tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864992991756418300.post8127101492714563378..comments2023-08-29T08:26:49.318-06:00Comments on Utah Education Issues: Plus, ridiculous paranoia about the UN infiltrating Bountiful and ProvoUtahTeacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161171487351224481noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864992991756418300.post-30461989337344449802011-03-27T20:52:28.590-06:002011-03-27T20:52:28.590-06:00Thank you so much for the information. I now Unde...Thank you so much for the information. I now Understand why Eagle Forum is so very opposed to the IB Program. The Universal Declaration of the United Nations proclaims:<br /><br />"Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,<br /><br />Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people".<br /><br />Members of Utah Eagle Forum, especially, Cherilyn Eagar, have spoken out on the IB Program and now I see why. Eagar has spent most of her adult life working to prevent the ratification of the Equal Right Amendment and to prevent Gay and Lesbian Couples from having Equal Rights under the law. I can see why she does not want our students to be "indoctrinated in the virtues of Equal Rights",. <br /><br />I actually agree with Cherilyn Eagar on certain points. The ratification of the ERA could have resulted in the draft of American women into the military, hence the ERA may not have been a good constitutional amendment for women.<br />I think we may be able to agree on that. But, dear Cherilyn and Margaret Dayton, we cannot "throw out the baby with the bath water". For example, nations such as Afghanistan refuse to allow girls to attend school. The illiteracy rate in Afghanistan for females is around 90%. Nations such as Afghanistan desperately need to incorporate the principles of "equal opportunity and equal rights". The poverty and illiteracy in Afghanistan seemed to breed terrorism, aimed directly at the United States. We can't just exclude ourselves from the rest of the world anymore.<br /><br />Cherilyn Eagar, you are receiving many political endorsements from Utah Eagle Forum, a Forum which opposes the IB program. You cannot be objective in your talking points because you stand to lose these valuable political endorsements. Your opinion is not from an impartial, objective observer, but from a political candidate who runs for office with the full backing of Utah Eagle Forum and on a political platform of having fought against the ERA. You don't seem to be impartial. <br /><br />Senator Margaret Dayton, sometimes you just seem to "parrot" the exact same talking points that I hear from Utah Eagle Forum. These talking points don't even originate in Utah, they came from<br />Eagle Forum President, Phyllis Schaffly. Margaret, please do your own research before you make judgments. As a mother, I want full-time kindergarten and better early childhood education and literacy programs. I want funding for that. I want to be heard. I also want programs such as IB, ELP and special education. If we have to cut spending, cut down on your "message bills" such as "Firearms Freedom Act".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com