The Great Indoctrination of September 8th

By Lisa Abler
12:30 pm 9/4/09


Summer is almost over, and the slightly crisp mornings suggest autumn's approach. School buses are whizzing by each morning to remind us that we are settling into a new school year. Let's not settle, instead we need to awaken.

The historical beginnings of our public educational system originated in the Massachusetts Bay Colony with a series of laws. A centerpiece of legislation during these new beginnings was the "Old Deluder Satan Law" of 1647. This law was enacted to help ensure that children in this budding colony were equipped for productive lives which would be rooted in the ability to read, write, and understand Scripture. This knowledge would help, they believed, young men and women to recognize the "false glosses of saint-seeming deceivers". The government held strongly to the idea that learning to read Scripture and write was essential and empowering, as opposed to the mere act of attending school.

As the controversy of the presedential address directed to children in American public schools on September 8th emerges in news stories, the idea of empowering our children with literacy and the ability to think, reason and discern should be of the utmost importance. Buried in this contention is the usual tactic of distraction. People are arguing over the content of the president's speech. The real discord lies in the fact that children of all ages in this country have blatantly become subjects of the Obama regime. Set aside the message. Look at the unadorned truth of this scheme: our children are being trained to listen to our president and positively respond to his message through their thoughts and actions. It has been reported that though some parents want to attend this viewing with their children at their schools, it is "not the policy" of some schools to allow parents to be present. Piece things together: leadership speaking to impressionable children, some teachers possibly supporting and nuturing this idea through discussions and assignments, and no parent participation allowed...simply insidious!

Recall the original reasoning of the colonists in legislating a requiremnt for education. It was to ensure that children would have the tools for success as young adults in society through literacy and the ability to write so as to guard them from being deluded by those who may have wished to mislead them. Education has evolved into the very people from which our children were meant to be protected. We need to awaken to the fact that "false glosses of saint-seeming deceivers" abound in the education system today. The idea that our children need to be protected from saint-seeming deceivers in Washington is not preposterous, it's reality. The threat is real, and those dispensing it are sly and deceptive. Be vigilant, and demand that education be that which is pure and good for our children. They should be learning how to read good literature and write effectively. They should be learning about science and mathematics. They should be learning the real and complete history and foundation of our great nation, and also true morals. They should learn how to think and reason so that they can recognize deception when they see it.

No doubt, there are many genuine, gifted, caring teachers in our public school systems who truly want to educate our children. For them, I am grateful. However, there are some schools and teachers who are in lockstep with the national agenda. It is our job to let them know that they work for us; our children are by no means any kind of back door for their political agenda.