The kids were learning the Declaration of Independence and the California middle school teacher sent home an assignment. The letter, sent without an explanantion or disclaimer, concluded by saying, "After careful consideration of the facts of our current situation, I have decided to announce to everyone that I am no longer a citizen of the United States, but a free and independent member of the global community." Who is teaching our children?
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57664
2007-09-22 07:26:55 · 10 answers · asked by dianer 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Wow! I'd do all I can to get that teacher out of there! I'm afraid of what we have for teachers and I know the Universities are full of crackpot teachers!
2007-09-22 07:33:59 · answer #1 · answered by Brianne 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I spent all those year in the Air Force defending this country for this. Yes the Declaration of Independence was an inflammatory document at the time, but really. The school district, the principal, and the teacher should have know better. I lived in Italy and in Japan. It was a great cultural experience. Would I want to live there permanently? NO. I have been to 26 different countries on three continents, I have yet to find a better nation then the US even with all its faults.
I know California has weird politics sometimes, but someone should sue the school board, the principal, and the teacher. The teacher should have been fired as soon as this was brought out in public. Signing a document that renounces your citizenship, even as a class project, makes it a legal document. Those kids technically are kids without a country.
2007-09-22 07:44:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The funny part of this is how the principal and teacher were trying to do damage control and spin this so it didn't look exactly like what it was. The sad part is that this teacher has no business teaching in the elementary grades as he can obviously not teach without injecting his US-hating attitude into the classroom. With the rationalization and cover provided by the administration at the school, I don't think moving to a new class would be far enough away from these people. Unfortunately, many parents are trapped unless they can afford private school or have the ability to home-school. What we really need is more parents involved in the teaching process along the way, not just when one of them slips up like this and announces their true colors.
2007-09-22 07:38:01 · answer #3 · answered by bkc99xx 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The source for this story is "Wing Nut Daily," so it is unlikely most of the facts even approximate reality. I wouldn't trust the accuracy of this story in the slightest.
This same source three years ago widely circulated stories that a school in California prohibited prayer (possibly the same school). It turns out that story was also largely apocryphal. But this never really slowed them down from attacking public education. Everyone knows small private religious schools staffed by untrained volunteers would do such a superior job.
2007-09-22 08:15:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would report the teacher, and continue to follow up with the school board. A teacher like that has no business in a classroom. Public schools are different from private schools and colleges. I would fight to have the teacher punished or removed from the classroom.
2007-09-23 03:14:26 · answer #5 · answered by John 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would not denounce my citizenship.. however, I too consider myself a member of the global community.. we all are. But depending on how this teacher teaches this.. it could lead impressionable youngsters astray.
2007-09-22 08:41:43 · answer #6 · answered by Debra H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I would not renounce my citizenship. The school principal would get a call from me as soon as the steam stopped coming out of my ears.
2007-09-22 07:34:40 · answer #7 · answered by regerugged 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
is the teacher represented by a union at that school? If so , i believe your question has just been answered.
2007-09-22 07:33:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I'd "renounce" that school- & send my child to another.
2007-09-22 07:33:02 · answer #9 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Didn't you ask this same question last week? The answer then is the same as it is now, HELL NO!!!!!
2007-09-22 07:33:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