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Okay, so I was going to ask my middle schooler when she came home today if they were going to be watching it. This is because on the news another area school district had a huge showing of parents all up in arms that they were NOT going to be showing it on Tuesday. The school board relented and now they are making ALL of their students watch it. So my daughter comes home and says they are making EVERYONE gather in the gym to watch it.
What do you think?
What are the schools in your area doing?
With the way we are nowadays it can be recorded and viewed later?
Kids can watch bits of it that are important in history class and discuss it?
Most adults are going to be working and won't be able to watch it, so why not view it together as a family that night on tivo or whatever?
The one "issue" I'm having is that the kids are going to be missing 2 class periods of instruction in order to view it when the day before they were out for a Federal holiday. This means that a 4 day instructional week has now been cut down to practicially 3 in at least 2 subjects. I'd personally MUCH RATHER watch it as a family TOGETHER. I know I'm not going to be able to see it myself "live" as I'm already scheduled for medical appointments that are not going to be canceled.
Do they not still teach history in school? Badda Bing....it is history ANYTIME a new president takes the oath.
My sentiments exactly.!! Nobody decides for me what my child will or will not learn.
If your child goes to school, any school, of course that is decided for you. He (or she) has to learn what's in the curriculum, which the school or the State (depending on private or public) has chosen.
I don't think the importance of the inauguration is based on the race of the president elect, although it is an historic event.
In my opinion the thing that makes the inauguration of a president an important educational event is the fact that it illustrates how our government works. It provides kids with an opportunity to see how we hand over power, bloodlessly, and peacefully. They know there was an election. They got to see the beginning of the process. Now they should see how a new administration begins.
I was not an Obama supporter during the campaign. My support for kids watching this process has nothing to do with him and everything to do with providing kids with an educational experience that is RELEVANT to their lives.
But your children - and everybody else's - should not be FORCED by the school system to watch it!! It should be your CHOICE as a parent but it shouldn't be forced upon anyone; no matter WHO is becoming president!!
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WTH!? I've never heard of students being forced to watch an inauguration before. That's bs! I'd tell my kid they can stay home that day if they don't want to watch it or pick them up early.
Yeah, me too. In fact, I think they should do it more often.
And HERE LIES THE PROBLEM FOLKS!!! Four years ago, eight years ago, 12 years ago............ class was not canceled for this and kids made to watch. Every student was not shown the inauguration LIVE IN class then. They may have touched on it in history class. But it was not deemed as "HISTORIC" then. Why!?!?!?! Of course I know the answer that some will come back with on that one. As someone else pointed out......... the color of the persons skin nor their gender is what I'm interested in. Four years ago we put a guy in office for a second term (that I did not vote for) but many across the country thought HE was "THE BEST" thing going. Yet our kids were not sat in class or an auditorium to watch it.
Yes, some schools had "mock elections". Big deal. That did not teach them ANYTHING about the process that a person goes thru to get elected President of the United States. If they really wanted to teach the process they would have divised a plan to have precincts. Voted by precinct. Gathered "votes" depending upon the number of voters in that precinct that voted in that primary from the PREVIOUS election. Elected delegates to attend the local "primary" for their party of choice. From there they would have elected delegates to attend the state primary and then onto the national convention. "Votes" cast at that then an election held on who won the parties. An electoral college would have been put into place to determine the outcome of the votes since we can't just say that Candidate A w/ 500 votes won over Candidate B w/ 450 votes. THIS is far more important of a lesson for them to learn than just seeing the inauguration, imho. And I've tried to do my best to teach my kids this and tried my best to be a part of it. Served as a Delegate for the Democratic Party from my local precinct.
WTH!? I've never heard of students being forced to watch an inauguration before. That's bs! I'd tell my kid they can stay home that day if they don't want to watch it or pick them up early.
You have apparently not been following this thread, then. Several people spoke of watching Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. Others watched vairous other news events. My 5th/6th grade class watched the 1960 World Series!
The inauguration is at noon. You gonna pick them up then? The OP is upset that her kids will have to watch 2 hrs of inaugural coverage. She lives in Dallas, so it will be at 11 AM there. Do you think it's appropriate for a kid to miss the rest of the school day b/c you're upset they have to watch two hours of the inauguration, some of which will be over the lunch hour?
But your children - and everybody else's - should not be FORCED by the school system to watch it!! It should be your CHOICE as a parent but it shouldn't be forced upon anyone; no matter WHO is becoming president!!
Why should it be a choice? Do you get to choose any of your kids other class activities?
WTH!? I've never heard of students being forced to watch an inauguration before. That's bs! I'd tell my kid they can stay home that day if they don't want to watch it or pick them up early.
I remember watching the inauguration of JIMMY CARTER in elementary school.
My sentiments exactly.!! Nobody decides for me what my child will or will not learn.
Unless you homeschool your children then the school does decide what your children learn (and do not learn). It makes no difference whether your children attend a public or private school. Every school has a curriculum and the people at the school decide what to teach (and what will be left out).
I doubt that you get to choose each and every activity that your children do in school. Unless you are in each classroom approving each and every activity someone else IS deciding what your child will and will not learn.
Can you tell me what is so objectionable about watching an inauguration?
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