re: #287 DistantThunder

At the end of the school year, my 4th grader brought home his social science workbook, that students usually keep at school. I noticed some unfinished pages, not torn out and handed in. The pages were templates of letters from state and city officials with intructions to the students to pretend that they were a mayor, a city manger, a principal and to write a response to a citizen about how to help them with a problem. “Imagine yourself as a public employee…”

Another section mentioned that our rights and responsibilities as a citizen included the right to “peaceful demonstrations.” Can’t wait until their older to teach them the importance of protest, I guess.

So I guess the justification for the tea parties can be found in the 4th grade socialist studies curriculum.

DT, I have to confess I see nothing wrong with those lessons. Sounds like the same basic Civics that I was taught (back when they called it Civics) some 50 years ago. The right to peaceful demonstrations is indeed one of our precious ones, though its effect seems more limited, these days.

What do see about any of those facts that’s “socialist”?