This is just a sad sad thing. And we wonder why parents had issues with Obama’s speech… Funny how the speech comes out now after every one was concerned… I wonder it if was re-written from what was originally planned. But none the less, the NEA has some real blame here. Trusting the President is one thing, but when you can’t even trust the NEA (ie the teachers association) to teach our kids is another. Just look:
This was in response to President George H.W. Bush doing a similar speech; October 10, 1991 — the National Education Association said it could not “endorse a president who spends $26,000 dollars of taxpayers’ money on a staged media event… while cutting school lunch funds for our neediest youngsters.”
Now what do they say? September 6, 2009 — the NEA wrote: “We applaud President Obama for delivering this message to students.” Wow,,,, what a change of heart… How different were the messages? Stay in school…. Do your best…. Etc…
Guess we know that the NEA isn’t neutral…. Too bad… No wonder people opt for the home school… NEA is teaching our kids… They should be NEUTRAL…. Shouldn’t they… Aren’t they suppose to be educating our children, not influencing their ideas… I sure have a hard time trusting them with my kids… Guess who will be watching them now…
Oh, I wonder if we will ever see how much President Obama spent…
Wonder, will the NY Times, CNN, NBC make people aware of the NEA’s stance? I will count the days… Glad I have a calculator that goes up in the 10s of digits.