$500 Million Obama Administration Program Will Help Kids 'Sit Still' in Kindergarten

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2011-05-26 23:17

Article here. I wonder if this 'early learning initiative' is just an attempt to increase the number of boys taking ADHD drugs in order to assimilate them to an education system that is geared more towards the biological learning style of girls. Excerpt:

'(CNSNews.com) – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told CNSNews.com on Wednesday that the administration's new $500 million early learning initiative is designed to deal with children from birth onward to prevent such problems as 5-year olds who "can't sit still" in a kindergarten classroom.

“You really need to look at the range of issues, because if a 5-year-old can’t sit still, it is unlikely that they can do well in a kindergarten class, and it has to be the whole range of issues that go into healthy child development,” Sebelius said during a telephone news conference on Wednesday to announce the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge.'

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No matter how much money it takes, we are going to make these five-year-olds sit still, godammit!

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Submitted by Kris on Fri, 2011-05-27 01:52

Omfg, a short while back I was going to post an article about the STRONG link between sitting to long and mortality rates... I was going to relate it to what we teach boys in the classroom but I thought it was going a bit too far.

Then Lo and behold Obama spends half a billion telling little boys to sit (and telling teachers not to teach until then). Seriously, its our job to teach boys and being active does not prevent that at all. Clearly we are not giving boys a hospitable environment. Not to mention we are meant to move around and learn a great deal through activity.

Can't we consider Obama's plan child abuse. It's unhealthy physically and mentally.

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Submitted by fondueguy on Fri, 2011-05-27 04:16