Video: Horrible liberal classroom bias denounced by, er, 11-year-old
posted at 9:00 pm on June 29, 2010 by Allahpundit
I watched the clip and shrugged it off, thinking, “Yeah, granted, sixth grade is a tad young to be attuned to left-wing indoctrination. But he’s a bright kid, and it’s not like we’ve never seen a precocious conservative before.”
But then I did a Google News search, and … dude.
My name is Sam Besserman, I’m eleven years old, I live in Beverly Hills, California, and ever since I can remember I have been subjected to political bias in school. The first time I noticed the bias was actually in preschool, where the teacher was reading a book about the importance of mothers and the inferiority of fathers. I tried to tell the teacher that dads might be just as important. The teacher responded in a sing-song, “No, listen to me, I’m the teacher.” Of course, the girls loved the book and most of the boys hated it, except for a few who liked it and also wanted to become mothers some day. I was three years old and royally pissed off.
I had to listen to such feminist ideas every day, and at times, I actually bought into them. Months later, I still didn’t know whether mothers were really more important than fathers. Once I even felt like going into the bathroom and trying to pull off my penis. It wasn’t that I wanted to be a woman — I had just lost my enthusiasm for my embattled gender.
The only male teacher I had might as well have been castrated.
It goes on from there, replete with a mention of the hockey-stick graph vis-a-vis global warming. The big finish:
After all these years, you’d think I’d have given up. My country is undermining itself in its schools. It’s teaching boys that they can’t even compete with girls. It’s teaching those of us who have pride in our country that it is misplaced. It’s teaching nonsense and claiming that it’s science. But possibly, even more usefully, I think I have struck comedy gold.
Three possibilities. One: This is all deadly serious and on the level, notwithstanding that rather significant final line. Two: This is a grand goof conceived by a budding comic genius, notwithstanding his subdued appearance on Fox this morning. Three: This is a grand goof conceived by his parents or some other adult, which would explain why his essay is so cheeky but his TV performance is so straightforward. So help me, I’m honestly not sure which of the three is correct. Help me out.
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I can vouch for the anti-male bias in school. I specifically recall a teacher in 11th grade who was a hard core feminist and we read feminist literature.
We got lectures about how evil boys are, how oppressive they were to women, and that men are stupid, etc, etc…
At some point, about half way through the semester, several of the boys had it and started fighting back. The rest of the semester was pretty much gender warfare debates from then on.
I didn’t hear the boy use it in the interview. Where did he use that word?
Secondly, regardless if this boy is legit or not, he has a point: Misandry is acceptable. Misogyny isn’t.
There’s a double standard going on in society.
There’s a double standard that goes on with this. Misandry is ok
Conservative Samizdat on June 30, 2010 at 1:41 AM
I’m forced to watch Nick and Disney and their respective cartoon networks about 18 hours a day. The majority of these shows’ central characters are boys. Girls are much more likely to be side characters. See Phineas & Ferb, Jimmy Neutron, Jonas, Spongebob Squarepants, Zach & Cody, I’m With the Band, Fairly Oddparents, etc, plus all the superheroes and wannabes. For girls you have Victorious and iCarly, Dora and Kai-Lan. That’s really it. I don’t get the girl-centric thing at all.
alwaysfiredup on June 30, 2010 at 1:41 AM
Misogyny is ok, too, apparently. Or did you not hear all the talk about Palin’s boobs?
alwaysfiredup on June 30, 2010 at 1:42 AM
When I was 8 yr old I remember growing up in India when Emergency was imposed in 1970′s. I remember arguing with adults (mainly my Dad’s friends), why this was bad for the country. I also remember advocating free market principles as opposed to socialist systems. Why nationalization of banks will set the country back. I had to literally beg my family to allow me to buy one of those underground newspapers. I was also a big fan of President Reagan those days. I hated when everybody got participation awards.
This guy may be for real. These are weird times. This could be staged stuff. But let us watch this guy and see where he goes 10 yrs from now. If this is for real, we will keep hearing about this fellow.
antisocial on June 30, 2010 at 1:47 AM
How about this: Its ok for liberals to be misandrist or misogynist but not for conservatives.
But I was speaking about society in general. Its culturally and politically acceptable to be a misandrist but not to be a misogynist.
Conservative Samizdat on June 30, 2010 at 1:51 AM
It’s at least plausible. I know by the time I was 14 I was disgusted by the constant liberal bias of your typical sitcom. I mean, they were supposed to be comedies, but every show had an “issue” theme so it could be relevant, and the goofiest guy on the show who was the butt of every joke would say something that might sound a little conservative, and of course the star of the show would mock him as an idiot and let everyone know what we were really supposed to think about it.
This kind of thing seriously ruined a lot of comedies as entertainment. It seemed like every show did this, even if some shows were not as heavy-handed about it.
I could believe an 11-year-old rebelling against it. The most suspicious part of this is the claim that this rebellion started much earlier. I also recall first starting to pay a little attention to such issues at the age of 10, though it took longer to move to the conservative position. For it to start much before the age of 10 seems implausible.
