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Dear Editor (of the pamphlet):

As a father with twenty years of teaching experience, I wish to commend Michael Hill, the father of Kaytlen, 13, who attends Bidwell Junior High School. He is a man who knows what parenting is all about. By getting involved in his daughter's education, he uncovered a teacher, Mike Brooks, who has been using his classroom to spout anti-American propaganda which pollutes the minds of his young charges. Masquerading as instruction, Brooks, as reported by Kaytlen, said, "The U.S. kidnaps innocent people and takes them to Cuba where they are kept indefinitely and tortured." Kaytlen also was upset by Brooks' lie that the government conducts "illegal wiretaps and other surveillance directed against innocent people."

Complicit in this shameful behavior is Joanne Parsley, Bidwell Principal. Her statement that, "She didn't believe Brooks has any political agenda," defies logic. What this teacher and principal, and far too many others, have forgotten, is that their job is to present the facts to their students, and keep their opinions to themselves. If I could do it for twenty years, anyone can. People who won't should be dismissed.