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Teaching the children to pester on behalf of the government

A work mate has just told me that her child had a full lesson about the census in school yesterday.

The kids were taught how important it is to fill in the census and what is done with the data.

Now the kid is on her case to get the thing filled in. He's actually worried about the consequenses to society if she doesn't.

Anyone with kids had a similar experience?
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9 Comments:

PJH said...

"The kids were taught how important it is to fill in the census and what is done with the data."

Surely the best response to this is to inform the child that the teacher is, at best, overstating the case and, at worst, lying/grossly misinformed, and why it's not important to fill it in, and how the data can't be used for the purposes proposed, and really what happens to the data?

10:03
Bucko said...

PJH - Of course it is. And if it were my child.........

But thankfully I dont have any.

10:18
William said...

No my kids told me to burn it so I did. But then again one is too old for school and the younger is being 'schooled' at home so the loony left cannot get to them.

11:40
Budvar said...

Perhaps a 20th century history lesson on government collation of racial and religious demographics, union membership, sexual and political persuasion, education, disabilities etc, and the sticky end met by those not meeting criterion of said governments is in order.

Then ask if they think it would still be a good idea to volunteer this info if they lived under Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Amin, Mugabe, Pinochet, Honeker etc.

15:31
Anonymous said...

When the government run schools de-emphasize education and emphasize turning out Hitler's youth party, then it's time for that government and school system to be disbanded and replaced by a different sort. If leftism goes any further than it has so far, the idea of UK being exactly as was USSR will become inescapable reality and the legacy for all generations to come. That is one lesson apparently the schools are unable to teach as it goes against their current philosophical end goals.

16:40
John said...

Sounds like am opportunity to teach said child the meaning of the phrase "why don't you mind your own fucking business"

11:00
Bucko said...

William - There are definate benefits from keeping them out of the education system these days.

Budvar - I bet modern schoolies have never heard of most of them names.

Anon - True. There is no room in school for political ideology apart from the basic unbiased fact about the workings of the political system

John - That is a phrase children should be taught from a very early age.

13:36
English Viking said...

Surely your friend should have simply slapped the said child and taught him to never, ever, believe the 'authorities' or side with them against their family?

18:44
Bucko said...

Yes that would be a justified response:-)

19:51

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