Exposing Political Agendas in Bedford's Schools

There is nothing wrong with learning about water shortages and how to mitigate them, if you are planning on becoming an engineer who deals with that sort of thing.

But we’re not convinced that middle school kids have already made up their minds about what career they will pursue. It is hoped that all students are given a good basic foundation in the sciences, to support any later career choices they might make.

According to a recent article in NewHampshire.com about a lesson being taught in Bedford’s middle school, one will note the UN influence very clearly being promoted. A unit on the political implications of water shortages in a foreign country is one of many similar attempts to engage students in activism, enticing them to serve the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, a worldwide plan for wealth redistribution. No mention was made of the scientific merit of such a lesson on water. (The UN doesn’t care about academics, and rarely mentions it in their IB mission statement and lesson outline.)

“Just because we don’t have a water shortage here in New Hampshire doesn’t mean that many parts of the world aren’t dealing with water issues,” said science teacher Heather Brunelle. “We tell them all the time, these are going to be the big debates of the next century, over water access, water rights, and the next big global wars will be over water access.”

The faculty hopes this newfound awareness their students have will have a lasting impact, and possibly inspire some to pursue the Peace Corps or other volunteer endeavors.

Volunteer endeavors? What about teaching skills so that students may support themselves and their families in the future? Is that no longer the goal of education? Or is education simply being used as a way to indoctrinate students into becoming activists for special interest groups? Having a debate over water access and water rights is perfectly OK in debating club, or as a supplementary activity, but where are the educational merits of the above mentioned lesson which is likely being taught due to the influence of a group who doesn’t plan to contribute to America, but to drain it?

The question we must ask of Bedford’s taxpayers is, do you want your tax dollars to pay for education where every lesson is fraught with the political agenda of some special interest group?