Gray Flannel Suit Socialists

Sent to me by one of my formerly Lego-loving and libertarian-leaning kids. Maureen Martin, TCS:

Some Seattle school children are being told to be skeptical of private property rights. This lesson is being taught by banning Legos.

A ban was initiated at the Hilltop Children's Center in Seattle. According to an article in the winter 2006-07 issue of "Rethinking Schools" magazine, the teachers at the private school wanted their students to learn that private property ownership is evil.

According to the article, the students had been building an elaborate "Legotown," but it was accidentally demolished. The teachers decided its destruction was an opportunity to explore "the inequities of private ownership." According to the teachers, "Our intention was to promote a contrasting set of values: collectivity, collaboration, resource-sharing, and full democratic participation."

Maybe it was demolished accidentally-on-purpose. You know, a manufactured teaching moment.

One of the lessons I take from this is all private schools are not equal. Don't waste your money on this one. (Are all their teachers paid the same salary? Hmm?)

And don't these socialists have any sense of the irony of their stance? Gee, didn't they get a good dose of the History of the Left when they were students in America's PC high schools? No Pete Seeger?

I guess we should call them the gray flannel suit socialists of Seattle.

(And the legos are much more colorful and creative. Leave our kids and our Legos alone!)

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