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To: tejek who wrote (280936)	3/20/2006 1:41:55 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1570939

the kids didn't even know what they were walking out on. Gee where you a kid and some one said hey6 we are protesting something, this will kill a couple of hours. That why 99% of those kids walked out

To: tejek who wrote (280936)	3/20/2006 2:31:08 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570939

re: I am curious what you and others think about this scenario. I'm all for exposing kids to all sorts of ideas; all sides. Teaches them to think and make their own decisions. In a grade school class it might have been inappropriate.

To: tejek who wrote (280936)	3/20/2006 3:12:28 PM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1570939

I think it would be appropriate at any age if it is paraphrased with, "there are some that believe there are similarities between several items Bush has promoted or said, and the very early phases of Hitler's career, specifically those things are: 1- Hitler and Bush are against birth control 2- " " are against women's freedom to abortions 3- US OSS said Hitler always blamed others, e.g. We're the only ones who are right, everyone else is backward, and our job is to conquer the world" and this compares to how some believe Bush's statements about "expanding Democracy into non-Democratic regimes" implies he believes the USA is better than other countries and it implies he thinks he has the right to influence or control other countries towards Democracy. His mistake isn't with stating an opinion, it is with the lack of preface - "there are those that believe." He has the right to give his students the opportunity to hear a different perspective but without feeling like it was the only valid opinion. And he has an obligation to convey the other perspectives as well. In fact, the purpose of a teacher is to facilitate the flow of different perspectives. So, a teacher that says, "Bush is great" without prefacing it with "there are some who believe" is equally in error. This should be fought though, because IMHO he only got in trouble because he stated an unpopular opinion in a Red state, and that amounts to a lack of freedom of speech. For example, if he can get his hands on a recording of another teacher that says, "Bush is a great leader" without the appropriate preface, then he can prove the issue isn't that he didn't use a preface but the issue is they didn't like his opinion. Regards, Amy J