A group of third grade teachers at a Madison, Wisconsin Elementary School get all excited about peace and plan to have their students start writing a series of letters. The very first sentence of the notice sent to parents reads: “The Frank Allis third grade will be writing letters to encourage an end to the war in Iraq.” Local talk radio host Vicki McKenna is informed of this educational exercise and to her credit gets the word out into the blogsphere and onto local news.
Detailed coverage of the Madison indoctrination of 3rd graders is at the following links. NBC 15 Coverage and NBC 15 Additional Coverage have links to their on air spots. Charlie Sykes makes sure the story is told in Wisconsin’s largest market. Local Blogs Madison Freedom Fighter and Althouse and Badger Blog Alliance make sure the internet community is aware of this unbelievably stupid action by Union Teachers.
This episode illustrates how liberals believe their slogans but don’t understand the meaning of their words. In the thought process of the teachers, war is the opposite of peace so peace is achieved by stopping war. Words mean something and the word peace has lots of meanings. The definition I personally prefer is: peace means the absence of danger. Liberals understand that war is horrible, but don’t seem to believe there are some dangers that can only be eliminated by confronting and defeating them.
Thanks to the quick response of the blogsphere the teachers were abruptly forced to cease this ill conceived political use of the young children placed in their trust. As part of the focus on the details, it turns out the teachers aren't all that good in the first place.
McBride's Media Matters: The teachers at Madison's Frank Allis Elementary School should hit the books. In their letter to parents informing them their third-graders would be writing letters encouraging an end to the war in Iraq, the teachers wrote:The sad part is that probably half of Madison will not condemn this serious folly.
Please send 10 postage stamps (or $3.60) and twelve envelops to school with your child so we can begin this important assignment. Thank you.
Um, stamps cost 37 cents each. 10 x $0.37 = $3.70, not $3.60. And it's envelopes, not envelops. Maybe the teachers should spend more time studying themselves and less time forcing students to adopt their opinions about the war.
