Found in children's textbook

unsung
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edited August 2013 in A Moving Train
The propaganda that exists is disgusting. I will seriously explore homeschooling or some type of alternative schooling when I have kids.

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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    unsung wrote:
    The propaganda that exists is disgusting. I will seriously explore homeschooling or some type of alternative schooling when I have kids.

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    What textbook did this come out of?
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,601
    What "textbook" did this come out of?
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  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    Kindergarten story book, approved text.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,601
    Can you be a little more specific?
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  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    Posting from my phone, I'll attempt to find a proper link.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,601
    unsung wrote:
    Posting from my phone, I'll attempt to find a proper link.

    Thanks.
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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    I'm not naive enough to think propoganda doesn't exist in children's texts in school. But even children's book can evolve with the changing times. I haven't read this book, but that should be taken into consideration before deciding to home school. No?
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,601
    Curious if this is going to turn out to be a book aimed at helping children who are scared to fly. In that context the passage makes a little sense. Still kinda strange but I can see what the intent might have been.
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  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    A parent found it at their child's school, it's circulating on social media. It's definitely propaganda but as it was located in a school the parent is awaiting an official school response to see if it is part of official curriculum or if a specific teacher brought it in on their own.

    Here's a link from Amazon

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/141699674 ... mdp_mobile
  • Blockhead
    Blockhead Posts: 1,538
    Instead of shielding your children from everything you don't agree with, why not turn this into a teachable moment and explain why you or anybody should "not be pleased" with this kind of conduct.

    Here is what I found out from my kids being in school. The kids will retain and act on the things they learn when it is REINFORCED at home by the parents.
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    unsung wrote:
    A parent found it at their child's school, it's circulating on social media. It's definitely propaganda but as it was located in a school the parent is awaiting an official school response to see if it is part of official curriculum or if a specific teacher brought it in on their own.

    Here's a link from Amazon

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/141699674 ... mdp_mobile

    Olivia Goes to Venice.

    It's not a textbook- it's a kid's book... likely from the library.

    Exactly how is this propaganda?

    Geez you love being dramatic don't you?

    Try again.
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,601
    Eh...that page is a bit strange but just by reading the comments you can see how this is a big deal being made out of a little issue.

    http://www.amazon.com/Olivia-Goes-Venic ... 1416996745
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    This will surely make more kids vegetarians too. A cute, talking, unarmed pig? Who the hell would eat such a thing? :P
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  • Prince Of Dorkness
    Prince Of Dorkness Posts: 3,763
    OH NOEZ!!! THE SKY IS A FALLIN!!!

    Ugh... ok, now, I do understand that some people have a bit of trouble separating "entertainment" from "education," so I'll take it easy on you.

    This is NOT a "textbook." A Textbook is a book that is made for students to learn the information inside it. If you ever went to school, you might remember having a math text book or a science text book. They didn't tell stories and have cute pictures in them. They had facts and problems to solve and things to help you learn.

    Although clearly that didn't take with everyone.

    This IS a "children's story book" and it takes place in Venice, which is a city in Italy. Italy is a country in Europe which is a big land mass WAAAAYYYYY across the ocean where there is socialized medicine and NO TSA Agents AT ALL! Can you imagine such a wondrous land? Now... if you've never read a book about Olivia the Pig... she's very precocious and she is "very pleased" about many things. That's kinda her schtick. When she goes the airport, they search everyone for weapons because that's what they DO at airports and she's just as "pleased" with that as she also is for the Gondola rides in Venice and the Gelato (which is a kind of Italian Ice Cream).

    Maybe next time before you get too upset, you can base your off-the-handle indignation on more than just a SINGLE PAGE of a book series?

    or is that too much to ask?
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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Prince Of Dorkness wrote:
    OH NOEZ!!! THE SKY IS A FALLIN!!!

    Ugh... ok, now, I do understand that some people have a bit of trouble separating "entertainment" from "education," so I'll take it easy on you.

    This is NOT a "textbook." A Textbook is a book that is made for students to learn the information inside it. If you ever went to school, you might remember having a math text book or a science text book. They didn't tell stories and have cute pictures in them. They had facts and problems to solve and things to help you learn.

    Although clearly that didn't take with everyone.

    This IS a "children's story book" and it takes place in Venice, which is a city in Italy. Italy is a country in Europe which is a big land mass WAAAAYYYYY across the ocean where there is socialized medicine and NO TSA Agents AT ALL! Can you imagine such a wondrous land? Now... if you've never read a book about Olivia the Pig... she's very precocious and she is "very pleased" about many things. That's kinda her schtick. When she goes the airport, they search everyone for weapons because that's what they DO at airports and she's just as "pleased" with that as she also is for the Gondola rides in Venice and the Gelato (which is a kind of Italian Ice Cream).

    Maybe next time before you get too upset, you can base your off-the-handle indignation on more than just a SINGLE PAGE of a book series?

    or is that too much to ask?

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  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    edited August 2013
    Why would anyone think that the Olivia books are text books for school??!?

    That's just hogwash, utterly laughable. :lol:
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    This will surely make more kids vegetarians too. A cute, talking, unarmed pig? Who the hell would eat such a thing? :P
    Me!

    I love me some bacon :mrgreen:
  • even flow - question mark
    even flow - question mark Posts: 1,568
    unsung wrote:
    The propaganda that exists is disgusting. I will seriously explore homeschooling or some type of alternative schooling when I have kids.

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    Propaganda???? What is singing the national anthem? Reciting the pledge of allegiance? I'll just stop there.

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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    This thread is funny on so many levels...
    First one being, there are illustrations of uniformed pigs doing the frisking.
    Next, people actually find this to be 'propaganda'.
    Then, there is the false claim that this children's book is a 'textbook'.
    Finally, the thought that it is part of some sort of overwhelming government indoctrination of little children by leftist socialists.
    ...
    I find this all pretty funny. A bit absurd and a little disturbing... but, I sometimes find humor in the absurd and disturbing.
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  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    [And what would be the subtle message that the author, illustrator, publisher, school board and teacher are trying to insidiously implant in the malleable minds of our children? That flying free of the fear that some right wing gun nut or foreign fundamentalist won't try to blow you up or bring a weapon on board is yet another form of government tyranny that they should be pleased to accept?

    Good grief.
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