Quote Originally Posted by Greed View Post
I think if anything that memo is asking the teachers to challenge the students to develope their own interpretations of what the President is saying and asking of them. Unfortunately, the real frightening part is that the educator also has the ability to direct the way of thinking of the child and potentially has the means to manipulate the situation and form the younger childs opinions for them.

In my opinion this would be something that ideally should be geared more for middle-school/high-school aged kids who have a bit more developed cognitive skills and can therefore rationalize, and form their own independent opinions -and where the kids may have a chance to know enough to possibly challenge a teacher who may try and push their own political ideas/agendas upon them. Elementary schools kids should have a less intensive form of this as a means to learn reading, writting, and critical thinking skills without having to try and philosophically make interpretations that -well, they're just far too young to form on their own.
I think this is the most logical thing I have ever read on IA. I'm not sure if there was one lesson plan for all grades or not, but when there is something federal like this the teachers are also subject to guidelines set by local school boards about what is/isn't age appropriate for the younger kids. Kudos and reps