Liberalism IS a mental disorder.
AURORA - A 16-year-old boy at Overland High School doesn't want to hear what he calls his teacher's left-wing political rants.
Sean Allen frequently recorded his teachers to back up his notes. Allen recorded Jay Bennish, his 10th grade World Geography teacher, making comments about President Bush's State of the Union Address.
Listen and decide for yourself.
This case highlights the necessity of ending tenure and establishing an educational voucher system. Ensuring our schools are held accountable for teaching children instead of indoctrinating them.
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| Chris September 3, 2006 10:16 PM PDT  Why do you call yourself a Democrat? | ||
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| Robert Webb April 4, 2006 03:23 AM PDT Our "Founding Fathers" were branded "traitors" by King George III of England during the Revolutionary war as "enemies of the Crown". They risked life, limb, and all worldly goods to give us our Constitution. "If we don't hang together, we will all hang separately" and "Give me liberty or give me death!" were the catch- phrases of the time. Our rights and our freedoms have been defended throughout our 229 years since July 4th, 1776, by the blood and lives of millions of American "PATRIOTS". Our history is dotted with periods of civil disobedience and political activism, including a great Civil War, which ended the legality of owning another human being-or slaves.Women like Susan B. Anthony-whom we honor with a dollar coin-fought for and received their enfranchisement and equal right to vote along with former slaves. WW1 was fought against those who sought empire and enslavement, culminating in the formation of the fore-runner of the United Nations-the League of Nations-by Virginia-born President Wilson. WW2 barely defeated a political ideology which espoused a "master race" and a totalitarian political system which forbade debate, independent thought, or even the common freedoms that we, as Americans take for granted every day. In defense of this glorious ideal we call FREEDOM, we fought wars in Korea, Viet Nam, and Iraq (Desert Storm-or the 1st Gulf war). There are those of us, including myself, who hold adamant political opinions, and have been diametrically opposed to the current War in Iraq from the onset. Does this mean all who oppose this President's policies are "traitors"-or "irresponsible"-or don't love this country? I must answer with a resounding NO! In high school, as a member of the "Young Democrats", I opposed the war in Viet Nam on the grounds that I couldn't see how a little nation-engulfed in civil war-could possibly be a threat to us. It turns out, and is documented that the U.S. was never attacked as alleged in the "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution" sponsored by Senator J. William Fulbright, overwhelmingly passed by Congress, and signed into a law which sent over 58,000 of our bravest soldiers to their deaths. Were the dissidents who protested this war-or even went to Canada "traitors"? It was a decision "of the heart". I chose, along with thousands of others, to serve, to answer my country's call and enlist in the Army. I never regretted this decision, although vehemently opposed to the war! To those who would chastise, penalize, or otherwise punish someone for their political views or agenda--I say LET FREEDOM RING!! Whenever we stifle free thought-or free speech-or free press-or punish those with views out of the current "mainstream", we send the wrong message. Our nation was founded by protest. Without "protest" we'd still be a colony of England, slavery would still be the "law of the land", women couldn't vote-or even own property-along with all the ex-slaves and their heirs, there would be no such thing as "civil rights"! We dishonor and defame every brave soldier who bled to give us the rights we cherish today, when we punish or erase the very ideals they defended-to the DEATH! Again, I shout LET FREEDOM RING!! This "elective war" Mr. Bush chose to engage us in has deeply divided our nation[coming from a man who ran on a "uniter--not a divider" platform] and after listening to Mr. Bennish's lecture I thought that he did precisely what a real teacher is supposed to do, not just reading from a lesson guide but provoking intelligent queries and indepth analysis of our often complex and "under the radar" cloak and dagger activities that our government promulgates. In other words everything that is perceived is not necessarily real. To put it another way, nothing is axiomatic or written in stone. This teacher may be a bit ahead of his time for most, but I understand where he was headed with his critique of American policies. Though not representative of "mainstream" lock-step Bushites, he certainly nailed down the imperative that free thought must be allowed to be just that--FREE...or we will cease to be a democracy. I have studied the Third Reich for 40 years and I must say that I too see parallels between the two pricipals at work here. We should never fear debate for when our mouths are shut this is where tyranny begins. | ||
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| Monica-Philadelphia March 7, 2006 01:43 AM PST That parents have a choice in their children's schooling is paramount. | ||
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| The Troll March 5, 2006 01:29 PM PST The teacher is an ass, in his syllabus he calls his class "human Geography" | ||
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| Skye March 3, 2006 09:26 PM PST The latest left spin on this issue: they're saying the student was tryng to get a debate going, which is TOTAL bullshit, and they characterise the kid as "surreptitiously taping" the teacher. | ||
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| Wordsmith March 3, 2006 02:57 PM PST Sadly, this sort of thing goes on all the time. I heard one caller on Prager tell how his 2nd grader's teacher apparently after the 2004 Election say to the class: "Looks like 4 more years of killing". The immaturity...the guy probably can't hold his own in an argument with adults, so he has to bully 2nd graders with his political bloviating. Wonderful, ain't it? | ||
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