A few weeks ago parents in Stratham received a permission slip so that their 1st grade children could attend a field trip at the high school. The field trip indicated that the purpose was to learn about political activism.

Parents began questioning the purpose of learning about political activism in 1st grade, and why chaperones would not be needed.

Not long after the permission slip came home, the district issued another communication to parents.

Some of this appears to be teaching children academic content that needs to be covered in a social studies class, but many people were left wondering why 1st-grade children needed to learn how to become political activists. Given the left-leaning positions by teachers and administrators in SAU16, what kind of message would the young children be receiving?

You can see from this document their goal is to create change-makers, not to educate the children. You can also see that if students pass their competencies, they have not mastered or learned quality academic content in this important subject. I’ve seen the term “change agents” referenced by political activists when identifying the people who will be the disrupters of change.
Curriculum Document RTK AMB

Once again, we see the flawed move towards Competency-Based Education in New Hampshire. Academic content is marginalized while skills replace knowledge. In this case, 1st graders won’t even be learning workforce skills, they will be trained on how to become political activists.

What should 1st grade social studies cover in class? You can find that information here. Download the sequence for k-8 and scroll down to 1st grade History and Geography:

History and Geography
World history and Geography
I. Geography
A. SpatialSense
B. Geographical terms and features
II. Early World Civilizations
A. Mesopotamia:the“cradleofcivilization”
B. Ancient Egypt
C. History of World Religions
III. Modern Civilization and Culture: Mexico
A. Geography
B. Culture
American history and Geography
I. Early People and Civilizations
A. TheEarliestPeople:HuntersandNomads
B. Early American Civilizations
II. Early Exploration and Settlement
A. Columbus
B. The Conquistadors
C. English Settlers

III. From Colonies to Independence: The American Revolution

IV. Early Exploration of the American West
V. Symbols and Figures

These are the topics that should be covered in 1st grade. There is nothing about the need to teach 1st-grade children how they should become political activists. The focus k-12 should be learning the academic content and when they are older, how to debate in a persuasive and respectful manner.

Public schools have an opportunity to educate students, so if students have concerns, they can take their opinions to the places that will make a difference. Too many students have no idea about the subject they are protesting, which makes them illiterate protesters. Taking high school students on a field trip to the State House might be a better use of their time. Then, they can see respectful dialogue that brings about real change.

SAU16 continues to brush aside teaching children the academic content in an effort to push a political narrative on children. This isn’t good for public education, and it certainly is not good for the students enrolled in the public school.

This is why alternative schools and home-schooling are growing in popularity–parents are demanding better for their children.  Education lobbying organizations will oppose school choice options but, at the same time, refuse to acknowledge what is driving parents to seek alternatives for their children. Enrollment numbers in our public schools continue to decline while alternatives see an increase in demand. This isn’t rocket science, parents want their children educated.

You can see from the emails below that I obtained from the district that a quality education for children in SAU16 is not their goal. But until more parents demand better from the people they employ in their district, they are only denying their children a quality education that opens a world of options. Just think if they spent their time focused on making sure the students were proficient in math, reading, science, and all of the core academic subjects!!

There is a lot of money spent in SAU16; parents should expect better than this.

 

 

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And so another week begins…

Take heart – there will be both a Wednesday and Friday Edition.  Last week’s Friday Edition.

Remember, ridicule and mockery are effective weapons:

1. Ridicule cannot easily be fought
2. Ridicule makes the enemy angry, and angry people make mistakes
3. For those in the “squishy middle” a Thought Splinter (and Part II and Part III and Part IV) can often be hidden inside humor.

Now, let the mockery and mayhem begin.

 

*** Warning, a few possibly off-color ones, in case tender eyes are about ***

 

 

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That’s funny right there…

 

 

I want to say it was Eisenhower who said something to the effect that before you pass a law giving you more power, try to imagine what your political opponents would do with such a law.  But that requires thought, and IMHO a deep sense of honor – neither of which are Leftist strong suits.  Remember how The Turtle warned Schumer about switching to a pure majority vote on judicial nominees?  A warning that went unheeded… until Trump came in, and Mitch – for all his RINO allegiance – pushed through many judges that would not otherwise have gotten in?

