Friday, January 19, 2007

"They've Got To Be Carefully Taught"

Remember that line from the musical, "South Pacific"? The song emphasized how early childhood training creates lifelong attitudes and patterns of behavior. And it didn't require special insight to agree with the common-sense truth of that lyric.

In fact, even Alexandria education "professionals"understand that if you want to insure certain beliefs in adults (like, say...an acceptance of even the grossest, most dangerous sexual perversions), you gotta' get to the kids.

Here's a story from the National Examiner about how those educators sought to slip an extremist agenda by parents, clergy and community leaders. And they may well get away with it yet.