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I totally support the opinion that the graph was bullshit. But after having time to look over the last post and think about it, something just doesn't sit right with it. I'm not the paranoid type, but it think this whole thing isn't about brainwashing the young, or what's being taught in class.
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Actually, everybody in the class was assigned the same topic. (And a curious topic it is, for 9 and 10 year olds to be dealing with...)
My son turned his paper on it in today. Later, the teacher said to him that he had done a great job, that it was very well-written, and that he had followed the directions. He was quite stunned, as you can imagine.
She didn't say whether she agreed with his conclusions, but she didn't call him a raving gun-nut either :^). So, I don't know what to say. She is otherwise a good, patient teacher and tells her pupils to think about what it is they're learning, and it seems he did just that.
Maybe she just parrotted what she got from some webpage (CDC, likely, or HCI), without really thinking about the info she passed on. Maybe now SHE will think about it. I doubt I'll ever get her to the range to learn about guns, but let's hope she's a bit more open-minded than most.
I can't help thinking your son was possibly flushed out as someone known to have guns in the home, and someone in the school is making a note of it as a potential problem.
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I've never made it a secret that we have guns, but I don't go around trumpeting it either. Guns are a fact of life, and I treat them as such. Most people don't care, and firearms are not something that a lot of parents even talk about at all, at least where I live. (Unfortunately....)
(snip)You may want to be real careful what you say to that teacher. It isn't their business if you own a firearm or not.
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I agree on both of these counts, and will pick and choose my words and battles wisely. If people are curious, I will tell them about guns, but I tailor my answers to the level of experience in the audience, since guns are an arcane subject that takes a while for beginners to become used to and to understand, beyond the commonly-know idiocies that the media throw at the public about guns. Ignorance is a tough nut to crack!
BTW my son asked me to wait and see what else his teacher says to him, and to see what kind of grade he gets on his paper, before "letting me loose" on her. We'll see..... more later.