More teacher reports:

—One teacher states that she believes that due to the overreaching policies of this administration, people may be a little wary of Obama addressing their children directly. She says that as a parent she would want to view this with her child, so they could talk it over. Urges respect for all points of view, not only those one agrees with.

—One teacher in a K-12 school district says all her district’s students will be watching it at the same time. Parents have been given opt-out slips, and the children of parents who would prefer their children not see it will have an activity organized for them.

—Someone else’s superintendent said no, possibly in response to a rumor that parents might be keeping children home.

—Someone else takes light exception to Obama being called an “a$$”. Asks why parents and principals would be concerned that the President of the United States would say inappropriate things to children. Asks if they are afraid of a ‘wardrobe malfunction’.

—And the last poster (at this hour) comments that Bush was severely criticized, and this kind of thing is all about which side you are on. Suggests Democrats feeling upset about this are hypocrites. She wishes her district was not showing it, since she feels the first graders will not understand much, and her time is so tightly budgeted that she resents anything that takes away the little time there is for students to have fun.

And so, American education marches on in fascist lockstep, telling students what to think, rather than teaching them to think.

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