Quote Originally Posted by Catty1 View Post
OK...I am nowhere near as well-informed as everyone here, especially since I don't live in the You-Ess-Eh (my dad's mom was born in 'Warshington' state, though)...but is one address by the President and several days work on his speech really going to brainwash kids for life?

I would hope that some kids, especially if their parents didn't vote for Obama, would create some interesting "discussions" in the classroom.

Even if misguided, it seems to me part of this is to encourage young people to be a part of the solution - national citizen teamwork was something Obama mentioned in his Inaugural speech.
I agree with this. I find it slightly strange that something that those kids may actually have enjoyed, or been inspired by, is being taken as something so evil.

I am currently in private education and my parents too pay for the state schools as part of their taxes. We don't particularly like that our money is being spent on someone else's kid when we are forking out fortunes for my education, but we don't begrudge the teaching they are receiving. Even as an independent school, it is mandate that we adhere somewhat to the National Curriculum for the National Qualifications. Gosh, I feel that with our nationalised health system and examinations, we must be such a funny little Marxist country.

I spent a couple of years studying the Red Scare and from some of your posts, blue, it appears as if you're still living in it.