Right On The Right

First, he endorsed social Conservative and pro-life Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Now, the blogosphere is buzzing about the fact that he's advocating the Bible as part of public school curriculum. Check it out:

Now on to the key point that Allahpundit makes about this entire thing:

Chuck Norris fact: Church and state are separate only because sticking together would make them easier targets for Chuck Norris.

What is an educator? Are American students really being taught how to adapt to the changing world, how to pursue their goals, and how to achieve success? Unfortunately, the answer to the first question is being changed, and the answer to the second is being ignored. I see it from the inside, others see it from the outside, and it's a problem not talked about. I'm not talking about students failing in public schools, I'm talking about public schools failing students.

Michelle Malkin, in the article linked above, used the term educrats. The educrats are a special breed, devoted to changing the face of education and transforming the current system into something more Orwellian. It's not every teacher. For all I know, it's a vast minority of teachers, but the truth remains that teachers are becoming the arbiters of a new religion. It's a spinoff of liberalism and socialism, includes buzz words like tolerance and understanding, and has a primary goal of empowering children to fail. Let's take an example from the Lego Socialism lesson that I blogged about before:

Before I delve into the idiocy that surrounded their decision to ban Legos, let's take a look at these kids. They're bartering, engaging in social dialogue, and learning. If anything, they're displaying a brilliant knowledge of capitalism, and how offering services to others can be beneficial. Cool pieces represent natural resources, the town represents society, etc. The kids are learning a lot.

I go on in my diatribe to describe how the teachers were ripping an educational experience from the children, and how they were stifling capitalistic creativity. When educrats can't even recognize when students are learning, we're in trouble. The educrats are destroying public education. To use Michelle's example, first they kill the honor roll, then they kill education.

Should students be graded upon how many ads they sell? Maybe in an economics class. In a journalism class, I suggest that High Schools teach the students how to be good journalists. It's looking like it's all about the money. Hat-tip Glenn on this story:

COLLIER COUNTY: The NBC2 investigators have uncovered more controversy in the Collier County School District. Honors journalism students are not only getting graded on how they write, but half their grade is determined based on how many ads they sell for the yearbook.

Collier County School Board Member Linda Abbot says she was shocked to find out students at Naples High School are graded based in part on sales.

Glenn thinks the system is a good idea because it could actually help the students succeed in real life. I think this type of learning would be much more appropriate in an economics-type class, but not journalism. A journalism class should focus on news reporting, publishing, and other related processes.

Education has been one of those topics close to my heart recently, mainly because I'm approaching my last year of High School. Focusing on teenagers & politics simply can't be done without focusing on the American education system. As much as I talk about my unabashed Conservatism, you'd think I'd talk about Conservatism in the education system. Republican teachers hide, and it's good that they don't teach with bias. Why though, do a majority of teachers lean left? It puzzles me. I know plenty of reasons why they should lean right...

#10- It takes a family. I hear teachers explaining all the time how much easier it is to deal with a child if they have a family which has taken a vested interest in the child's education. Conservatives believe it takes a family, while liberals believe it takes a village. For teachers that don't realize what that means, it takes a village means dump it off on the educators.

#9- Tax cuts. If I had a nickle every time a teacher made a joke about how great they're doing on their huge teacher's salary, I'd make more money than my teachers. The best way for a teacher to make more money is not through idiotic liberal policy, it's for teachers to vote for Republicans who will cut taxes.

#8- Competition. Conservatives support parents when they want to send their kids to private schools, and even when they want to change to other public schools. With more privitization, you get more competition, and teachers that do their jobs well will make more money. If you're good at what you do, there's nothing to worry about!

#7- Gay marriage. I can't imagine that teachers are very comfortable dealing with the "Johnny Has Two Mommies" issue, and many teachers themselves may have reservations about teaching kids to be so tolerant. A Conservative revolution erases the issue, and takes the weight off the education system to teach the difference between right and wrong.

#6- Global competition. While Democrats assign blame for the trade deficit, Republicans look for innovative solutions on how to compete in the global economy. A vast majority of Conservatives believe the answer lies in education, and teaching America's children how to do things that other nations can't do. The value of teachers goes up, up, up!

#5- War! Come on folks, face it, History Class is much more interesting when we can discuss how we're fighting our enemies instead of how we're frivilously negotiating with people who have no intent of backing down. Vote Conservative and we'll actually take the Islamofascist thugs on.

#4- The courts. It's only a matter of time before Conservatives put in Constructionist judges who will reverse idiotic decisions on education and set up a Constitutional funding situation, where the power goes back to the states and the huge federal bureaucracy is replaced with a compact funding system that will put better books on the desks and more money in teachers' pockets.

#3- Fun. If it's up to Conservatives, you can give the legos back to the children. You can also stop worrying about the government nanny-state and give kindergartners milk and cookies. Obesity is a problem but personal responsibility will solve it, not regulations.

#2- Free thought. Conservatives believe in free thought and debate, so if a teacher truly believes that students should discuss and develop strong opinions on issues, they'd feel more comfortable on the right. Conservatism is the natural logical position the human mind takes, and a right-thinking teacher will know that and choose not to stifle debate.

#1- Abortion. The NEA and other teachers' unions choose to donate to Planned Parenthood, NARAL, the ACLU, and other groups that fight vehemently to keep abortion legal. If all of America's children are aborted, then teachers are out of a job. Use a little logic, and protect those you're supposed to teach.

Why does the American education system lean left? It's only logical that teachers should lean right. The disconnect is a great mystery to me.

Islamists are pursuing Sharia Law here in the United States, and they're getting dangerously close to accomplishing their goal in certain parts of the United States. Liberal-designed hate crime legislation is now being employed to punish those that insult Islam. This is ridiculous:

NEW YORK (AP)- A 23-year-old man was arrested Friday on hate-crime charges after he threw a Quran in a toilet at Pace University on two separate occasions, police said.

Stanislav Shmulevich of Brooklyn was arrested on charges of criminal mischief and aggravated harassment, both hate crimes, police said. It was unclear if he was a student at the school. A message left at the Shmulevich home was not immediately returned.

The Islamic holy book was found in a toilet at Pace's lower Manhattan campus by a teacher on Oct. 13. A student discovered another book in a toilet on Nov. 21, police said.

Muslim activists had called on Pace University to crack down on hate crimes after the incidents. As a result, the university said it would offer sensitivity training to its students.

The school was accused by Muslim students of not taking the incident seriously enough at first. Pace classified the first desecration of the holy book as an act of vandalism, but university officials later reversed themselves and referred the incident to the New York Police Department's hate crimes unit.

Throwing a book in the toilet is a hate crime? You can smear shit all over a picture of the Virgin Mary and it's considered art, but if you put a book that instructs people to kill you in the toilet you'll be arrested. As if THAT isn't ridiculous, Charles from LGF is now reporting that Stanislave is being charged with felonies. My message, designed by GM Roper with inspiration and instruction from Kender sits to the right. If you're not up on arabic writing, the toilet paper says Allah. Let me guess... I have an e-mail threat from CAIR coming, saying a lawsuit will be in the mail if I don't take it down? Free speech now sits in the shitter while Sharia sits on the law books.