Teacher Mike Brooks thought it would be a good idea for his eighth grade history class to go home and have the student's parents renounce their US citizenship.
After all, he was simply trying to start a discussion with his students regarding the Declaration of Independence. Except that he managed to include this with the letter he sent with his students.
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Chico resident Michael Hill said he was told by his daughter, Kaytlen Hill, 13, that the assignment was to have parents sign the letter and return it to class Wednesday.
"The lesson being taught in class was that the U.S. kidnaps innocent people and takes them to Cuba, where they are kept indefinitely and tortured," Hill said he learned through his daughter.
When Hill asked her if Brooks mentioned Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the U.S. imprisons terrorist suspects, he said his daughter replied "yes."
He said his daughter broke into tears when she talked about Brooks mentioning illegal wiretaps and other surveillance directed against innocent people.
"I think I was more irritated by the classroom discussion than the letter," he said.
Brooks said he was trying to establish a parallel between attitudes during Revolutionary times, and those of today.
Yeah......... there is so much commonality between Guantanamo and the Declaration of Independence.
Maybe the "History" teacher actually needs to read the Declaration of Independence once or twice.
The best part of all this. The teacher will face no disciplinary action.
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