Florida fourth graders allegedly told to write down desire to give up constitutional

[Zimbow]

... Rights

The Daily Caller – 2 hrs 21 mins ago

A father in Duval County, Florida has alleged that his son’s fourth-grade teacher instructed students to express — in crayon — their desire to trade rights guaranteed in the Constitution for a feeling of added security.

The concerned father, Aaron Harvey, says his son and other kids in his son’s class had to scribble: “I am willing to give up some of my constitution rights in order to be safer or more secure.”

The incident happened at some point during a civics lesson at Cedar Hills Elementary School in Jacksonville, Florida, reports First Coast News.

A local attorney had spoken to the class prior to the assignment,explains local radio station WOKV. The purported goal of the overall lesson was to “create an awareness” of constitutional rightsand help the fourth graders “determine their opinions on which rights they value most and least.”

“I don’t believe that any American or American child should be asked to write this,” Harvey told First Coast News.

Amy Harvey, the boy’s mother, concurs. She was the one who found the tri-color treatise languishing in her son’s backpack (where it had apparently been sitting for several weeks).

“If I don’t check his backpack, I won’t find things like this,” she told First Coast.

The fuming father noted that his 10-year-old son can’t possibly want to give up the rights he enjoys under the Constitution because he doesn’t fully understand the rights he enjoys in the first place.

“I served in the military. I served to protect my family, my country, and that Constitution and everyone’s freedom,” Harvey added, according to WOKV.

Officials for the Duval County Public Schools can’t seem to keep their story straight. Initially — hilariously — district officials allegedly assured Harvey that his son had undertaken the declaration to give up rights entirely on his own, with no encouragement from his teacher.

Spokeswoman Marsha Oliver has since told WOKV that an investigation is underway.

According to First Coast News, Superintendent Nikolai Vitti has also issued this statement: “The Justice Teaching activity on constitutional rights that was conducted at Cedar Hills Elementary School is consistent with our efforts to broaden civics-based education and develop critical thinking skills among our students. The lesson builds awareness of First Amendment rights through a partnership with an association of local attorneys. Our possible concern rests with a follow-up activity that may have been conducted after the lesson.”

On Friday, Harvey also had a conference call with his son’s teacher (as well as the principal and a counselor). An in-person meeting is scheduled for this coming Friday. A group of parents has been invited to attend.

http://news.yahoo.com/florida-fourth...085034003.html

[Wickabee]

Trading rights for security...that sounds familiar...something about 9/11 and the reaction to it...can't quite remember...

[shrewsbury]

what rights would that be? getting on a airplane with anything you want?

[Wickabee]

Something about held for seven days without cause...tip of my tongue...

[xpucksx]

Trading rights for security...that sounds familiar...something about 9/11 and the reaction to it...can't quite remember...

funny, cause that's what I was thinking...

[Wickabee]

funny, cause that's what I was thinking...

I wanna say patriot act, but there's nothing patriotic about taking away due process.

[mrveggieman]

The idiot teacher who thought of this lesson plan needs to be immediately fired, stripped of their citizenship and deported to a country whey they have no rights.

[xpucksx]

I wanna say patriot act, but there's nothing patriotic about taking away due process.

hear,hear...

[duane1969]

This is indoctrination in it's purest form. Teach a child in the 4th grade that losing constitutional rights in the name of safety is acceptable and when he/she is in their 20's or 30's and is told they lose their right to a search warrant to be searched or lose their right to trial by jury for safety purposes, they just accept their fate.

I am sure someone will disagree, but this is just a backhanded way to indoctrinate children to accept the future movement of losing gun rights in the name of protecting themselves. As oxymoronic as it is, there are people who think that reducing your ability to protect yourself is a way to protect yourself. Only a fool truly believes that the government has the best interest of the individual at heart.

[mrveggieman]

This is indoctrination in it's purest form. Teach a child in the 4th grade that losing constitutional rights in the name of safety is acceptable and when he/she is in their 20's or 30's and is told they lose their right to a search warrant to be searched or lose their right to trial by jury for safety purposes, they just accept their fate.

I am sure someone will disagree, but this is just a backhanded way to indoctrinate children to accept the future movement of losing gun rights in the name of protecting themselves. As oxymoronic as it is, there are people who think that reducing your ability to protect yourself is a way to protect yourself. Only a fool truly believes that the government has the best interest of the individual at heart.

This is more than gun rights it is an issue of the entire the bill of rights. For example since conservatives believe that all muslims are evil blood thirsty terrorists the gov't can say for the protection of all islam is now illegal to practice in the united states. Eventually they will say that all religions except for christanity are illegal. Since they are in the process of destroying the 1st amendment they will also revoke freedom of speech. Eventually we will be stripped of all of our constitutional rights and will become slaves to the gov't. Don't be a sheep and believe its only about one issue. I want all of my constitutional rights and are willing to fight for them.