Overreaction all around to Obama school speech plan

Author: admin

3 Sep

But I wonder, too, if we give these people too much credit. Are we on the verge of over-recting to them? Very reasonable people on the right see the lunacy here. Fred Moses, head of the Collin County Republican party, is quoted in today’s story, and he is very reasonable: “As long as the president is not talking about his agenda or policies, we all need to encourage our kids to do better.” Amen. A wait-and-see attitude makes sense.

Sadly, though, a few districts have already overreacting, Plano (not surprisingly) at the head of the pack. Loud Black Helicopters make Plano ISD officials want to hide under a pile of coats, so they fold without any public debate. That’s just in their DNA. But others have time to do the right thing.

Other, calmer school districts should see through the lies being spread about what is in the memos sent out to schools. Taken completely out of context, asking kids to write about how the president inspired them does sound fishy, but understanding that this is meant to directly follow a speech about trying in school, it makes sense. When I have spoken to classes, the teacher often follows up by asking what I inspired kiddos to do differently. Not a big deal. Check it out for yourself, please. I’ve included the activites here for your reading Next >>