Apparently this was National Environmentalist Indoctrination week. The government decided that this week students would be given an extra-concentrated dose of Global Warming Dogma.

There focus is on the mythological "Zero Carbon Footprint." The Zero Carbon Footprint, muck like its predecessor the Big Foot, is upon closer examination a complete fabrication. And all of the carbon offsets you buy from al Gore can do nothing to change that.

What indoctrination week meant is that I woul have to spend extra time as my children work through there various propagandizing assignments pointing out  the other side of the debate that they just aren't going to hear in school. Then will come the inevitable questions of "Do I tell the teacher she is wrong."

This is a dilemma. Do I send my 12 and 7 year old off to fight the skeptic's fight? Do I set them on the path to intellectual confrontation with those who hold so much authority over so much of their day? Or do I counsel them to just tell them what they want to hear?

The seven year old is not that great at debating and I worry that he might be too argumentative. The last thing I need is a call from the school that my son was fighting with his teacher over global warming.

The 12 year old could probably handle the confrontation as long as the teacher didn't escalate it too far. I didn’t know if she could bring all the facts to mind in the heat of the moment. I don't want her to feel like I set her up for an ambush.

That is the dilemma I faced during National Environmental Indoctrination Week. Or at least it would have been if it wasn't also school vacation week.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 08:15 PM | No Comments | Add Comment