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2005-11-23 Fifth Column

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Posted by Steve 2005-11-23 10:49|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I am so home schooling my kids. Public schools nowdays are nothing more than indoctrination camps for the left.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-11-23 11:27|| 2005-11-23 11:27|| Front Page Top

#2 403-3. I'll bet even third graders can count that high, even though their teachers apparently can't. Or don't want to.

Posted by tu3031 2005-11-23 11:30|| 2005-11-23 11:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Just what would anybody expect in PROM (the People's Republic of Madison)

Posted by Creart Thart5123 2005-11-23 11:32|| 2005-11-23 11:32|| Front Page Top

#4 "It was a mistake on the teachers' part," Quick said. "They were very enthusiastic about what they were trying to do and didn't realize it violated School Board policy."

Yeah, sure. A mistake.

Johnson, a Democrat, had no problem with the assignment but admitted that it if the campaign had promoted the war she would have.

And had that been the case, would've no doubt raised one hell of a big stink about it, too.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-11-23 11:45|| 2005-11-23 11:45|| Front Page Top

#5 The teachers won't face any disciplinary measures

They openly state they violated school policy, then openly state there won't be any penalty for it. If the political slant had been the opposite, those teachers would have been blackballed by the union and out of the school so fast they'd leave a trail of fire.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-11-23 12:01|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-11-23 12:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Just to balance this Madison story, I was shopping at the Michael's craft store in Montgomery County (MD) recently. MoCo is a very blue county in an increasingly red state. Some parent had dropped her third grader's school supply list (the one the teacher handed out in class). One of the class projects was letters to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. I was quite pleased to see that.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-11-23 14:52|| 2005-11-23 14:52|| Front Page Top

#7 When ever things like this happen the citizens of the state have a responsibility to make sure the law is followed. If the teachers broke policys or regulations then the legal action required must be carried out. Letting them slide or sweep it under the rug doesn't cut it.

There is no excuse for the public not being involved in public education.

Posted by Mahou Sensei Negi-bozu 2005-11-23 16:47|| 2005-11-23 16:47|| Front Page Top

#8 "Her world is pretty much made up of the Cartoon Network. I thought it was a good idea to get kids to open up their eyes."

Well, of course we can't expect the MOTHER to get this kid off their ass and away from the boob-tube, can we? God knows we're powerless when it comes to teaching our kids about the world...

Television... the opiate of the masses...

Posted by Hyper">Hyper 2005-11-23 17:20|| 2005-11-23 17:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Frank Allis Elementary School
3rd Grade Teachers (from it's website)
Bakken, Mira
Brown, Saundra
Ecker, Rosemary
Files, Shirley

Posted by Jomoting Angong8706 2005-11-23 18:06|| 2005-11-23 18:06|| Front Page Top

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