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Originally Posted by tksensei
The problem isn't (and never was) the president addressing school children. Many other presidents have done the same. Justified concern was raised when the Dept. of Ed. sent out guidlines to all the nation's public schools that included suggested homework assignments to write letters to the president about how they could be good servants to the president and help promote his policies and such. The administration admitted their (again) overstepping and has redacted all the pertinent comments and suggestions.
This is Mao type shit folks, and they were hoping to slide it by before anyone thought about it too much. Fortunately, we still live in a country where public officials are watched and taken to task by responsible citizens.
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