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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTeacher and Principal Pressured to Resign Over Students' Presentation About Fracking
At Evergreen Middle School near Denver, Colorado, young members of Earth Guardians made a presentation and sang a rap which has infuriated local parents and brought angry threats upon the school and the youth. Some are calling it "liberal indoctrination" others calling it "censorship," the school has apologized, and what started out as a simple presentation by 13-year-old Xiuhtezcatl and his 9-year-old brother Itzcuauhtl has turned into a national story.
The youths presentation included a rap that they wrote about the dangers of fracking stating, "poisoned the water, poisoned the air, poisoned the people, do you think that's fair?" and included a call-and-response for the students, "When I say what the, you say frack. What the... frack, what the... frack."
Earth Guardians is an organization started and run by youth (most under 13 years old) whose mission is, "...to educate and assist youth in becoming active caretakers of our precious earth, and to empower them in becoming outspoken environmental leaders, both locally and globally." Earth Guardians achieve their mission through nature programs, environmental education, message-driven performances and community activism. From their website, "Earth Guardians provide youth with the knowledge, tools, and leadership qualities needed to envision and shape a healthy planet, one that we can all be proud to pass on to our next generations."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-devaney/teacher-and-principal-pre_b_3256988.html
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)I hate the Huffington Post.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/environment/coal/middle-school-under-fire-anti-fracking-rap
niyad
(113,860 posts)NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Plenty of nasty comments, too!
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Earth Guardians are terrorist to the corporate establishment.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)yardwork
(61,772 posts)Initech
(100,139 posts)And they're countering this with some blatant oil and gas propaganda. There's really no winning with that kind of stupid!
God forbid someone present an opposing view point, they might actually learn something!
yardwork
(61,772 posts)drm604
(16,230 posts)How Orwellian is that? I wonder if they even know what the word means?
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)prevail in their attempts to control actual reality, up to and including their whole ownership of government and societies. To ensure their very existence. Our push-back must be hard, strong, steadfast and heard. Up to and including wresting control in a firm and insistent manner to include drastic changes to their "business model". Fracking is insane. Do they even know what kinds of gases are being released forever into the atmosphere that have been trapped inside the earth forever? What will this do to the earth? Again, insane. Bravo to these kids. Outrageous that these principals got fired. The only censorship in the whole debate is the actual silencing of those who call foul. They are playing a game that we all didn't have any say in. And won't, it seems.
Initech
(100,139 posts)Matariki
(18,775 posts)tblue
(16,350 posts)and ask them to drink it. How can any parent want to silence conscientious intelligent children? And what kind if parent is pro-fracking?