commie kg
8th March 2003, 03:47
[angry rant mode] Today a group of around 30-40 students, including myself, was taken into the large group instruction room in my school. 4 teachers (ex-military) and one ex-military medic were waiting for us. They said that it was important that we talk about current events, specifically about the impending war with Iraq.
3 of the teachers and the medic went on an extreme right-wing rant that was pro-Bush, pro-war, and pro-Israel. They said that Iraq had Scud missiles, only manufactured by "Eastern Nations" (said with extreme disgust in his voice).
Then I realized that almost every student in the room was anti-war. It seemed that the school had rounded up the leftist kids and attempted to "re-educate" us. One of the teachers was anti-war. He is a history teacher, and was a Russian linguist in the Army for 4 years. He said that his military experience sucked and didn't advise us to follow the route he had taken. He also told us to remember that "when you sign on that line, you are telling them you are willing to go kill other human beings." He was clearly not happy with Bush's new USA. This made the 4 other teachers go ballistic. They yelled back and forth for awhile and the leftist teacher eventually shut up, probably sick of being yelled at. Then they told us that the government has full access to our school records and schoolwork, and insinuated that we shouldn't be defying our government, and that it would bring dire concequences. Then they told us how much money a tomahawk missile costs, which made me sick to my stomach. That money could be used for much better causes. Someone tried to say that, but the teacher said that "these older missiles are like old sour cream in the refrigerator. we need to use them before they spoil. Iraq is the place to use them." That pissed me off as well.
We were then led away to our next class.
The scariest part is, their re-education seemed to work on most kids. only about three other students besides myself hadn't converted. One of the leftist kids said "I need to put my fist through a Republican". I got a laugh out of that, but all in all, it was a very depressing thing to sit through. [/angry rant mode]
3 of the teachers and the medic went on an extreme right-wing rant that was pro-Bush, pro-war, and pro-Israel. They said that Iraq had Scud missiles, only manufactured by "Eastern Nations" (said with extreme disgust in his voice).
Then I realized that almost every student in the room was anti-war. It seemed that the school had rounded up the leftist kids and attempted to "re-educate" us. One of the teachers was anti-war. He is a history teacher, and was a Russian linguist in the Army for 4 years. He said that his military experience sucked and didn't advise us to follow the route he had taken. He also told us to remember that "when you sign on that line, you are telling them you are willing to go kill other human beings." He was clearly not happy with Bush's new USA. This made the 4 other teachers go ballistic. They yelled back and forth for awhile and the leftist teacher eventually shut up, probably sick of being yelled at. Then they told us that the government has full access to our school records and schoolwork, and insinuated that we shouldn't be defying our government, and that it would bring dire concequences. Then they told us how much money a tomahawk missile costs, which made me sick to my stomach. That money could be used for much better causes. Someone tried to say that, but the teacher said that "these older missiles are like old sour cream in the refrigerator. we need to use them before they spoil. Iraq is the place to use them." That pissed me off as well.
We were then led away to our next class.
The scariest part is, their re-education seemed to work on most kids. only about three other students besides myself hadn't converted. One of the leftist kids said "I need to put my fist through a Republican". I got a laugh out of that, but all in all, it was a very depressing thing to sit through. [/angry rant mode]