I'm wondering what the hoopla is about Parental input and Prs. Obama's speech..
By ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
September 8, 2009 6:43am CST
I have to wonder about something here. There's all sorts of hoopla about the parental reaction to Prs. Obama making a speech to pre-K through 12 students. The hoopla seems to have something to do with whether students should be listening to the speech or not.
Wait a minute, what's so controversial about parental involvement in what our kids learn in school classes. Parent's have say in all sorts of school lessons and activities... why should this be any different?
Does anyone out there have a problem with parental involvement in what students do in public schools?
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
8 Sep 09
I would have to say the biggest problem with our eduaction system is parents not being involved enough in their childs school and eduaction.
So I would think they would be happy to see so many parents getting involved.
YOu know what hte scarey part is? there are parents out there who even with all this hoopla over this speech and the worksheets still have not paid attention enough to even know it is going on. I trust me. I saw a few right here on my street We had a big cook out for labor day. All the kids playing. Parents talking. Well of course the speech and worksheet came up. Most knew about it. But some did not even know what was going on.
I printed up the copy of the hand outs my son's school game me for the after speech and passed them out so everyone would actually know what was on them. Some are lettign tehir kids do the activity. Some are pulling their kids out of school.
Some are clueless.
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@JodiLynn (1417)
• United States
8 Sep 09
One wonders, if the same folks who are keeping their kids out of school on the day the president speaks, if it were the Pope, jerry falwell, or pat robertson speaking, would they be so scared about "indoctrination", being brought over to the other side.
Maybe, if parents weren't so worried about getting that new HD TV, or mercedes coup, instead of strait A's on their kids report cards, they would have a moral leg to stand on. But they don't. The two first (reply) posts said it really, parents are not involved as much as they need to be.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
8 Sep 09
Some probably would, but I doubt the liberals who run the Milwaukee Public Schools would, and they have left it up to the schools and teacher.
Aside from the speech, what do you think about the president putting teacher in the position of monitoring the students in their goals to better support Obama?
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
8 Sep 09
Jodi, actually, Obama just "allowed" and "aid" to resign.. so he is looking for more White House aids... in fact, he wants them instead of his cabinet. :~D
@JodiLynn (1417)
• United States
8 Sep 09
As I understand it, there is no line "what can you do to better help your president...". What it DOES say is this "How can you as a student achieve your short term and long term educational goals", making them responsible to themselves for their education.
Obama isn't looking for Job applicants for white house aids, lol, He's looking to inspire some kid(s) who may otherwise throw his or her life down the toilette. No matter what side the teacher is on (right wing left wing), their influence is there over the kids no matter what, as should be the kids parents influence too, monitoring them is not to indoctrinate them. Asking a kid what he would do is a great way to develop interest, giving that kid a sense of being part of something greater (society) than himself, showing him the higher responsibilities we have as citizens.
of course, parents should always have the last say so.
as to the pope/falwell... I was using inflammatory names as "for instances", because they invoke deep seated feelings that people will act on, like the name "Obama", which seems to inflame right wingers daily.
ten minutes of speech should not unduly harm anyone. ten minutes of self reflection wont kill anyone either. I just don't get what the hoopla is about.
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@irishidid (8687)
• United States
8 Sep 09
Did you hear about what's going on in Broward county? Not only are the kids being forced to watch, but also threatened.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
8 Sep 09
Threatened? What are they threatening them with, Tuesdau Suprise on Friday? :~D
@hotsummer (13919)
• Philippines
9 Sep 09
it seems that obama issues will haunt us as long as pres obama is the president. anyways, yes the parents have the say as to what their children do and learn from schools. they have the right to take out their children from schools if they think that the school require something from students that they should not be asking in the first place.
@wonttakelong (3555)
• United States
8 Sep 09
I have to agree with lilwonders above
one of the biggest problems is that alot of parents are not involved in their kids' education
teachers cant do everything
they need parents to be involved
and from what I have seen from alot of my childrens' friends parents just dont either care enough or are too busy
which is really sad
i am glad that many of those same parents at least got involved in the whole obama speech ordeal
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
8 Sep 09
So, now that parents are getting involved, people wonder why they should have the right?
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@wonttakelong (3555)
• United States
8 Sep 09
honestly ted I dont know
I have always been involved with my kids' education
I have always wondered why other parents are not involved
men and women fight and die so that my kids can have a good education
those same men and women fight and die so that I may have the right to question that very education system
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
8 Sep 09
I was involved when my kids were in public school too. Some teachers really appreciated it, other were pretty condescending.
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@rg0205 (2636)
• Hong Kong
8 Sep 09
Obama is over rated. I'm sick of his whining about the past administration and the past issues and problems and I personally am not very impressed with his work thus far.
I dont see any reason why people should cry foul over parents being concerned over their children. They have the right to be, especially when the current administration keeps finding ways to brain wash people through media censorship. So what if a parent is concerned? Is that something abnormal or is it just because they aren't all hunky dory about Obama giving a speech to their kids?
Another one of those dumb political things where if you're against the president, you must be a horrible person.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
9 Sep 09
Yeah, the whining is getting old. He didn't inheret anything, he told the people that he had a plan for fixing the problems, now he complains and moans about them.
