Yet ANOTHER Public School FORCES Children to Praise Obama!

That totally disgusts me! They can "praise" a man who, in my opinion, is a terrible president, but yet cannot praise the Lord Jesus Christ???? No wonder many parents are wanting to homeschool their children! If I had a child in a school like that, they would be out in a heartbeat!! Let's praise the Lord Jesus Christ Who truly deserves our thanks and praise!!

But whatever you do, don't point out that this is what they do in Dictatorships. I will make it a point today to ask my kids if they have been asked to sing any songs about 0bama.

This is just one more reason to get the schools back under local control, and eliminate the Department of Education. The schools have turned into government indoctrination centers that have very little to do with actual education. We have to take our country back.

Oh my, my, my... "He's smart and so so good" "He'll lead this country as he should" Sounds like a bad commercial jingle for some household product. Maybe a dessert topping that is also a floor wax. It's so, so good. "He wants us all to work together" I wonder what color the uniforms will be. Hope they aren't as drab as the ones Mao designed. Yikes, I am speechless. Why isn't this type of worship prohibited by the "separation of church and state" wording in the Constitution?

The one glimmer of hope is that in 10 to 20 years school kids will be making fun of these songs. I can think of songs we sang in school that were changed to be funny. The Battle Hymn of the Republic and the marine song. I can't think of the title. I'm sure there are others.

That's just wrong. What's next? Troops of children marching in unison as we all have our hands raised up, palm down and salute as we walk by him? He's not God. Not even close. He's a socialistic pig who is determined to ruin and bankrupt this country so that everyone can have "free" healthcare. It's sick. Truly sick. Everyone is wanting to put this man in the same league as Martin Luther King and God. Not even close.

Its wrong to do this in a public school. I'm surprised its happeening in a country like America. Democracy should not allow this type of mild indoctrination. Those children are going to grow up thinking a certain way about this man.

I did a little checking on this because I grew up in Howard County and have grandchildren who go to school there so this hit home for me. Apparently, according to information from a local blog there, this story is untrue. According to Patti Caplan, public information officer of the Howard County Public School System: [i]Several weeks ago, all Longfellow Elementary School first graders were shown a videotape of President Obama’s speech to students as part of the school’s Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Program (PBIS), which focuses on being safe, responsible and respectful. As the classes were gathering in one of the first grade classrooms, the teacher was playing a CD of a song she and her students composed last year for a technology competition. She also played the song as the students were leaving. One (yes only one) parent called and emailed the school with his concern that the students were being forced to “glorify and worship” President Obama. The school administration responded to this parent and provided him with a copy of the lyrics, which his wife posted on a blog. The school administration has met with this parent and he apologized for the posting and for creating so much trouble for the school. He indicated that the school had addressed his concern. The objective of this lesson was to motivate students with a positive message to be respectful, stay in school, work hard and do their best. The lesson supports the work the school is doing as part of PBIS. The children did sing along to the song, which repeats “Yes I Can” and “Yes We Can.” Repetition of this nature is a common element in songs for children of this age. The focus of the lesson was on the children and positive behavior, not the President. There was no intention or attempt to glorify or worship the President. Educators often use positive role models in their lessons, including Presidents of the United States, and this practice is supported by the Howard County Public School System. The Howard County Public School System does not require nor encourage teachers to include references to President Obama in their lessons, nor does it discourage the use of such references. The Howard County Public School System respects the right of individuals to disagree with the words of the song and/or even the use of the song in this context. However, the idea that a public school system would have a “policy” to force students to “worship” the President is so ludicrous it deserves no response. What should concern everyone is the fact that the name of the school’s assistant principal was posted on the blog and has now been circulated widely on the Internet. As a result she has received uncivil, vulgar and threatening calls and emails from all over the country. These come from individuals who have no clue what really took place at the school. Enough already! This is much ado about nothing. These attacks are harassment and must stop.[/i] There's more after this if anyone is interested. http://insidecharmcity.com/tag/longfellow-elementary-school/

Why oh why is this happening? You never show kids singing songs about Bush or Reagan. Or Clinton. Not in school. So why is it right for them to sings songs about Obama? Especially saying things like he is "good" and lead this country well. Yes kids should learn about our government and our presidents. But at a certain point it stops being education and goes straight into propaganda....which this is. I would be ok if htey used a song to help kids learn that he is the 44th president and the first African American. That he was born in Hawaii..etc.... Teach them who the presidents are. Major events that happened during their presidency....but don't teach them that a president is "good" or "bad". That should not be brought up til high school when the chidlren are old enough for their own opinion and healthy debate of both sides of the issues. Which can't happen with the smaller elementary school age kids. Mark this down as teachers going wayyyyyyyy out of bounds. The parents need to hold the teacher and the school responsible for this. If the school won't do anything about it then I say it is time to pull your kid out of that school.