There Goes The Neighborhood on June 30, 2010 at 2:00 AM
And I call shenanigans. It is still politically and culturally acceptable to demean women on a daily basis. Olbie does it. Pop culture does it. Don’t pretend it’s not there.
alwaysfiredup on June 30, 2010 at 2:04 AM
As I said before, it depends on who is doing the talking.
Liberals, like Olbie gets a free pass. Conservatives don’t.
Can you imagine the outrage if Hannity or Beck uttered the sexist crap that Oblie does?
Conservative Samizdat on June 30, 2010 at 2:08 AM
It’s not a liberal or conservative thing, either. Both ideologies have their neanderthal wings and frat boys. I’m also not suggesting that there aren’t those who overcorrect, especially in Cali, but it is a farce to argue that girls are being overly advantaged on a large scale.
alwaysfiredup on June 30, 2010 at 2:09 AM
I’m leaning towards adult midget.
Captain America on June 30, 2010 at 2:29 AM
I remember almost all of my HS history teachers lecturing us how bad Reagan was as a President. History itself has proven them completely and totally wrong. I also saw a liberal bias among english teachers – but they generally lacked the venue to ramble on a political screed.
There were always a few of us who would contest their conclusions – but the teacher has ultimate authority and can pretty much tell you to sit down, shut up, and listen to their propaganda. Back then it was a well circulated rumor that almost all history teachers in our district were communists. At the time it seemed absurd, and it was probably more accurate to describe them as eurosocialists – but HS kids spreading rumors generally get facts distorted along the way.
It has gotten to the point today that even university science departments are overflowing with liberal bias. It is difficult to get any sort of funding if your research project doesn’t set out to prove some liberal talking point. If you are trying to disprove AGW you are going to have limited funding sources.
Conservative parents need to be mindful of this and encourage their children to challenge the teachers views instead of simply accepting them. Get involved in their homework. Kids like to rebel and if they are well armed with knowledge they may actually enjoy irking their teachers with conservative views.
If other kids see a student challenging a teacher and rebelling against the liberal propaganda the hear every day from Hollywood and the entertainment industry we could start to see a movement where it is ‘cool’ to be a conservative. How much is a kid rebelling by believing the propaganda from their teachers and big media?
Mr Purple on June 30, 2010 at 3:58 AM
This is one of the most hilarious and revealing anti-public school statements I’ve read on HA. LOL
Grace_is_sufficient on June 30, 2010 at 5:58 AM
I find it interesting how many people are worried that he was “coached” or “helped” with his essay or interview. They used to call this education. Presumably his parents checked over his work and have been checking over his work for some time. I know that if I had a child in that type of school, they would have had a lot of practice explaining what was happening and why it was wrong, because it would have come up at dinner every night where I would have helped or coached them to express their views clearly.
As for the vocabulary, isn’t it logical to assume that in a school like the one he described he had been hearing this type of language for six or seven years, which is more than enough time to learn to use them correctly-even if you had to look them up in a dictionary or ask mom or dad for help.
Don’t forget that although Obamacare might define someone in their mid-twenties as a child, it wasn’t always like this. Mozart started composing at the age of five, and Benjamin Franklin was 15 when he became Mrs. Silence Dogood.
If the school system educated the children in their care, rather than indoctrinating them, how many more children like this might we see.
JiyuLife on June 30, 2010 at 8:04 AM
Is it just me, or does this kid look and sound more presidential than Jug Ears?
platypus on June 30, 2010 at 9:00 AM
This kid very well could be legit. I have a child who is exceptionally bright and astute. He comments daily on political issues. He’s nine years old. So could it be true that this kid has such a keen insight? Sure.
But here’s my take on liberal teachers in general: I teach in a public elementary school in south Texas. Most teachers at that level are conservative. It is my opinion and experience that teachers become more “progressive/liberal” as the kids matriculate through school. I’ve seen this first hand. As a parent, I am now having to counter “facts” that my older kids are learning in school. It’s a hassle, but if I want to ensure that my kids have a balanced education, it is essential that I do this.
pullingmyhairout on June 30, 2010 at 9:16 AM
It all started with the Brady Bunch. The boys were overconfident and the girls ended up being proven smarter/better every single time.
John Deaux on June 30, 2010 at 9:52 AM
This kid is more on the ball than Alvin Green.
I went to college later in life and my major was a female dominated one. Many of my classes were “taught” by feminist TAs. They were anti traditional family, anti male. Once when one of them was going on about domestic violence and how it was because of men, I asked her about the high rate of domestic violence in lesbian relationships and she blamed that on men too.
One thing that was encouraging was that some of the women in my major were disgusted by the bias too. They just kept quiet and wanted the degree. I enjoyed challenging silly assertions.
deewhybee on June 30, 2010 at 12:00 PM
This kid’s father must be quite a man.
Steve Z on June 30, 2010 at 2:07 PM
I see what you did there. :-)
Mary in LA on June 30, 2010 at 2:34 PM
Is 11 too young to elect somebody president?
Tantor on June 30, 2010 at 6:19 PM
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