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to Catholic Mom
Apparently, too many parents have abdicated their job as role model. So much so that Senators Barack Obama and Dick Durbin have introduced legislation to make federal money available to schools that need to teach their students how to behave.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Representative Phil Hare (D-IL) today introduced the Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act (H.R. 3407, S. 2111), which directs resources to innovative programs designed to teach positive behavior as a way to improve school climate and make it easier for students to learn. Positive Behavior Support (PBS) programs define and support appropriate behaviors by explicitly teaching students about good behavior and including it as part of the curriculum.
I am all for giving children the skills they need to learn and good classroom behavior is one of those skills. However, I cringe to think about how good behavior is defined by government bureaucrats. We’ve seen how these bureaucrats have handled sex education: No sexual activity is ever described as wrong. Lesson plans include tips on picking out the right form of contraception and instructions for correctly using condoms. Students are encouraged to explore the possibility that they are homosexuals because homosexual behavior is perfectly acceptable.
What about the children who have learned good behavior at home? Are we going to take time away from their core subject education to cover lessons that should have been learned by the time these students completed kindergarten?
I am really tired of seeing my taxpayer dollars spent to make up for what parents have neglected. I am also tired of seeing these surrogate parent programs perverted into an indoctrination of a single political viewpoint. I can see it now: Good behavior is all about inclusivity to the point that there are no absolute standards. Good behavior means never confronting immorality because that would be judgmental. Good behavior means never mentioning God because it might offend others.
No thank you. I want to proudly sing the song and say “He’d grown up just like me” not “He’d grown up just like Hillary, Bill, Barack, and Rudy.”
And here is what one reader had to say
Jarhead had this to say…
Dear Senator Obama:With respect to Senate Bill # 2111, please be advised that the United States Government currently funds three such “Behavior Modification Facilities” already. Designed primarily for young men and women in their late teens and early twenties, these facilities have been teaching positive behavior for many decades now.
For young men living west of the Mississippi River, I would recommend a place in San Diego. For young women and for young men living east of the Mississippi, I would recommend a place in South Carolina called Parris Island. For those with a bachelors degree, I would recommend the OCS program at a place in Quantico, VA.
Should you have any questions regarding these facilities, please feel free to ask any United States Marine where they learned about Honor, Courage and Commitment.
Semper Fi.
Very truly yours,
The United States Marine Corps
