President Obama's Speech Sept, 8, 2009

If I had children in preK - 12 I would keep them home on Monday and Tuesday, the 7th and 8th, because I do not know what he will say to the children, but from the instructions to the teachers, there is potential for an indoctrination session to take place; and I wouldn't put it past them/him because the general consensus is 'get to the children early if you want to help shape their thinking'. I want some answers ahead of time before I turn my kids' minds over to the government. Answers to questions like:

1- What is the purpose of setting aside so much time for the children to work, study, and discuss the president's speech?

2- Why do you want to know how children can help in schools? They are only between the ages of 4 and 12! Given the current debates on Cap and Trade, Healthcare, Bailouts, TARP, and the surprising and overwhelming showing of frustration by the general public in Town Hall meetings, is this really a questions of 'how can you take this propaganda home and tell your parents their stupid'? Or is this a long-term strategy to change the direction of thinking in the next generation?

3- How are the teachers supposed to steer the following discussion:

Why is it important that we listen to the president and other elected officials, like the mayor, senators, members of congress, or the governor? Why is what they say important?

Is what they say important because they are our elected officials and they determine the direction of our country? If so, I want to keep them home and teach them about the Constitution which specifically states that the rights belong to the people, not the government. I want to tell the children that it is much less important for us to listen to them than FOR THEM TO LISTEN TO US!

4- I want answers to these questions before they are asked of the children:
What is the president trying to tell me?
What is the president asking me to do?
What new ideas and actions is the president challenging me to think about?

5- Instead of these questions going to the children:

Students might think about the following:
What specific job is he asking me to do?
Is he asking anything of anyone else?
Teachers? Principals? Parents? The American people?

I might ask, "Why are the requests coming from the government to the people? Who works for whom?"

I like to keep things short, and I have too many questions for this post. Please read the communique sent to the teachers and school administrators and help me figure out what the goal of the president is. I have posted the communique in its entirety on this blog.