I very much agree with your 05 Sep 09 - 04:15 PM
comment, Bruce.

See this dailykos diary about a teacher who was fired because she said she honked for peace (no pun intended):

http://www.rbguy.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/9/4/776972/-I-was-on-the-Ed-Schultz-Show-to-talk-on-Obamas-speech-to-students


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Here is an excerpt from that diary:

"In 2003, before the war in Iraq began, I said four little words, "I honk for peace" that would change my life forever. I was teaching the curriculum using Time for Kids magazine, the issue was about Iraq. I was required to teach that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (no one challenged that), and other facts about our history with Iraq. We also read a tiny article about a peace demonstration being held in Washington, DC. When a student asked if I would ever march in a peace march, I answered honestly, saying that "I honk for peace" when I drive by the demonstrators with signs reading Honk for Peace.

A small group of zealous, right-wing, Bush-loving parents complained, called me unpatriotic and anti-Bush, demanded that I be fired, and I was. I fought for my job and my right of free speech by suing the school district. I took my fight all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States which declined to hear it in October, 2007, thus affirming the lower court decision that teachers have no right of free speech at school.

Neither, it would seem, does the President.

Teachers must walk on eggshells these days as they prepare to teach the curriculum. One false statement and they could lose their jobs . . . and the NEA or AFT will not be there to support them. So, teachers choosing to do an activity as innocuous as watching the President encourage their students to set goals, take responsibility for their own learning, and stay in school is risky business these days"...

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This woman has not been able to find a teaching position since she was fired.

So yes, I definitely believe that the school district should approve the showing of President Obama's speech,and the school district should go on record as approving open discussion by students and teachers in classrooms about the content of that speech.