A Teacher That Shouldn't Be

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http://nypost.com/news/worldnews/40259.htm

February 21, 2005 -- An American soldier overseas is fuming over letters he received from Brooklyn middle-school children accusing GIs of destroying mosques and killing civilians in Iraq.

Pfc. Rob Jacobs of New Jersey said he was initially ecstatic to get a package of letters from sixth-graders at JHS 51 in Park Slope last month at his base 10 miles from the North Korea border.

That changed when he opened the envelope and found missives strewn with politically charged rhetoric, vicious accusations and demoralizing predictions that only a handful of soldiers would leave the Iraq war alive.

"It's hard enough for soldiers to deal with being away from their families, they don't need to be getting letters like this," Jacobs, 20, said in a phone interview from his base at Camp Casey.

"If they don't have anything nice to say, they might as well not say anything at all."

One Muslim boy wrote: "Even thoe [sic] you are risking your life for our country, have you seen how many civilians you or some other soldier killed?"

His letter, which was stamped with a smiley face, went on: "I know your [sic] trying to save our country and kill the terrorists but you are also destroying holy places like Mosques."

Most of the 21 letters Jacobs provided to The Post mentioned some support for the armed forces, if not the Iraq war, and thanked him for his service. But nine of the students made clear their distaste for the president or the war.

The letters were written as a social-studies assignment.

The JHS 51 teacher, Alex Kunhardt, did not return phone calls, but the school principal, Xavier Costello, responded with a statement:

"While we would never censor anything that our children write, we sincerely apologize for forwarding letters that were in any way inappropriate to Pfc. Jacobs. This assignment was not intended to be insensitive, but to be supportive of the men and women in service to our nation."

This had nothing to do with censorship and everything to do with teacher judgement on which, if any of the letters to send.
 
just someone else wanting to make a statement through children. cause you know damn well she read them all before they were mailed
 
Johnney said:
just someone else wanting to make a statement through children. cause you know damn well she read them all before they were mailed

I agree, except the 'she' was a 'he.' No way did the teacher not collect, read, and mail.
 
Kathianne said:
I agree, except the 'she' was a 'he.' No way did the teacher not collect, read, and mail.


I believe this Social Studies "teacher" also fed them the opinions expressed in the letters.
 
no1tovote4 said:
I believe this Social Studies "teacher" also fed them the opinions expressed in the letters.

For sure.
 
Kathianne said:
I agree, except the 'she' was a 'he.' No way did the teacher not collect, read, and mail.
:funnyface :funnyface :funnyface :funnyface

definatley someone pushing their agenda
 
What's so surprising? Honestly. It's the classic liberal line: "We hate Bush! We hate the military! Can't we all just get along?! The US is to blame for most of the misery in the world anyway! Abu Jamal al Mohammed had his camal killed during the Cold War so its only logical he wants to saw the heads off Americans! No blood for oil! Oh...yeah...We Support The Troops"
 
Stupid kids. Honestly some days its all I can do to refrain from pulling a Marine Corps on the asses of a few of my peers. But Im serious, one word, a mear word against my dad personally and I doubt I can hold back. It doesnt surprise me though. I wouldn't be surprise if this guy wrote a few of them himself.
 

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