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Old 11-07-2008, 07:18 PM
 
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There's another one out of Asheville NC with a 2nd grade teacher conducting an in-class vote for President. Ok, nothing wrong with that, except that she had these 2nd grade students stand up and move to one side of the room for Obama, the other side for McCain. A *public* poll! In front of your peers and teacher! In the audio clip, the teacher tells the first few students who say "Obama" to stand "over there". Then a student stands up and says "McCain". Teacher: "McCain? Oh Lord. Lord. Lord. Oh, Jesus. Ok, you stand over there."

Wanna bet the next kid said "Obama", no matter who they were originally thinking about?

It's terrible! I hope both teachers are permanently let go and not allowed to teach again--ever.
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Old 11-07-2008, 07:35 PM
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Location: NC/SC Border Patrol
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They have been doing it for years. It took me from the time I was in school until George Bush, Sr. to get rid of the brainwashing. I graduated in 1964.

That is not as bad though as the teacher that refused to let a young man use the Bible as a reference in a term paper. She told him he had to use something more concrete.

If any teacher ever told a child or grandchild of mine that and I could prove it, I would sue their pants off. No teacher has the right to tell a child they should not believe the Bible.
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Old 11-07-2008, 07:38 PM
 
Location: southern california
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voucher system sooner the better.
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Old 11-07-2008, 07:43 PM
 
Location: hinesburg, vt
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More basic academic instruction might lead to better scores and student competency, but then the NEA and cohorts would limit their ability to keep raising the annual tab on the taxpayer.
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Old 11-07-2008, 07:44 PM
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voucher system sooner the better.
I am for Christian education, but I fear that any time the government sends money too many regulations go along with it. I do think people who pay for their own children's education should be able to get a tax credit for the amount of money that the state and U. S. government would have to pay per child if the child went to public schools.

I don't know if it is still that way, but at the private school my son attended a couple of years, students could not get a diploma that was accredited from the state of NC and the students had to just get a GED upon graduation because they refused to teach non-Christian ideas in the school. This may have changed. I hope so.

The academic scores for the children of this school were first or second highest of all the private schools in the state. That was the beginning of my knowledge of how our religious freedom is being lost.

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Old 11-07-2008, 07:49 PM
 
Location: somewhere in the woods
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voucher system sooner the better.
I do a combo of both public education and then also home school my daughter as well. I do it so I can show her where the teacher is wrong and why she is wrong. I also teach her about the Constitution and other documents of our founding fathers, something our school district refuses to teach about.
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Old 11-07-2008, 07:50 PM
 
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Um....one of the fundamental purposes of public education is to prepare people for enlightened citizenry.

As much as Republicans would like to prevent this, it must be done.
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Old 11-07-2008, 07:51 PM
 
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Um....one of the fundamental purposes of public education is to prepare people for enlightened citizenry.

As much as Republicans would like to prevent this, it must be done.


it is too bad that liberals think that citizenry is service to the central goverment, when it is not.
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Old 11-07-2008, 07:52 PM
 
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I am for Christian education, but I fear that any time the government sends money too many regulations go along with it. I do think people who pay for their own children's education should be able to get a tax credit for the amount of money that the state and government would have to pay per child if the child went to public schools.
Well, I didn't have ANY kids so I guess this country owes ME a whopping amount!!!!
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Old 11-07-2008, 08:09 PM
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Um....one of the fundamental purposes of public education is to prepare people for enlightened citizenry.

As much as Republicans would like to prevent this, it must be done.

No it must not be done. If the example of an enlightened nation is what we saw in this last election, we don't need any of it.

Now go check the test scores of the private Christian schools and the test scores of the public schools and tell me who needs to change their way of teaching.
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