'Capitalism Will Fail,' Marijuana Leaf Part of California School Mosaic

[Chris_]

'Capitalism Will Fail,' Marijuana Leaf Part of California School Mosaic

Symbols of communism and marijuana and a prediction that "capitalism will fail" aren't exactly the sort of end-of-year messages you'd expect from an eighth grader.

But that's precisely what some students at the Black Pine Circle School, a private school in Berkeley, Calif., chose to include in their "Class of 2007" mosaic.

The symbols, which are prominently displayed outside the school, have prompted questions about the appropriateness of images like a hammer and sickle and a marijuana leaf on school grounds — and have led critics to say they are blatant proof of political indoctrination of young children.

Black Pine Circle bills itself as a day school where students from kindergarten through eighth grade will be "maximally free of all the 'isms' which pervade most aspects of the world around them: from racism to sexism to the less obvious forms of discrimination," according to its Web site.

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"They left it up to a bunch of 13-year-olds to decide," Davis told FOXNews.com. "They were hands off in telling us what was appropriate and what wasn't. It was left to our judgment."

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"I know some people might say it fits in with the Berkeley atmosphere, but it does say something about the type of education the students are receiving," she told FOXNews.com. "It's obvious that they're receiving some political indoctrination from the school or from their parents. There's no doubt in my mind they're being politically influenced in their education."

Anyone shocked that 13yr olds aren't taught sound judgement in Berkeley?   

Pic at link.  I an't gonna post that commie sh*t here.

[thundley4]

If this is what the students came up with on their own, then we'd be royally screwed if it weren't for the majority of parochial other private schools. Granted, this is from a private school, just consider  where it is.

[NHSparky]

I suggest a couple of years in North Korea would do their attitude wonders.

[Chris_]

I suggest a couple of years in North Korea would do their attitude wonders.

Give 'em two more options...Iran and Venezuela

[AllosaursRus]

Who else but liberal moonbats would send their children to a Berkely private school in the first place? My guess is, it's parents and teachers alike filling thair heads with this mush!