by Eric J. Andringa<\/p>\n
“What is this country coming to? My 13-year-old son told me today that the Cross he wears on a chain around his neck is not allowed to be visible while he is at school.<\/p>\n
Needless to say I became completely unglued. I ordered, yes ordered, him to wear that chain around his neck in plain sight.<\/p>\n
I instructed him that if any member of the faculty says anything, that he is to give them my cell phone number. Now I wait with baited breath.<\/p>\n
When I get that call I will burn rubber to get there and in their faces. They are going to get a rant about how two of my son\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Great Grandfathers fought and were wounded in WW I, how his grandfathers served in WW II and Korea, his Uncle was killed in a firefight in Vietnam, and his cousin was severely wounded in Iraq.<\/p>\n
His ancestors made these sacrifices to grant my son, and theirs, freedom of religion. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be damned if some politically-correct bleeding heart liberal commie pinko will take that right away from my son.<\/p>\n
Here is the bottom line: what educators do is extremely important. Perhaps one of the MOST important jobs out there. They are training the future doctors, lawyers, scientists, engineers, etc. etc. and Leaders.<\/p>\n
Therefore we have the right, no make that the responsibility, to expect excellence from our educators. Part of that excellence is fair, balanced, objective instruction.<\/p>\n
Teach them how to think, not what to think.”<\/p>\n