The Pinkos who educate our children

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Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:38:39 -0700 (PDT)

The Pinkos who educate our children

 

 

 

The Pinkos who educate our children

Posted 9:26 am |

 

Guest Post by Morbo

 

School will be back in session soon, which means it's time to

celebrate that unsung hero of American life, the public school teacher.

 

One of the reasons I like public school teachers so much is that the

kook right can't stand them. I figure teachers must be doing something

right to have stirred up so much right-wing wrath.

 

Get ready for the new school years by savoring these choice comments

about public education by prominent leaders of the kook right:

 

Jerry Falwell: " One day, I hope in the next ten years, I trust

that we will have more Christian day schools than there are public

schools. I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of

our country, we won't have any public schools. The churches will have

taken them over again and Christians will be running them. What a

happy day that will be! " (Falwell wrote this in a book in 1979. He

tries to deny it today, but funny, the book has his name all over it.)

 

D. James Kennedy: " Teachers in many of our public schools have

acceded to the policies of the liberal teachers' unions to make sure

that students from kindergarten through high school will be stripped

of any sense of moral or ethical absolutes. Right and wrong are

non-issues in our public schools. "

 

Pat Robertson: " It's time to say we must take back the schools.

We've got to do something in America and take away the school system

from the left-wing labor union and their left-wing cohorts that are

destroying the moral fiber of the youth of America. "

 

Now for a reality check. The Washington Post ran a story recently

about teachers preparing to go back into the classroom. It noted that

public school teachers routinely spend money from their own pockets

for additional supplies. Some spent as much as $1,000. Noted the story:

 

According to a study last year by the National School Supply and

Equipment Association, teachers nationwide spent an average of $458 of

their own money on school supplies…. "

 

The Post story included examples of teachers scouring used books

stores to stock in-class libraries, recycling old folders and binders

and socking away basic supplies such as crayons, notebooks and

scissors because some children come from poor homes and arrive at

school empty-handed. That's what these amoral, unethical creeps who

have no grasp of right and wrong do.

 

I'm sure there is some stupid right-winger out there who would argue

that this type of behavior by teachers really does destroy the morals

of our children. After all, giving kids free supplies only reinforces

the " welfare state " mentality of something for nothing.

 

I take a different view. I believe many teachers are heroes,

especially those who teach in our public schools. The teachers I know

work long hours during the school year, often for mediocre pay. Some

have to put up with a lot of flak from clueless parents. Others must

deal with the consequences of indifferent or bad parenting.

 

Ninety percent of American children attend public schools, and polls

show most people think well of their local schools (although not the

system overall). Years of right-wing bashing of public education has

taken a toll — but it hasn't persuaded most Americans to withdraw

support from the system. Even the Southern Baptists, who are so far to

the right they make Falwell look like Che Guevara, have voted down

resolutions calling on church members to withdraw their children from

the public schools.

 

So, as kids prepare to go back to school, take a minute to reflect on

the teachers who made a difference in your life. (This week the

Associated Press reported on a new poll that found that 63 percent of

Americans say they remember a teacher who changed their lives.) Then

do something more than savor those memories. Slip a gift card for

Staples, Office Depot, Target or some other store to your favorite

teacher. Pick up the tab for some of those much-needed supplies.

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