Friday, September 26, 2003
"Kumbaya, my Lord..."
... was sung at a high school diversity camp, says The Conservative Crust who wonders, "What about sensitivity to atheists?" Cost of the camp is $165 a head (no word on cookie discounts) making it likely that this camp isn't for rural or working-class kids.
It's ``ludicrous'' and ``absurd'' to devote class time and public school funds to diversity camps when students are still struggling with literacy, said Matt Cox, an education policy fellow with the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute.Yes, what we have here is too much academics going on! We're losing kids, Jim. LOSING THEM!
Richard Valenzuela, a Camp Anytown sensitivity trainer, disagreed.
``We're getting so caught up with academics and testing that we're losing some kids'' to other societal ills, Valenzuela said.
