Shame on Cowardly School Administrators!

[MineralMan]

School administrators who refused to allow students to hear the address by the President of the United States are nothing more than cowards. They have allowed a vocal minority, and a tiny minority at that, to frighten them into depriving students of the pleasure of hearing our President directly address them. And the subject of the address? The President's address speaks to students about the importance of sticking with their educational opportunities and working hard to learn as much as they can.

Is that a subversive message? Of course it isn't. It's the same message we've been telling students for decades and decades. And yet, bowing down to the strident voices of a tiny minority, some cowardly school administrators kept this historic speech by the President of the United States from their students.

I would have the same attitude about this no matter who was the President. We live in the United States of America, and our President is the head of our national government. He is duly elected by the citizens. When he wishes to address students, he should be able to do so. It is that simple.

In another era, when I went to school, back in the 50s and 60s, every classroom contained a flag and a photograph of the current President. We saluted the flag each morning and were watched over by the image of the President of our nation. Not all of our parents agreed with the politics of the man whose photo was on the wall, but he was the President, nevertheless. 

We have descended a long way from that time. Today, people who hate our current administration are able to frighten our school administrators into abject cowardice. What a shame! We have to put an end to this nonsense. 

Check to see if the schools in your community made the President's address available to their students. If they did not, contact the school's principal and the superintendent of the district. Use the US Postal Service to do this. Demand that the school's administrators explain why they let a tiny minority of loud voices keep them from their responsibilities. That's what I'll be doing tomorrow. We need to let our educators know that we expect them to show the respect due to the President of our nation.

Follow that up with a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. Demand that school administrators explain their cowardice.

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[w8liftinglady]

1. I've contacted the principal and the school board.Their generic reply:

"At this time, the district is going to record the speech and use it in
our curriculum as needed. "

[MineralMan]

2. They took the coward's path....

Call them on it. Write a letter to the editor of your local paper, asking why they acted in such a cowardly fashion. Call them to account for their cowardice.

[w8liftinglady]

3. you read my mind

[MineralMan]

4. Thanks. I added the LTTE suggestion to the original.

[livetohike]

5. I'm working on a letter right now to the Superintendent of the

school district where I attended 1st-12th grade (and was always proud that I went to good schools)and it's also where I did both of my student teaching experiences. This is so disappointing to me that my former school district caved to the minority.

[Maru Kitteh]

6. K & R

[newtothegame]

7. Here is what our dousche administrator said:

"I cannot justify spreading the hypocrisy of a man who insists that you work hard and stay in school, but also bankrupts our economy to provide freebies for all those who choose not too."

what a repuke moran! These people make me sick!

[truebrit71]

8. Um..did you point out that the economy is in the tank because of two illegal wars...

..started by the brainless twat that just vacated the Oval Office...

Plus I'd report this douche nozzle up the chain...

[Edith Ann]

9. LETTER TO THE MOORE SCHOOL BOARD, Moore, Ok.

Maybe you people need to be reminded that you are a PUBLIC school, paid for by tax dollars. Your charge is to educate our kids to be able to compete in the future work force. Not force someone else's politics on everyone. Barack Obama is the elected President of the United States and school children deserve to hear from him. You don't have to like it or agree with it. But you do have to accept it as I had to accept George Bush.

There was no juvenile "fits" thrown by people over the 2 Bush's speeches to school children, Regan's speech or Clinton's. This all boils down to the hate filled environment we are living in. This environment is particularly bad in the Moore Oklahoma area.

Your are charged with education not indoctrination. The conservative environment is nothing but indoctrination it always has been and always will be. You would do well to keep the politics of hate out of the schools. Let the people who don't want their kids to hear the speech take their kids home. Don't make their hatefulness become public policy. At some point we will have to stop these hateful "fits" or they will destroy our very souls.

If I had school age children now, I would not educate them in Oklahoma. My observation of some of the teachers in the Moore Schools is that they can't even speak proper English much less teach my kids what they need to know to survive in the future. Kids need to know how to communicate ideas, how to critically think, and how to motivate themselves to learn and succeed. High schools used to teach these skills. At this time some kids are lucky to have them after they graduate from college. For this we all should be ashamed. We have a high population of high school graduates who are ignorant and unmotivated. Even in this time of difficulty in finding jobs, they aren't even looking. They let their parents continue to support them. My feeling is this is due to not being able to motivate themselves. They no longer have anyone to give them a gold star after completing a task so they are unable or unwilling to complete the task. This is the fault of educators and parents. This needs to change. Not everyone is destined to go to college but they aren't destined to fail either. They need to be able to motivate themselves at some point to succeed. I believe this is one of the points the President is going to make. And If you don't know--That's a good thing.

Maybe I'm blaming the wrong people. According to some, the primary problem with education is that we are going through a time of the "worst parenting" in history. That's why the speech should be shown. Parent's need to make up their minds and those who don't agree can take their kids out of school. The school has no right to make this decision for those who wish their kids to see the speech. This is a Public school, not a Private one. Public school kids have the right to see current events as they happen and not be censored. What next, book burning. It wouldn't surprise me in Moore, Ok.


PS. I may not have a child in school at this point, but, I pay high dollar taxes to keep you in business. You work for me too and I want the school's standards to be higher than private and home school standards. These kids are my future and my future will not fare well if these kids are ignorant, unmotivated and unable to critically think.

[MineralMan]

10. Good job!

Thanks!

[mecherosegarden]

11. Excellent! N/T