Are Pine-Richland Schools making Global Citizens?

You may have noticed the emphasis on all things global within Pine-Richland School District (PRSD): Cultural Fusion club, Global Studies wing of new STEM/STEAM addition, Global Issues and Awareness course, Model United Nations (UN) Club, mock G-20 Summit, participation in C.A.U.S.E. (Creating Awareness and Understanding of our Surrounding Environment) competition, UNICEF boxes for Halloween, Empty Bowls fundraiser, etc. This is going on is most local school districts, but why? Is it to make our children more tolerant and understanding of other cultures, or is something more?

"Pine-Richland School District sees the Pittsburgh G-20 Student Summit as a chance for students to participate in discussions of G-20 topics," said district spokeswoman Rachel Hathhorn. "We want them to be global citizens. A lot of our students wanted to be a part of the G-20. This is a great forum for them to participate." (emphasis added) (9-17-09 Tribune-Review)

Global citizenship is not about helping students gain an appreciation for other cultures, a respect for the customs, to relate better to people of other countries. It is about putting the global agenda first, adopting policies (treaties)* of the United Nations (UN) without regard to the negative impact upon our country. These treaties would restrict, for example, the use of our land and our natural resources, dictate how we raise our own children, and require submission to the International Criminal Court which does not provide the protections of our own legal system. Why is it ok for Brazil to drill for oil in its coastal waters, but not us? Does the earth care where a spill occurs? The restrictions put on our country are not intended to protect the environment but to redistribute our wealth, to diminish our influence as a free nation, to eliminate our freedoms delineated within our Constitution. As the public school system indoctrinates our youth by elevating the UN and all other countries while minimizing the greatness of our own country, the result will be a generation of voters who will be willing to give up our sovereignty to global governance via the UN.

This is why we see a persistent negative history of our country being taught. American exceptionalism is a foreign concept to our young people, who have learned everything bad about our country with all of the good diminished. We have the best system of government in all of history. We have an exceptional legal system. We have opportunities that the rest of the world lacks, not because we took advantage of others but because we have a philosophy that if we work hard and persevere, we can achieve great things. How easy it is to forget that our country was formed by immigrants who came here deliberately to have a better life.

*Treaties not ratified by the United States include the Biodiversity Treaty, the Treaty on the Rights of the Child, Agenda 21, the Kyoto Treaty and the Treaty establishing the United Nations International Criminal Court.

 

Radical Teachers incite Pine-Richland Students

I think it is clear that my posts are intended to shine a light on the problems in public education, particularly with Pine-Richland as a district within a conservative community that is regarded as a "good" public school system. I am not trying to convince leftists to change their views, I am only exposing the leftist programs within PR that are promoting this agenda so that moderate and conservative parents and community members can act as they wish.

It is not very mature or responsible for PRHS teachers to misinform their students and get them upset, and the time spent in classes is not a good use of taxpayer money. Here is the most outrageous post from an indoctrinated person:

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Marxist Symposium Cancelled?!":

Hello 1CROSBYCAT. We are Anonymous.

In recent times, we have been watching your blog and campaign of misinformation, depict, and complete disregard and disrespect to the virtues of Freedom of Speech and expression. It is a common trend in your arguments that you systematically refute any and all debate arguing for the continuity of the so-called Symposium. For the manner in which you operate, thriving on a baseline existence of rude and unclear exchanges with students, Anonymous has decided that your blog, as a clear and eminent threat to the continuity and protection of civil rights and the education on liberty, is a threat. Your choice of methods, your hypocrisy and the general ignorance of your words have sounded its own death bell, an ugly noise which has reverberated across the world wide web and come to our attention. Consider wisely how you proceed with your posts, for we will be closely watching. Do not believe that we cannot harm you, for you have no where to hide.

We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not Forgive. We do not Forget. Expect Us.

Posted by Anonymous to Postmodern Gibsonia? at January 11, 2012 9:59 PM


It is easier to make threats than to make coherent arguments.  So much for freedom of speech - that only applies for folks with a Progressive point of view I guess.  Is this person the product of a Pine-Richland education?  

And here is a positive comment about the symposium cancellation.  Are PR students so sheltered and indoctrinated that they actually believe that only one person objected?  Can PR students utilize a search engine and do some research on the topics and authors for themselves?

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post " Marxist Symposium Cancelled?!":

What all of you don't seem to understand is that it was not just one person (crosbycat) that opposed and spoke out against the symposium. So your attempts to villify her are misguided. She is not a scapegoat for the fact that the symposium was clearly not supported by the administration or the rest of the community.

Posted by Anonymous to Postmodern Gibsonia? at January 12, 2012 11:44 AM

Marxist Symposium Cancelled?!

Based upon all the angry lefties writing to me lately, I suppose it must be true – that there will not be a 4^th annual Marxist Symposium on Education. Boo hoo. Too bad so sad.

Why do you all assume it was because of moi? Perhaps your wise, worldly, sophisticated and intellectual teachers ran out of topics to study. Perhaps it is their own fault, picking that KKK PETA guy – kinda lame. How hard is it to present both sides, but I suppose they were afraid their Progressive view would lose – PETA and a farmer, or a dog breeder (an ex-Middle School principal?) Now THAT would be a debate worth attending. Fair trade, free trade – not that those are opposites, but free trade immediately comes to mind – economic freedom, property ownership and the impact on a society. Now you'll have to settle for an Occupy Pittsburgh field trip…

I am disappointed, because there should be 3 years' of right-wing, conservative Symposiums to make up for the last 3 years! How about studying something like "Economic Freedom" or "How Marxism killed 100 MILLION people in the last Century" or "How Media Bias is Out of Control".

You "students" with the bad language – not worthy of a Symposium anyway; I shall delete you.

Not one of you even tried to say that the topics were anything but Marxist-left wing-progressive, you were just attempting (and failing) to justify them, and I appreciate your honesty.

As flattering as all this attention is, you really ought to be looking at Mary Bucci – her contract is up soon and she probably doesn't want any flak. Or at the 3 new Board members who may not be as impotent as the last ones. Or the staggering costs being incurred with these new state-of-the-art buildings/additions. If you care so much, go to the next school board meeting and express yourselves: it is January 9 (today) and January 23 at 7:30 pm.