Public school teacher forces children to work for the Obama campaign

Neal Boortz is mentioning this at this very moment so it's getting attention, thank goodness. I never had to deal with this when my kids were in school but I would be as frustrated as the parents I just read about. I would use it as a teaching tool to show my kids exactly how the people of one group can influence another group through indoctrination of children. In fact, I did teach my boys these things slowly as the grew up, little by little. They are very much aware of how the media can be used to influence people. My youngest is going to be a father in 6 months and plans to send the child to private school, not a government brainwashing school. I think the unions will protect this teacher and if it gets more publicity the teacher will be lauded for showing the students how political campaigns are waged. They may even spin it so the teacher supposedly was showing the students the tricks candidates use. In the end it will probably fade into obscurity amid cheers of praise for innovative, hands-on teaching.

That's not right. Teachers should be nonpartisan. The students might come from Independent or Republican households. Teachers are supposed to teach, not through their agendas on to their students. Teach them the four basics (English, History, Math, and Science), and then if the students any questions, then the teacher is free to answer them so long as they aren't questions that the teacher can't honestly answer.

This is a great lesson for students but it doesn't go far enough. The students should have looked at all the potential candidates (including President Obama and Secretary. Clinton). Then the students should have a open discussion on different policies and positions of each of the people with the teacher challenging them to make sure they have the facts to back up their statements. The teacher should always be taking to position of the opposition I worked with a teacher who was a liberal union supporter. He did something similar but to hear him question the students who supported the liberals you would think he was Rush Limbaugh, then with the very next student he would use the previous students arguments against them. If you get into a political discussion with those students you better have your facts right. Because he had been teaching for years the students knew where he stood on issues but that side got no break and he was very good at it. He usually used a policy issue and not the person. You could not make a personal attack on anyone including classmates or he would be all over you. This teacher in VA should be reprimanded for what he did and also because he was teaching the student that politics is about being able to smear the other person and not on the issues.

The teacher seems to be in violation of being a good teacher. If they wanted to do this sort of assignment it should of been research the weaknesses of each of the candidates on the Republican side as well as the person they are going to have to run against which would be Obama. This way if any partent got all angry with them they could say that they assigned the assignment to get the students to learn how to be responsible voters and do research on the different Candidates.

Anyone ever read, None Dare Call it Conspiracy. It was written in 1971 by Gary Allen, largely ignored when published, but I've recently discovered it. I have a link to it posted in another discussion if you care to read it. Full text. Along with a video's of a Charlotte Iserbyt that I've discovered, she wrote the Dumbing Down of America. I also posted a link to an interview with Norman Dodd by G. Edward Griffin that I've listened to over and over. This interview documents the tax exempt foundation's take over of public schools. And how they use their influence to push a progressive agenda by rewriting texbooks to fit that liberal agenda. I am convinced that our educational system has been taken over by those intent on our destruction as a nation. Call me a nutcase, I don't care. I homeschooled my children. Homeschooling and private schooling produce. The department of education/indocrination has even agreed that they do. They just feel that those 'poor' children need the public schools because they cannot 'afford' the private schools, but then they deny a voucher system to those very 'poor' children. It's not about education at all. Its about control and power over the mind of the next generation. And it's been going on for at least two generations in little increments so as not to be noticed. What is alarming is they're comfortable 'coming out' and admitting it. That can only mean they feel it is to late to stop them. We are fast loosing even control over even our own children. If we haven't already.

If a conservative teacher pulled a stunt like this the main stream media would be all over it and the teacher would more than likely be fired. The standards in the USA are so one-sided it is amazing. Thanks for posting this as I had not heard or read it yet.

Absolutely I think it goes too far and is very biased. But I do like the idea of students doing research on candidates and taking an active roll. The media spoon feeds us our candidates and if things are going to ever get better the future generations need to be taught to do their own research.

Personally, I believe the guy should be at least reprimanded, suspended, or fired. The guy violated the policy of the school system knowing that it was wrong. As you have seen from my post this has happened here in the state of Ohio, and it isn't a teacher, but a booklet approved by the State of Ohio, sent out to tens of thousands of 8 grade students. It doesn't matter what party is doing it, it should be STOPPED. We have a hard enough time getting people to vote now, if we continue to push BS like this down kids throats than we won't have to worry about voter laws: No one will vote!!!

Clearly the teacher's bias. He could have made the students research on all candidates. And then let the students learn all the sides and then educate them on the topics and system they will research from that. This is much worse than the media shoving Obama or any other politician down everyone's throat. Its a teacher whose with your kids for like an hour every day influencing them on how to spin a story.