Politics, Cult of Personality

Why Parents Don’t Want Obama to Address their Children

By Rev. Michael Bresciani
Sunday, September 6, 2009

Barack Obama’s plan to address school children between K and grade 12 has raised a furor among millions of parents in the nation. But so far the only reason given for the stir it has caused is that Americans don’t want politics in the classroom. Are there other reasons and what are they?

Reactions run the gamut but more typically hang on the one of two poles. Those against it generally agree it is not very timely in the light of recent controversies over health care. Those who think it’s as normal as apple pie say it is about staying in school and the promise of what a better education affords. Both of these answers are but the tip of the iceberg.

The typical reaction across the board is like the one found in Mercury News September 04, 2009. ““As far as I am concerned, this is not civics education - it gives the appearance of creating a cult of personality,â€