Boys and girls at Hampton Middle School in
Georgia were instructed by their teacher to write letters to lawmakers
calling for stricter gun control laws.
"You are trying to persuade lawmakers to have stricter gun laws to help
prevent another school shooting from taking place," the assignment
declared. "For this assignment, you are writing a letter to the
lawmakers of the United States. The purpose of this letter is to
pressure lawmakers to have stricter gun laws in the United States.
Blue Lives Matter obtained a copy of the social studies assignment from
a police officer whose son was in the classroom.
"I asked him what he had for homework that night, and he said he had to
write a paper on gun control," William Lee told Blue Lives Matter. "I
looked at it, and I told my son, 'No, you're not doing that assignment.'
Then I emailed his teacher the next day and told him that my son would
not be writing that."
Good for Officer Lee!
The teacher told Officer Lee his son would be excused from the lesson
and would not be penalized.
I reached out to Henry County Schools and they tell me the assignment
was not a part of any approved curriculum.
"We would never approve of a politically biased assignment or directive
given by a teacher," the district spokesman told me.
He assured me the letters were not sent and there was never any intent
to send them.
"This activity took the wrong approach in limiting the ability of
students to share any thoughts outside of what was directed of them when
the subject elicits many different viewpoints from people, including
students," the spokesman told me.
Henry County School, he said, does not advocate for or against gun
control and had the lesson been submitted for approval -- it would not
have been approved.
"It is unfortunate that this isolated incident occurred, but we are
appreciative of those individuals who brought it to our attention so we
could take corrective action and stop it from continuing further," the
spokesman said.
The school district spokesman said the teacher has been spoken to and
they tell me this will not happen again.
Let's hope not.
Public school is supposed to be about education -- not indoctrination.
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