So....what about the other schools? I know many do not like to watch youtube videos...but there they are, singing out their little hearts, in technicolor...in NJ PUBLIC schools. And since I saw that video from a NJ school, I do NOT believe the teacher's version of what happened in this school. I was sent to Catholic schools for eight years. When I went to a public High School,(we're talking the 1970's) I continued to wear a religious medal of the virgin Mary to school on a small chain. I had a teacher who said very snidely...SOOOOO, you're a Catholic, are you? There was more...I'll keep this short. I reported her to the dean...and told my mother as well. The lying teacher denied it...and continued to make snide remarks all year towards any attempt of mine to enter into discussions. Being it was a social studies class...religion came up frequently. I hated the class, even though the subject had always been a favorite of mine. I had to fight her once again at the end of the semester for a decent grade...she gave me a C...and up until that time I had been a 4.0 student! Why tell this story? Teachers are HUMAN...and they DO often have personal problems, agendas, and they do lie.

Now I am going to have to ask the girls at work with school age kids if THEY had to sing this garbage! It's not enough that the kids get a sanitized version of Islam shoved at them, but now this??!! What is Maryland thinking?!

This is even worse than USSR time. Did you notice the first one who came up with the story was FOX news? the American stream media suffers from Obamania. Media people need to be the watchdog of the politicans, not their puppy dogs. Shame shame *sigh*

I saw this video! Absolutely Horrible! If I ever have children, I'm going to make sure they go to a private school. This is like Hitler's America now!

whAAAAT IS THIS A JOKE?CHILDREN FORCED?...WAS THAT NOT THE IDEA OF CHILDREN DELETING PRAYER AND RELIGION FROM SCHOOL IN THE FIRST PLACE?? this is obnoxious.america is no longer free if they are forced to any such thing.it makes no difference if the name is changed.this is a hitler brainwash trick.absolutely rediculous. Were my children still young enough for school,and forced to do such a thing...i would immediately get them out of the school and run for dear life. this is an abomination to christ and to my God.... i have personally never trusted any part of the government and beleive it is all created on a massive power and control game.this country was supposed to be based on the american choice. based on freedom. where did that freedom go??some hoe this brings recollection of a book i once read as a child called "animal Farm" the moral of the story fits right in with the changes of today in our country. so much for land of the free.

Forget I pledge allegiance to the flag, we will soon have have a school reciting a pledge allegiance to Obama. Heck a bunch of worthless actors and actresses have already pledge their allegiance to Obama why not school children? I just want to ask are there any Democrats that get embarrassed by discussions like this?

First of all, are you sure they were actually "forced" to sing this song? I'm NOT defending it, by the way; honoring him during Black History Month as the first black President is one thing but this is a bit much. However, I have to wonder if this sort of thing hasn't been going on for a long time but we just didn't know it. It's only been fairly recently that You-Tube videos have been everywhere, so it seems. Annie

[b]Am I the sole person out there that finds these songs not just wrong, but badly written? (There needs to be a "puke" emoticon for this spot!) That first one relied on bestial grunts to force the boring, sing-song rhythm, & was actually not a "song" at all, but a chant. Anyway, strictly on artistic merits, these songs do not make the grade. Gummint schools...when will people wise up & yank their kids out?? Maggiepie "WHERE'S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE?"[/b]

I think the best solution to all this madness that is happening in the schools, is to replace the teacher's aides that are often in the classrooms as well, with a parent instead. A parent of each student, could rotate their turns to sit in on the classes everyday, so parents finally find out what is going on, and what the teachers are actually teaching. Until then, parents will have no idea what their kids are really being taught..children have no idea that what they are being taught is either right or wrong, they accept as the norm. It's about time that we, as parents, can judge for ourselves.

I don't know, is it just me or does this bring to mind the words, indoctrination, propaganda, mind control and brain washing? Why is it that this type of behavior is only tolerated when it's liberals doing it for the left wing cause? There would be nothing but outrage if it was a teacher teaching the kids to idolize a right wing conservative. This has no place in our schools. It has nothing to do with what kids that age should be learning in school. This is a teacher that is pushing her own political and racial agenda and she is using the kids to do it. She should be ashamed of herself and fired. If she was a conservative, she would already be looking for a job, but this is the double standard that you always see from the left wing. The rules they want to impose on the rest of us don't apply to them. I don't understand why more people don't realize at this point that they are destroying America. I guess we'll have to have full blown communism before some people will finally wake up.

this should be added to the folks who don't understand why people make comparisons between Obama an Hitler. There is a not so subtle indoctrination of the youth going on, they are really hitting the teens (I have two in high school) who will be voting age in the next presidential election. My girls have booth been ridiculed and singled out because they were brave enough and educated enough on world events to actually have a dialog when the teachers begin 'praising' the current Administration's accomplishments. How upsetting it must be for these teachers to have a fourteen year old girl remind them their messiah hasn't done anything he said he would. I guess that's why they are going after the younger generation. Obama is going to be in the political arena for many, many years. People say he can only serve two terms, eight years isn't that long. well, Today Russia has extended it's presidential term from four to six years. But this is America and wouldn't happen here. The 22nd Amendment limits terms right? But what if you just really like the president and he's doing such a wonderful job, and just hasn't had enough time to finish everything he started out to do? some interesting reading (page 5): http://lieberman.senate.gov/documents/crs/presidentialterms&tenure.pdf