Raising drones of the state ~ By Patrice Lewis

From WorldNetDaily

By Patrice Lewis Posted: October 17, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 President Obama is pressing to increase the number of hours students spend in the classroom, both per day and per year. He says "American kids spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with other students around the globe. … But the challenges of a new century demand more time in the classroom." The president wants schools "to add time to classes, to stay open late and to let kids in on weekends so they have a safe place to go." My my. Who needs parents when the government is willing to take over the job? Our schools are unquestionably failing, especially compared with other countries. Therefore, in a typical government solution, Obama's proposal involves taking this failure and multiplying it. Of course, these extra hours would deprive children of any semblance of family time. Which, come to think of it, might be precisely the point. Parents can be so annoying about wanting to impart their own personal values on their children. Three hundred more hours of non-parental supervision per year ought to quash that quaint notion. Besides, with the flood of sexually-transmitted diseases rampant among our young people, it's clear they're not spending enough time learning to put condoms on bananas. With all the proposed extra school time, the possibilities for acquiring new "skills" are endless. I'm certain other students around the globe have achieved such high academic standards because of their military precision in applying prophylactics to fruit. As usual, there are some parents who welcome the idea of extra school time. These are the parents who blindly send their children to government indoctrination centers for most of their waking hours, then seem surprised when their kids emerge from high school unable to read or cipher with any competency. But at least they will possess an inflated self-esteem and a superb grasp of manufactured environmental calamities. I think this is because a lot of parents have visions that school still consists of diligent children sitting obediently at their desks, heads bent over math and science books, dutifully absorbing important information that will lead to superior performances on tests. Think of the descriptions of schools in the Laura Ingalls Wilder books and you'll get the idea. Schools are places of discipline, respect and high academic standards, aren't they? NOT. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]