Smash Goes Undercover

To find out who the lefties are. . .it appears that some of them teach high school. Our intrepid Smash discovers a speaker at a communist rally is a history teacher that supports the military opposition of the current Iraqi government.

[Smash:] "So, do you try to get your students involved in activism?"

[Revolutionary Teacher:] "Oh, definitely! I teach the required World History course, but I also teach an elective course on Revolutionary History. Those students are really receptive to new ideas. We cover the Russian Revolution, Chinese Revolution, French Revolution, Mexican Revolution…"

[S:] "What about the American Revolution?"

"Oh, they cover that in US History," she replied, dismissively. "Hey, you should read this article in the Socialist Worker on this so-called turnover of sovereignty in Iraq." She opened the newspaper, pointing to an article titled "What the US has in store for Iraq."

Boy, I really want to send my kids to a public school, I really do. But if they're going to be spending six hours being indoctrinated by teachers such as her, I'm wouldn't be terribly happy.

Things like this make it so tempting to put the kids into private education, but no, that's not the right answer. Sooner or later, the kids are going to have to deal with yahoos like this teacher in life, and it really is incumbant on the parents to prepare them for it.