Repulsive anti-parent comment by Michigan Dems

[MikeH]

From Fox news: The Michigan Democratic Party posted on its official Facebook page: "Not sure where this ‘parents-should-control-what-is-taught-in-schools-because-they-are-our-kids’ is originating, but parents do have the option to send their kids to a hand-selected private school at their own expense if this is what they desire."

"The purpose of public education in public schools is not to teach kids only what parents want them to be taught," the post continued. "It is to teach them what society needs them to know. The client of the public school is not the parent, but the entire community, the public."

Apparently the Michigan Dems have backtracked and taken the post down. What a terrible attitude!

My respect for public school teachers is at an all-time low.

[Inner Dirt]

Public schools have become nothing but institutions for liberal brainwashing.

[MikeH]

Originally Posted by Inner Dirt

Public schools have become nothing but institutions for liberal brainwashing.

Very well said.

[TJDave]

From Wikipedia:

A liberal education is a system or course of education suitable for the cultivation of a free human being. It is based on the medieval concept of the liberal arts or, more commonly now, the liberalism of the Age of Enlightenment. It has been described as "a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge and transferable skills, and a stronger sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement ... characterized by challenging encounters with important issues, and more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study" by the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Usually global and pluralistic in scope, it can include a general education curriculum which provides broad exposure to multiple disciplines and learning strategies in addition to in-depth study in at least one academic area.

[Tom]

A liberal education is that destroys free thinking, emphasizes feel good ideas, and prepares students for nothing meaningful so that others have to support them.

This comment sums up why democrats are mentally defidient.

[Elkchester Road]

Originally Posted by TJDave

From Wikipedia:

A liberal education is a system or course of education suitable for the cultivation of a free human being. It is based on the medieval concept of the liberal arts or, more commonly now, the liberalism of the Age of Enlightenment. It has been described as "a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge and transferable skills, and a stronger sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement ... characterized by challenging encounters with important issues, and more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study" by the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Usually global and pluralistic in scope, it can include a general education curriculum which provides broad exposure to multiple disciplines and learning strategies in addition to in-depth study in at least one academic area.

And if this was what the Public Educators did...there probably wouldn't be so much of a problem. But...as usual, Liberals have a problem with things like this. It's that whole "knowing what's best for EVERYBODY" thing that causes things to go off the rails. And this is the low end of things going wrong. At the high end...it is the bastardization of ideas, concepts, rules, and Laws. Throw in some Collectivism and a pinch of Totalitarianism...and we have what we have now.

[Karakorum Kabbage]

Originally Posted by MikeH

From Fox news: The Michigan Democratic Party posted on its official Facebook page: "Not sure where this ‘parents-should-control-what-is-taught-in-schools-because-they-are-our-kids’ is originating, but parents do have the option to send their kids to a hand-selected private school at their own expense if this is what they desire."

"The purpose of public education in public schools is not to teach kids only what parents want them to be taught," the post continued. "It is to teach them what society needs them to know. The client of the public school is not the parent, but the entire community, the public."

Apparently the Michigan Dems have backtracked and taken the post down. What a terrible attitude!

My respect for public school teachers is at an all-time low.

[Elkchester Road]

Originally Posted by Karakorum Kabbage

Would you say the same thing about the State of Virginia...where the same shit was happening???

Or are we pretending that didn't happen? Are we also pretending a shitload of Democrats didn't get thrown out on their asses last November in that State?

[PaceAdvantage]

Hillary wrote a ****ing book in 1996 called "IT TAKES A VILLAGE" and you guys took this long to get outraged?

Too late.

[boxcar]

Originally Posted by MikeH

From Fox news: The Michigan Democratic Party posted on its official Facebook page: "Not sure where this ‘parents-should-control-what-is-taught-in-schools-because-they-are-our-kids’ is originating, but parents do have the option to send their kids to a hand-selected private school at their own expense if this is what they desire."

"The purpose of public education in public schools is not to teach kids only what parents want them to be taught," the post continued. "It is to teach them what society needs them to know. The client of the public school is not the parent, but the entire community, the public."

Apparently the Michigan Dems have backtracked and taken the post down. What a terrible attitude!

My respect for public school teachers is at an all-time low.

I wonder if the airhead who posted that drivel would be okay to with parents who opt out of the public school system to also opt out of paying taxes that go to those public schools.

[boxcar]

Originally Posted by TJDave

From Wikipedia:

A liberal education is a system or course of education suitable for the cultivation of a free human being. It is based on the medieval concept of the liberal arts or, more commonly now, the liberalism of the Age of Enlightenment. It has been described as "a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge and transferable skills, and a stronger sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement ... characterized by challenging encounters with important issues, and more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study" by the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Usually global and pluralistic in scope, it can include a general education curriculum which provides broad exposure to multiple disciplines and learning strategies in addition to in-depth study in at least one academic area.

Too bad that when you received your "liberal" education, they didn't teach you what a non sequitur is.

[Inner Dirt]

I remember in another place in time in a land far away a teacher would refuse to discuss their political leanings even in government class. They just laid out both sides of the issue and let the student decide who they sided with. I was a Republican from a very young age, no idea how that happened as my parents did not discuss politics. I stayed up late in the night watching Nixon vs Humphrey election returns when I was 7 years old.

[AndyC]

Originally Posted by MikeH

From Fox news: The Michigan Democratic Party posted on its official Facebook page: "Not sure where this ‘parents-should-control-what-is-taught-in-schools-because-they-are-our-kids’ is originating, but parents do have the option to send their kids to a hand-selected private school at their own expense if this is what they desire."

"The purpose of public education in public schools is not to teach kids only what parents want them to be taught," the post continued. "It is to teach them what society needs them to know. The client of the public school is not the parent, but the entire community, the public."

Apparently the Michigan Dems have backtracked and taken the post down. What a terrible attitude!

My respect for public school teachers is at an all-time low.

The comment begs the question, "What does society need the children to know?" And just who exactly determines what these needs are? It seems like the needs of the past, reading, writing and arithmetic, have taken a back seat to political philosophies.

[stuball]

The teachers used to say "OK Kids vacation is over put your thinking caps on
now they say OK Kids vacation is over take your thinging caps off we will tell you exactly what to think"

[JustRalph]

Originally Posted by boxcar

I wonder if the airhead who posted that drivel would be okay to with parents who opt out of the public school system to also opt out of paying taxes that go to those public schools.

Therein lies the rub. They like to quote that you have a choice of public vs private. Yet you don’t have a choice whether not to pay the school taxes