With Regards to the Obama School Speech...

I personally feel that you can do with your kids anyway you wish to. If it were my kids, I would NOT take them out of class. I would let them go and then we can talk about what the president said around the dinner table.

I do have a problem though with teachers using this as a platform to promote certain ideas. There has been some memo passed around the blogosphere that suggests what the teachers are going to talk about--not sure about the authenticity of the memo though. I don't feel this is or should be a platform to discuss politics with young and impressionable students. That is the parents' job and should be avoided at all costs in a school setting.