs. This teacher was immediately removed from teaching, history, social studies, etc. and she shortly thereafter resigned and, as she said, "moved to California where the political climate would be more conducive to her ways of thinking."

My point is, you can't pull wool over the eyes of the people (even youngsters) that have well grounded understanding of right and wrong. I believe that such principals are far too important to be left to someone else to teach. The parents must teach them and do so by example.

 

[BlueStangGT]

Good grief Doc, has decency and fair-mindedness completely overtaken your life?

 

[Toejam]

I think this Teacher needs a Foot buried in his/her ass!

 

[mike cummings]

from the article cited at the top of this thread:

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.

Does this "teacher" have the balls to follow thru with his plan to renounce his citizenship? Is he willing to go to a foreign country and formally renounce his citizenship before a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States and sign an oath of renunciation (as is the current requirements for the Renunciation of U.S. Citizenship )? Is this person willing to walk the walk for the talk he is talking?

 

[vegasnitro]

My point is, you can't pull wool over the eyes of the people (even youngsters) that have well grounded understanding of right and wrong. I believe that such principals are far too important to be left to someone else to teach. The parents must teach them and do so by example.

Here is where America is failing it's youth. Parents are leaving these things up to the schools and television/internet/video games. Parents cry about teen pregnancy rates and blame it on the schools for failing to adequately prepare their children. Parents cry about violence in schools and blame the schools for not adequately teaching the kids how to get along. Parents blame everyone but themselves for an increasingly ill-equipped generation.

 

["Dr. Dirt"]

So true Chris!
One of my favorite quotes:

"No other success can compensate for failure in the home."

Hey, thanks for stopping by last Thursday. Let's do it again when we have more time.

 

[vegasnitro]

So true Chris!
One of my favorite quotes:

"No other success can compensate for failure in the home."

Hey, thanks for stopping by last Thursday. Let's do it again when we have more time.

Thanks to you and Buzz for havin' me! I would love to come back and check up on some of those projects!