Comments on: Open letter to parents http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9238 p2pnet.net offers not-your-lamescream news on movies music digital media P2P peer-to-peer TV television file sharing freedom of speech open source product news Wifi mobiles company Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:03:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9238#comment-57614 Reader's Write Mon, 03 Jul 2006 21:03:19 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9238#comment-57614 I wanted to post a link to an interview with a Toronto high-school computer teacher who's principal unilaterally dismantled a Linux lab, telling the teacher that they were only allowed to teach Microsoft. http://www.cluecan.ca/node/307 While home-schooling (or un-schooling, etc) is an option for some parents (see http://www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/ for more information), I don't think it is available to most parents. I believe it is incumbent upon us to become active in our local schools and in educational politics generally so that we can ensure that all our children get a fair education and not have the propaganda of special economic interests forced on them uncritically. I wanted to post a link to an interview with a Toronto high-school computer teacher who’s principal unilaterally dismantled a Linux lab, telling the teacher that they were only allowed to teach Microsoft.

http://www.cluecan.ca/node/307

While home-schooling (or un-schooling, etc) is an option for some parents (see http://www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/ for more information), I don’t think it is available to most parents. I believe it is incumbent upon us to become active in our local schools and in educational politics generally so that we can ensure that all our children get a fair education and not have the propaganda of special economic interests forced on them uncritically.

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