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Sunday, September 22, 2013

‘IS THIS AMERICA?’: PARENT ‘MANHANDLED’, ARRESTED WHILE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST COMMON CORE AT PUBLIC FORUM IN TOWSON

A parent in Towson, Md., was arrested Thursday night at a public forum after vocally expressing his concerns about the Baltimore County School District’s plan to use Common Core standards in its curriculum.

Robert Small, a concerned father, was forcefully removed from the meeting by a police officer after he interrupted Baltimore County Schools Superintendent Dallas Dance during the question-and-answer portion of the forum.

The meeting apparently didn’t allow parents to stand up and ask questions or comment. Parents and other attendants were instead asked to write their questions on a piece of paper and officials would read them.

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20 comments:

Anonymous said...

They are shoving Muslim ethics on our kids in schools.

Anonymous said...

"The meeting apparently didn’t allow parents to stand up and ask questions or comment. Parents and other attendants were instead asked to write their questions on a piece of paper and officials would read them."

This new way of writing down questions is a crock. The reason behind it is so "officials" can read them ahead of time and come up with some lie or excuse instead of being put on the spot with immediate questions asked by the audience.
This man should be applauded for standing up to the bunch of nothings that have and continue to run the public schools into the ground.
To be a public school "official" anymore means nothing more than someone who has their head stuck up politicians rear ends.

Anonymous said...

Common Core changes what our children are taught about the history of country. Make sure you check your kids history books.

Anonymous said...

government schools PRETEND they want to know what you concerns you. they really don't give a rip and if you still have your children in these schools you should be very concerned. as a matter of fact, you should be concerned enough to get them out asap.

Where is Lee H.Oswald? said...

Obama is behind this...

Anonymous said...

From the Wizard of Id cartoon strip a few years back:

Sir Rodney (to the King): "Sire, the peasants are revolting"

King: "You can say that again!"

That is the mindset of our new masters. Make a pretense of public meetings and information sessions, but closely control the where, when, why and who.

Remember Rockwell's Freedom series of paintings?

Jon E. Voice said...

Common Core is just part of Agenda 21.It will mold your children into what is an acceptable government career path.It will take a lot of worry off of parents who are concerned about their children's future. Just like the new Maryland Land Tier Ratings the State has a better picture of what to do with your property than you do. So just sit back and don't concern yourself with these sorts of decisions.

lmclain said...

ANOTHER great reason for "open carry". CITIZENS can't ask question of the people they PAY??! The pressure builds, baby. And whose side did the police take? Riiiiight.....

Anonymous said...

You Don't speak without Permission. Even school kids know that.

Anonymous said...

Way back in the covered wagon days they introduced "New Math" and spelling without phonics and we struggled like lost souls. Nobody complained until the disaster was full blown and then they found out that nothing would change. I'm surprised that parents are still fighting the system. I'm afraid the good fight was lost way back when. They do what they want. That is why we have all the private schools now. People with money don't eat junk food and don't use public schools. This country is in a mess of hurt.

Anonymous said...

Welcome to the new "police state" of Nazi Germany.

Anonymous said...

In dees daz n tims its impornint for sitizins to stand up for whats rite.
Six or ate of de other peepol dare shuda beet dat sekurty man down and cuffd em n when da polise showd up jus say day saw em beetin da other man so he git chargd wit asalt.

(written to common core acceptability standards)

Anonymous said...

9:46. Read the damn standards before you maje such claims. 1st grade:

English Language Arts Standards » 2 » d

Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.

Anonymous said...

Anybody have information as to who the cop is???

Anonymous said...

The officials who set up and participated int eh meeting should ALL be fired. It is clear from another video of the meeting that not all questions submitted were read. The ones I heard were just a bunch of softball blah, blah, blah. Why couldn't that guy and others ask their questions and WHY did other parents sit quietly while this guy was forcefully ejected?

Anonymous said...

I'm missing teeth in the front because once my wife told me to sit down and I stood up.

Anonymous said...

Why should questions have to be written? Not even Presidential press conferences require that.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Why should questions have to be written? Not even Presidential press conferences require that.

September 22, 2013 at 9:26 PM

So they know which ones to ignore.

Anonymous said...

We got our permission slip. The 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution IS our permission slip. If you choose to beg permission to speak so be it. Don't tell the rest of us we need to ask permission to speak. Go back to doing as you are told, never question authority. Let the big kids handle that for you. In the mean time I hope you have calloused knees it looks like you will be spending your life on your knees begging permission.

Anonymous said...

7:33 AM

Well put