Indiana

School Dazed and Confused

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

It’s amazing what happens when you spend a few days away getting married.

I’m doing my regular Internet-news cruising when I come across this silliness that some parents are actually taking their kids out of school today because of President Barack Obama’s 18-minute address to the nation’s students.

The speech, which is pretty innocuous from what I’ve read, tells children to stay in school and work hard.  And this is bad why?

Now I know some parents were worried the President would try to use the 18-minute window to turn their children into mini-Marxists.   No offense, but if your kid is being capable of having his or her entire belief system, which you instilled, changed in 18 minutes, maybe you’re just not doing your job as a parent and you should seek some counseling.

I am shaking my head at this “outrage”  because I don’t recall and this happening when Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush both addressed the nation’s school children when they were President.

You may not like the President and disagree with his policies, but a smart parent would use this opportunity to dialogue with their kid as to why they subscribe to the political philosophy that they do instead getting their tighty-whities in an uproar.

But then again, maybe these parents didn’t spend enough in school when they had the chance and want to pass those values onto their children.

Just a thought.

And you guys thought marriage would mellow me out.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on September 08, 2009 (boomark / email).