 

 

IMHO if you’re a three-time offender, you get deported into the Gulf of Mexico… Pinochet-style.  Sharks have to eat too.  And after that the recidivism rate is zero.

 

 

 

 

 

You have to read that twice, but then… powerful when you get it.

 

 

 

 

Don’t forget to bring your insulated bucket so you can walk to someone’s home to get a bucket of electrons…

 

 

Are there many elections in the US for which this is not a sufficient margin to flip things?

 

 

 

Reminds me of this one:

 

 

How many times does the world have to run the “Socialism” experiment and have it fail each and every time before people grasp that it just doesn’t work.  Brings to mind this Bill Whittle video:

 

 

 

 

Each post I’m including several of these.  It makes me wonder – just how many people have to “die suddenly” before it creates a mass, preference-cascade awakening to the harm that’s been done?

 

 

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(Link to AZ Quotes per their policy)

 

Echoes Truman:

“You can’t get rich in politics unless you’re a crook. – Harry S. Truman”

― Harry S. Truman

I remember, growing up in the “Peoples’ Republic of Cambridge, Marxachusetts”, hearing all sorts of bad things about Goldwater.  But then I stumbled on Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing Speech” – and not only did I come away awestruck at Reagan’s delivery, but the power of what he said:

 

“A Time for Choosing” by Ronald Reagan

 

 

And I’ve come to realize two things:

1. How I was completely fooled about Goldwater
2. The power of the media – The Narrative – to shape what I believed

On point 2:

 

 

Understand, this is how “in the tank” the MSM is for the Left.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.

Jim Morrison

Consider this:

The Deception Campaign: Dispatches – Liberty’s Torch (libertystorch.info)

And the embedded link to another critical essay on the enemedia’s controlling the information flow “for the public good”:

“The Responsibility to Not Report”: Irish Journalist Defends Suppressing Stories for the Public Good – JONATHAN TURLEY

And

Al Gore Says People Having Access to Non-Mainstream Information ‘Threatens Democracy’ – modernity

 

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Talk about a lack of thought…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just heard on the radio tonight (Sunday) that the GOP had to have multiple members get their arms twisted to vote just for an impeachment inquiry, with the expectation that many would fall away were there to be an actual vote on an actual impeachment.

 

 

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PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA

 

 

Even though I’ve filled out religious exemption forms for my kids, this is a fear (yes, yes, if it were possible I’d homeschool – there’s a marital dynamic here).  At least my kids are old enough to say NO – DADDY SAID NO.  Tell your kids – DADDY AND MOMMY SAID TO SAY NO!

 

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There is enormous danger in monoculture crops.

Crop diversity loss threatens global food security, as the world’s human population depends on a diminishing number of varieties of a diminishing number of crop species. Crops are increasingly grown in monoculture, meaning that if, as in the historic Irish Potato Famine, a single disease overcomes a variety’s resistance, it may destroy an entire harvest, or as in the case of the ‘Gros Michel’ banana, may cause the commercial extinction of an entire variety. With the help of seed banks, international organizations are working to preserve crop diversity.

 

 

Not just Hunter.  Who remembers the outright fan-boy attitude towards Barackus?

 

 

MHO, a short drop and sudden stop would suit him even better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A GOP Presidential candidate would do wonders in my book if he committed to rolling this back, and also undoing the MPG mandates.

 

 

 

I loved Blazing Saddles.  But there is one line in there that I did – recently – see to which I now object.  It’s where they’re talking and Gene Wilder is describing the townsfolk as simple people… salt of the earth… you know, morons.  A laugh line for the chattering / uber-intellectual class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pick of the post:

 

 

First, MHO of course, it’s waaaaay too late to prevent that now.  But even if it were theoretically possible, the political will to make those hard decisions and take the necessary actions does not exist.

 

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Palate Cleansers:

 

 

I met someone recently who talked about being at the gym at 5:30 AM.  OOH, good for them.  OTOH, how in the heck do they get up that early?  That’s when my alarm goes off.

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