Concerned for children


Published on Saturday, November 8, 2008 10:20 PM AKST

My grandson visited us last night and told us he was concerned because his classmates at school were filled with prejudice, hate and fear of our president-elect.

They called him the same names we heard our governor use in her fight for the White House. Because the school district denied discussion of the political races in and out of the classrooms, evaluation of the debates or explanation of the antics of the pundits, these children were denied a wonderful education in the democratic process.

What a historic time and what a missed opportunity for educating the students on the democratic process and our elections. I was sad to see the Republican Party resort to (using) such horrific terms for the other candidates and now I am concerned with the affect it has had on the local school children.

We need to instill in our children a pride of our country, an understanding of the historic time they have just witnessed and give them a clear perspective of what was truth and what was not. How are these children going to learn honesty, integrity and the ability to make evaluations when all they hear is the roar of the Rush Limbaughs of the world? They deserve more.

 

Suzanne McCausland

Palmer

 

Comments

3 comment(s)

    Lindy wrote on Nov 9, 2008 9:03 PM:

    " Nothing will change for the better with that kind of attitude, Boo. Please quit badmouthing and start doing something on your own to show that everyone can change in a positive way. Quit holding a grudge and go forward. The past is no excuse. The way children learn is by example. Make a promise to youself and be a good one. Good Luck! I mean that sincerely! "

    Ben wrote on Nov 9, 2008 7:07 PM:

    " Give me a break! Unless your head is in the sand, it's common knowledge that public schools focus less on writing and arithmetic and more on molding captive young minds into good little liberals. Kind of like the USSR of old and modern Cuba. "Fear and scare are the agenda of the GOP" blah blah blah. Tripe. And lying, twisting, denying and ignoring history is the agend of the modern Socialist who calls him or herself a Democrat in order to be accepted. You wanted change? Oh yeah...you're going to get change all right... "

    Boo wrote on Nov 9, 2008 10:08 AM:

    " Fear and scare are the agenda of religion and GOP, this is what they have used for the last 8 years! IF it is not their way they scare you with religion or terrorists.
    They wish us to be fearful and intimidated so they have CONTROL, this is the key word. Pathetic and I hope that the people recognize the hate that has been spread, much by our own less than competent, SARA PALIN, she is an embarrassment and continues to be our Alaskan shame. "

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