Christian Educator Perturbed by NEA's Post-Sept. 11 Stance

(AgapePress) — A Christian educator with 35 years of teaching experience in public schools says the National Education Association's perspective on the events of September 11 reflects the widespread deception being promoted in America's public schools – and is just one more reason parents should remove their children from that system.

Since October, the NEA Web site has offered tips for parents and schools on how they might remember the terrorist attacks. The organization has linked to sites that include messages such as "groups of people should not be judged by the actions of a few." One message suggested teachers discuss "historical instances of American intolerance" toward Arab- Americans.

Dr. Robert Simonds, president of the National Association of Christian Educators, says instead, American schoolchildren should be warned about the severe threat that Islam poses to their country. "We are at war with the Muslims. We are at war with right and wrong. We are at war with evil. And we are war with that Islamic religion because that's the religion that specifically names the Jew and the Christians to be destroyed," Simonds says. "So how can anybody say that it's not going to harm our children? "

Simonds says children need to know that every country that has adopted Islam has become a repressive, horrible place to live. The educator adds that instead of discussing "American intolerance" of Arab- Americans and encouraging students to embrace Islam, the NEA should be exposing the false religion that fostered the crimes of 9-11.

"They are crimes which declare war upon a people and upon a nation and upon a specific country – and these are murderous…and uncivilized crimes…that cannot be excused, that cannot be forgotten, and must be dealt with," he says.

The NEA is launching a new Web site next week that includes up to 100 lesson plans that teachers can use to help students remember September 11.

 

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