This is Just Wrong
The teacher that allowed these anti-American letter from sixth graders to be sent to a US Army private stationed at Camp Casey should be held accountable.
A New York City school official, red-faced over Brooklyn sixth-graders who slammed a GI with anti-Iraq-war letters, said Tuesday they are sending the 20-year-old private a letter of apology.
Deputy Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina plans to personally contact Pfc. Rob Jacobs and his family, a spokeswoman told the New York Post.
Teacher Alex Kunhardt had his students write Jacobs as part of a social studies assignment.
He declined to comment on whether he read the rants before passing them along, but said he planned to contact Jacobs soon to explain.
Before sending off letters like this the teacher should read them to ensure they are tasteful. Here is an excerpt from one of the letters, I don’t think this is to tasteful:
In an accompanying letter to Jacobs, Kunhardt said the students “come from a variety of backgrounds and political beliefs, but unanimously support the bravery and sacrifice of American soldiers around the world.”
“Support” was not the word that came to Jacobs’ mind when he read the letters, the Post noted.
One girl wrote that she believes Jacobs is “being forced to kill innocent people” and challenged him to name an Iraqi terrorist, concluding, “I know I can’t.”
With a passage like that it is clear somebody has been coaching these kids and they didn’t just come up with this crap themselves. If you don’t like the US military that is your right but don’t go and send mass mailings especially from sixth graders to bash a soldier with. A soldier has nothing to do with creating policy. Send your hate mail to policy makers in Washington DC if you don’t like the Iraq War or whatever other gripes you got. A private at Camp Casey, Korea cannot do anything to influence government policy. So leave the soldiers out of it.
