[Woodcarver] CHAT! Social Studies Classroom Desks

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VERY, VERY, VERY OFF TOPIC !!!!!!
 
I considered for quite a while as to whether I would reply to the story about
the Social Studies teacher and her removing the desks from her room ... I
thought ... and have made my decision ...
 
I was very disturbed by that story on several levels. As US citizens we do not
'enjoy the privilege' of an education.   Education in the US is a mandatory
requirement by both the States and Federal government that is made on any and
all citizens up to the age of 18 (this varies some between states) if that
citizen is capable both physically and mentally to learn.  Our mandatory
education system was created by law, governed by law and non-compliance can be
punished by law.  
 
The term mandatory means that it is ordered by a higher authority, obligatory
and demanded. Therefore each and every able bodied citizen must attend an
educational system so therefore education can not be a privilege.  A privilege
is something that is given to a very few above and beyond what the commoner
could obtain.  A privilege can be awarded because of above average achievement,
above average social status or above average financial status.  Something can
not be a privilege when it is given to everyone within the larger group.
 
You can not 'earn' a mandatory requirement ... you fulfill it ... you complete
it ... but you simply can not earn it!  Nor can anyone else fulfill your
citizen's requirement or earn it for you. To earn something is to have completed
an action that is rewarded by another action, an item or financial compensation.
With our mandatory educational system there is no action or prior requirement
that must be met that is then rewarded with the action of education.
 
So when the Social Studies teacher asked the question, "What have you done to
earn the right (privilege) to a desk (education)?" she set her students up for a
double failure.  She posed her question under two false assumptions ... that an
education is a privilege and that privilege that must/can be earned.  
 
She further compounded her error by stating that the Veteran's had earned the
desks (education) for the students.  This also is false.  The Veteran's
protected, with their own lives and with their energies and with their soul, the
citizens and t he laws of our government. The Veteran's protected the laws of
the US government that require of her citizens that they acquire an education!
 
Now before any one screams that I am not patriotic ... whoa! Those Veteran's did
their job wonderfully, well and with courage in protecting our nation, our laws
and our citizens.
 
What I am against is a Social Studies teacher asking false, unanswerable
questions based on false assumption and therefore teaching a thrice false
lesson.
 
Susan Irish
 
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