Politics in Schools

Hailey came home yesterday very frustrated about an assignment given to her in her honors English class. They had to review an article given to them and choose a quote from the article supporting their position on the topic. The topic was none other than Universal Healthcare. The article was written by none other than a left-wing columnist from the New York Times. Here is the link just in case you want to see it for yourself. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/opinion/30krugman.html?_r=2

Hailey has been raised with conservative values and she has adopted them herself and is actually very passionate about politics, especially for someone her age.

She read the article in class and raised her hand to ask the question, "How am I supposed to pick a quote that supports my position? This article is biased and my position is not represented in it." Go Hailey! Stand up for what is right! Why shouldn't her position be equally represented? I am so proud of her! Of course this protest didn't get her anywhere because the teacher's response was that the article was not biased and "I am sure you will figure something out." Wow!
Trust me, indoctrineation is happening and not just at the high school level. Our young children are like sponges and they admire and look up to their teachers. It is in elementary education that parents need to beware. By the time they are Hailey's age, they have their own set of values and the "brainwashing" is not as simple.

Hailey did a great job on her assignment and somehow managed to take a partial sentence from the article to use as support.