Supposedly from a teacher in the Nashville area. There's a good chance you've seen this, but it's good to be reminded. Besides, for me at least, the illustrative graphic is new! —wtp
We're worried about the Cow—
when it's all about the Ice Cream.
The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade this year... The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest. I decided we would have an election for a class president. We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote.
To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members. We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have. We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot. The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids.
I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support. I had never seen Olivia's mother.
The day arrived when they were to make their speeches. Jamie went first. He had specific ideas about how to make our class a betterplace. He ended by promising to do his very best. Everyone applauded and he sat down. Now it was Olivia's turn to speak.
Her speech was concise. She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream." She sat down. The class went wild. "Yes! Yes! We want ice cream..."
She surely would say more. She did not have to. A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn't sure. Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it?. She didn't know. The class really didn't care. All they were thinking about was the ice cream.
Jamie was forgotten. Olivia won by a landslide.
Every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he offered ice cream and 52 percent of the people reacted like nine year olds. They want ice cream. The other 48 percent know they are going to have to feed the cow and clean up the mess."
This is the ice cream Obama promised us:
It is sad that a majority of us were so easily swayed by the promise of then candidate Obama, and acted like a bunch of nine year olds, told we will get free ice cream if we vote for him. How did we arrive at this point in our republic's history? There are many factors but one that must not be ignored is that of our education system, which does not do a proper job of teaching American history.
ReplyDeleteObama is a good liar, and very convincing. Now the real man is being exposed for who he really is and what his real "change" agenda is for this country, and it is not for the good of America. He is after all a follower of Islam, and if you study that religion, they have a law that grants permission to lie, if it for the good of Allah.
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