"Shoelaces"

[Are_grits_groceries]

From "Kiss My Big Blue Butt" blog:

We get emails from parents ---

I have a great story to share. Yesterday my son came home from school and in his folder there were two notes. The first said that the school would not be showing the President's speak on the importance of education due to the loss of instructional time and that the broadcast could be seen at home via the Internet or a rebroadcast on TV.

The second note was about a fundraiser the school is doing for elastic shoe laces. I asked my son about the fundraiser, because we are always willing to help the PTA supplement the school's program with field trips and additional costs. My son proceeded to tell me that they watched, in his words, a very long commercial about the shoe lace product. The irony is killing me. Shoelaces over the President of the United States. Come on, SHOELACES. I'm sure we could watch an infomercial about the shoelaces on the Internet at home.

FBISD Parent
http://www.kissmybigbluebutt.com/#sept6book

Shoe-effing-laces?

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. K&R

[proud patriot]

2. kick

:grr:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Comes down to this:

Republicans hate Democrats, and want to keep people from hearing them.

[create.peace]

4. Well put...nt

[rocktivity]

5. I hope you've informed the school that your child will be late on Tuesday

because he'll be home watching the speech.


rocktivity

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Did I hear you correctly?

The school made your child watch a commercial?
A commercial which then gets school parents to buy the product?

And this was related to that all important "instructional time", how?

I am so glad my children are grown, I would be furious about the commercialization in schools.

[SmileyRose]

7. I laughed

I don't think I was supposed to but I belly laughed.

[windoe]

8. Kids are getting a crash course in social studies

outside the classroom. The way the adults behave around them will stay with them the rest of their lives. It is a great opportunity to learn about bigotry, the misuse of media, and how rage can blind people to reason.

[Barack_America]

9. I'm assuming the shoelaces aren't black.

:eyes: