PROPAGANDA IN SCHOOLS

"FREEDOM IS NEVER MORE THAN ONE GENERATION AWAY FROM EXTINCTION," RONALD REAGAN SAID. BUT WHAT IF FREEDOM OF SPEECH REPRESENTED BY A PRESENT GENERATION THREATENS OUR EXISTENCE AND PROPAGANDA FROM IT THREATENS A FUTURE ONE? I AM OUTRAGED ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY TEACHER FROM DENVER, COLORADO WHO WAS TAPED BY A STUDENT IN HIS CLASS AS HE LECTURED WITH LIES, INNUENDOS, MISREPRESENTATIONS, IRRATIONAL AND EXTREME HATRED FOR AMERICA AND HOPE FOR ITS DESTRUCTION.

MAY I MERELY DRUDGE UP COMMON SENSE OBSERVATIONS FROM MY ACADEMIC YESTERYEARS? GEOGRAPHY THEN WAS AN ENJOYABLE GRAMMAR SCHOOL SUBJECT, NOT A HIGH SCHOOL ENDEAVOR. A TEACHER'S JOB WAS TO TEACH A SUBJECT, NOT PREACH . IT WAS A NO-NO FOR AN INSTRUCTOR TO PRESENT A PERSONAL AND POLITICAL TAUTOLOGY IN CLASS. IT WAS ASSUMED THE 'LEADER' WAS QUALIFIED TO HANDLE THE MATERIAL. A TEXTBOOK, HOMEWORK AND DISCUSSIONS OF FACTS PRECEDED ANY (RARE) SOLICITATIONS OF STUDENTS' OPINIONS. NOTE-TAKING - AND TAPE RECORDING OF INFORMATION IF IT WERE TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE, WOULD HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED - NOT QUESTIONED.

WELL, THE PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL TABLE HAS TURNED. THE RANT AND PONTIFICATION OF THIS TEACHER AND THE WALKOUT IN SOLIDARITY WITH HIM BY THE STUDENTS (THOUGH I SEE THE MARCH AS AN EXCUSE TO GET OUT OF SCHOOL FOR THE REST OF THE DAY), PROVE IT THE THINKING TABLE NOW FACES THE WRONG WAY; IT LOOKS INTO A DARK, TROUBLING FUTURE.

WHY QUOTE SOME OF THIS MAN'S IRRATIONAL HATE SPEECH SINCE IT TYPIFIES THE ENEMY WHO HAILS FROM WITHIN OUR HALLS OF EDUCATION? UNFORTUNATELLY, HIS CLASSROOM DOES NOT REPRESENT FREEDOM OF LEARNING; RATHER IT IS A CENTER OF 'RE-EDUCATION' THAT IS, BRAINWASHING. SOME EXAMPLES: THIS TEACHER COMPARED THE "TONE" OF PRESIDENT BUSH TO THAT OF HITLER. HE SAID AMERICA LIKES TO WAR AND COULD EVEN "GO TO WAR WITH MEXICO." HE PRESENTED THE RATIONALE THAT THE 9/11 TERRORISTS SAW US A LEGITIMATE TARGET FOR DESTRUCTION BECAUSE THE CIA WAS IN THE TWIN TOWERS, THE PENTAGON HOUSED THE MILITARY AND THE WHITE HOUSE WAS THE SEAT OF OUR GOVERNMENT. HE ASSERTED THAT AMERICANS KILL, RAPE AND DESTROY PEOPLES JUST BECAUSE "WE CAN." TO HIM, THE INTOLERANCE OF HITLER, JESUS AND PRESIDENT BUSH WERE "ALOT ALIKE". HE PREACHED THAT "CAPITALISM IS AT ODDS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS" BECAUSE PROFIT IS THE "BOTTOM MOTIVE." MANY MINUTES FROM A PARANOID, EXTREME, LEFT-LEANING NARRATIVE THAT PERVERTED FACTS AND HISTORY, WERE CAUGHT ON TAPE BY THIS STUDENT. IRONICALLY, THE VERY CAPITALISTIC SYSTEM HE DECRIES, PAYS FOR THIS MAN'S SALARY, BENEFITS, LIFESTYLE AND - TO BOOT - HIS RIGHT TO SPEAK. CAPITALISM PAYS FOR THIS PUBLIC 'EDUCATOR' TO SPEECHIFY DAY BY DAY, CLASS BY CLASS, AD NAUSEAM.

THERE IS NO WAY RATIONAL AMERICANS SHOULD ACCEPT THIS OUTRAGEOUS, ILLEGITIMATE AND TREASONOUS TEACHING. THE FIRST REMEDIAL ACTION IS TO PRAY. PRAY TO ANY HIGHER POWER THAT THIS MAN OBVIOUSLY NEGATES. PRAY THAT THE EXTINCTION OF A FREE AMERICA THAT HE WISHES FOR AND THE IDEOLOGY THAT HE ATTEMPTS TO IMPOSE ON YOUNG PEOPLE, NEVER COME TO PASS. AND OH YES, WE WHO LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD, MUST FIGHT LIKE HELLIONS AGAINST SUCH A HELLION, TO DISSEMINATE THE TRUTH. ONLY THE TRUTH MAKES A PERSON FREE IN ANY GENERATION.