[The Urban Sombrero]

Ala the line from John Wick, "Finally, common ground!"

Note: In no way is what I am about to say meant to reflect on any teacher involved in this thread. Rather it comes by way of observation of current events on the national scene.



^^ You spoke the truth. But owing to the same youthful pliancy of your mention, it is also true that teachers can do enormous damage to students in leading them (clever though the leading may be) politically, or creating racial bias in otherwise innocent minds. There is no question there are students who've been led to hate their country and the political process, but only as that may apply to the way Republicans do it. And white people in general catch the brunt for supposedly, "holding certain people back." Which is not the truth and cuts both ways.

As the result white students are ashamed of the founders and a history which is notable for being for the most part, gracious. There were potholes on America's super sled to becoming the pinnacle culture of this world, but proudly, they were addressed with an integrity which was both unmatched and the example which provided leadership to redefine honorable dealings with all men across the entire globe. Nonetheless while all students have been robbed of this rightful heritage, as I mention, white students are misled and black students are wide eyed with a sense of betrayal. Thusly have young Americans of every race been led to wrongfully despise their rightful heritage. And thusly do misguided teachers of said ilk betray their country. ABTW, the renaissance whereby men recognized his universal equality as referred to above, happened under the Republican leadership of one Abraham Lincoln. And don't let any flip flopping Dem, all of whom history shows to have been violently opposed to said renaissance, tell you any different.

But I digress. Say I'm an employer, (and I have been) and I get a black man in my office asking to be employed. The man is well spoken and respectful, presents himself well and seems to have the experience to fill the position. In vetting his work record, I found myself rooting that things would be in order. They were, I hired him and the guys loved working with him. That real life situation is the real America. People/employers, delight in doing right. But that's not the way some teachers are putting it out there, and those who do so are certainly doing their part to foment racial unrest. Then as we saw last summer, supposedly by way of object lesson in practical civics, students were been encouraged to leave the school premises during hours, to take part in active political protests. That's NOT noble it's offensive. And believe me, I understand that all teachers would not have been inclined to take part.

In eastern Kentucky, I question whether elementary school teachers, or secondary ones for that matter, are giving kids liberal marching orders.

To protest peacefully against that which one believes is unjust and oppressive is quintessentially American. See the Boston Tea Party. Now that’s funny.