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Even more abuse of teaching prilidges, this time it was caught.
"Reading, Writing and Tired Hippie Politics
Teachers in Madison, Wis., had their third-graders composing and mailing letters urging a halt to the war in Iraq as part of a civics lesson — until school administrators stepped in and put a stop to it, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
Julie Fitzpatrick, one of the 10 teachers at Allis Elementary School that dreamed up the project, said the assignment was intended to demonstrate 'citizen action,' a standard part of the district's social studies curriculum.
'We saw peace as a common good,' Fitzpatrick said. 'We were just advocating that people keep working toward peace.'
But following complaints from some parents, school officials pointed out that even in Madison teachers are discouraged from 'exploiting the institutional privileges of their professional positions to promote candidates or parties and activities.'"
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