Dear Burlington Township Families:So, a public school had an official lesson using impressionable children to praise Barack Obama. The song they used even co-opted lyrics from "Jesus Loves the Little Children" with Obama's name inserted in place of God.
Today we became aware of a video that was placed on the internet which has been reported in the media. The video is of a class of students singing a song about President Obama. The activity took place during Black History Month in 2009, which is recognized each February to honor the contributions of African Americans to our country. Our curriculum studies, honors and recognizes those who serve our country. The recording and distribution of the class activity were unauthorized.
If you have any further questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me or Dr. King, Principal of B. Bernice Young School, directly.
Sincerely,
Dr. Christopher M. Manno,
Superintendent of Schools
Notice the recording and distribution of the class activity were unauthorized line; Translation:"You people weren't supposed to find out about this."
Another score for the public school system.
4 comments:
An earie parallel to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_wessel_song
I suppose worrying about such things must make us r****t?
Damn, here's another cult of personality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dC2aDHtEqk
Hat tip to Zundfolge commenting on John Lott's site
K
I suspect that bit about "not authorized" is, given that this letter is to the families of the district rather than a press release as such, is because some parents get really pissed off when videos of their kids get distributed.
I'm sure they're also horribly embarrassed that anyone saw this, and would prefer that it had been kept completely quiet, but the "taping and distributing was not authorized" thing reads to me as boilerplate for "no, we didn't give someone permission to put tape of your kids doing anything at all on the internet".
I'm sure it's a combination. You have the parents pissed that their kids wound up on nationwide video without permission; you have the Obamite parents who like it but are upset people actually, y'know, found out about it; and you ahve the parents who're pissed their kids were roped into this crap.
And combinations of the above.
Post a Comment