Sep 09, 2009 20:03
Oohay is so glad not live in America, family safe from crazed and evil ideas which American President Obama espouse to innocent school children. Oohay pray to God thanking Him that Zilfa too old to attend school, not have to stay home.
Among the terribly insane ideas from this "Prepared Remarks of President Obama Back to School Event" were the following (CAUTION: it is enough to make your blood boil, seethe with hatred):
" ... none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed."
"I guarantee that you’ll need an education to do it."
"You can’t drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You’ve got to work for it and train for it and learn for it."
"You’ll need the insights and critical thinking skills ..."
" ... no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. That’s no excuse for not trying."
"I hope you’ll all wash your hands a lot, ..."
" ... you become good at things through hard work"
"Don’t be afraid to ask questions."
"Make us all proud."
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How can anyone listen to these dreadful words and not be chilled to the bone by the utter, utter depravity of this brazen attempt to ask school children to ... do the very things good parents are asking them to do every day.
Perhaps most frightening is the phrase " ... critical thinking skills ...". The fear-mongers, the demagogues, the hate-merchants - that is what they fear most. Can't have kids learning to think for themselves now, can we?