[DeTomaso] Freedom -- NPC

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those poor kids--  being subjected to forced indoctrination is bad
enough.  but then having to sit and listen to stale and stinking hot
air emanating from yesterdays old farts?  good lord. free your mind
from patriotic propaganda.  
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On 6/4/2024 at 6:53 PM, "B Hower via DeTomaso"  wrote:In September of
2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a History teacher at
Robinson High School in Little Rock, did something not to be
forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the
school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she
removed all of the desks in her classroom. When the first period kids
entered the room they discovered that there were no desks. 'Ms.
Cothren, where are our desks?' She replied, 'You can't have a desk
until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.' They
thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.' 'No,' she said.'Maybe it's our
behavior.' She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.'And so,
they came and went, the first period, second period, third period.
Still no desks in the classroom. Kids called their parents to tell
them what was happening and by early afternoon television news crews
had started gathering at the school to report about this crazy teacher
who had taken all the desks out of her room.The final period of the
day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the
desk-less classroom. Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one
has been able to tell me just what he or she has done to earn the
right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom.
Now I am going to tell you.'At this point, Martha Cothren went over to
the door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S.
Veterans, all in uniform, walked into that classroom, each one
carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in
rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By
the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids
started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just
how the right to sit at those desks had been earned.Martha said, 'You
didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for
you. They placed the desks here for you. They went halfway around the
world, giving up their education and interrupting their careers and
families so you could have the freedom you have. Now, it's up to you
to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good
students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could
have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.' By the
way, this is a true story. And this teacher was awarded the Veterans
of Foreign Wars Teacher of the Year for the State of Arkansas in 2006.
She is the daughter of a WWII POW.Do you think this email is worth
passing along so others won't forget either, that the freedoms we have
in this great country were earned by our U.S. Veterans?... I did. Let
us always remember the men and women of our military and the rights
they have won for us.
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   those poor kids--  being subjected to forced indoctrination is bad
   enough.  but then having to sit and listen to stale and stinking hot
   air emanating from yesterdays old farts?  good lord.



   free your mind from patriotic propaganda.
   Sent using Hushmail
   On 6/4/2024 at 6:53 PM, "B Hower via DeTomaso"
   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

     In September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a
     History teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, did
     something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the
     permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the
     building supervisor, she removed all of the desks in her classroom.
     When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that
     there were no desks. 'Ms. Cothren, where are our desks?' She
     replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the
     right to sit at a desk.' They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our
     grades.' 'No,' she said.'Maybe it's our behavior.' She told them,
     'No, it's not even your behavior.'And so, they came and went, the
     first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the
     classroom. Kids called their parents to tell them what was happening
     and by early afternoon television news crews had started gathering
     at the school to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all
     the desks out of her room.The final period of the day came and as
     the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the desk-less
     classroom. Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been
     able to tell me just what he or she has done to earn the right to
     sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I
     am going to tell you.'At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the
     door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S.
     Veterans, all in uniform, walked into that classroom, each one
     carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in
     rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By
     the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids
     started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives,
     just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned.Martha
     said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes
     did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. They went
     halfway around the world, giving up their education and interrupting
     their careers and families so you could have the freedom you have.
     Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to
     learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price
     so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever
     forget it.' By the way, this is a true story. And this teacher was
     awarded the Veterans of Foreign Wars Teacher of the Year for the
     State of Arkansas in 2006. She is the daughter of a WWII POW.Do you
     think this email is worth passing along so others won't forget
     either, that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned
     by our U.S. Veterans?... I did. Let us always remember the men and
     women of our military and the rights they have won for us.