Monday, September 17, 2007
Happy Constitution Day!
Today is Constitution Day. You can read about this new holiday -- celebrated only since 2004 -- here.
Unfortunately, our schools are doing very little to help students gain a greater appreciation of the U.S. Constitution:
"Constitution Day is here and many teenagers know little about commemorating the document's signing.
"A study being released [today] by a foundation that focuses on journalism and the First Amendment found that 51 percent of high school students questioned had not heard of the day when they are required by law to learn about the Constitution.
"The occasion is usually observed on or around September 17, the day the document was adopted in 1787.
"Just one in 10 students could remember how his high school marked the day last year, according to the study, paid for by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in Miami."
Reckon how many of the schools that're not celebrating Constitution Day celebrate Kwanzaa -- a pseudo-holiday invented by a former convict, who was a self-proclaimed Marxist to boot? I'll reckon a bunch.
Educators are adept at promoting multiculturast claptrap, and telling students what they should eat and drink, but are failing to adequately educate students about our nation's founding document.
Unfortunately, our schools are doing very little to help students gain a greater appreciation of the U.S. Constitution:
"Constitution Day is here and many teenagers know little about commemorating the document's signing.
"A study being released [today] by a foundation that focuses on journalism and the First Amendment found that 51 percent of high school students questioned had not heard of the day when they are required by law to learn about the Constitution.
"The occasion is usually observed on or around September 17, the day the document was adopted in 1787.
"Just one in 10 students could remember how his high school marked the day last year, according to the study, paid for by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in Miami."
Reckon how many of the schools that're not celebrating Constitution Day celebrate Kwanzaa -- a pseudo-holiday invented by a former convict, who was a self-proclaimed Marxist to boot? I'll reckon a bunch.
Educators are adept at promoting multiculturast claptrap, and telling students what they should eat and drink, but are failing to adequately educate students about our nation's founding document.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Monday, September 17, 2007 
