Cafeoutdoors.com: Good Teacher

James - I would not dare question your dedication and commitment to your profession. I would not dare question your in-class techniques and style of teaching. But I think your logic and stance on the NEA and the culture war we're in is really twisted. I fail to see how this is a political issue. I fail to see how this is pro-Bush, pro-war or a conservative issue. This is an American issue. This is fundamental red, white and blue... If your beloved NEA wouldn't back you on this 100%, they aren't worth the powder it would take to blow them to hell... Of course, we all know they would spend their last dime supporting you if you wanted to hand out abortion literature or condoms or clean needles. But to think that you pay dues and support an organization that would not spend every resource they had to defend and support you on this issue says a lot...

Make no mistake, we are in a full blown culture war and one of the primary battle grounds is for the minds of our children. Like it or not, my friend, you are on one of the front lines. While your "rigor and discipline" doctrine is admirable, it is worthless if all it does is teach them to be more rigorous and disciplined when they grow up to advance the causes we all find so abhorrent (i.e. everything the NEA stands for). I'm no right wing zealot but I can see the mess that has been created in our schools and how the left wing zealots have entrenched themselves to make sure these kids all believe that Heather having two mommies is no different than her having a mommy and a daddy. To make sure clean needles, condoms and abortions are readily available to any high school, middle school or grade school kid that wants them. To makes sure they all know that guns are evil and those that use them to commit crimes are just victims of the horrible, unjust social system that we live in. To make sure that they understand that any American that succeeds and gets ahead in life is an evil capitalist and probably a crook. And generally, to hate America as the evil empire we are. To make sure they all believe that there can be no debate on global warming and the cause of it. By golly, of one of the liberal icons declares it to be fact and tells us all how the horrible USA is the root cause, then it must be believed and the doctrine followed.

I'm not advocating that you take drastic steps, cause all sorts of fights and get yourself fired. But you say there are some fights not worth fighting. While I agree with that statement, I couldn't disagree with you more about which fights those are...

If you only fight the fights that you know the NEA will support, you might as well not stand for anything...

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