At Woodbrook Elementary School in Virginia, third grade students composed and performed a song titled, “Part of the 99” during a music program held in October 2011. The song’s topic? Disparity between the 1% and 99%, the theme of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
The Albermale County school district is defending the song, saying they do not censor student work and that the students came up with the lyrics on their own during their workshop with an outside group, Kid Pan Alley. Well, despite what they claim, it sure looks like left-wing indoctrination to me. Even if a person could believe that the children came up with these lyrics themselves, where did they get the idea? At best, this group of third graders must have discussed the occupy movement in class for it to be on the forefront of their minds enough that they would choose it as a subject matter for their musical composition.
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J. Christian Adams at Big Government uncovered more information about Kid Pan Alley, so if you have any doubt that this was indoctrination 101, check this out:
Kid Pan Alley’s infiltration into government schools goes well beyond Woodbrook Elementary in Charlottesville. They have a presence in Payne Elementary in Lynchburg (VA), Union Elementary in Montpelier (VT), Campbell Court Elementary in Martinsville (VA), Burnley Elementary in Charlottesville (VA), Thompson Elementary in Marshall (VA), Pierce Elementary in Remington (VA), Red Hill Elementary in Virginia, Brownsville Elementary in Crozet (VA), and many many more.
Consider the results of Kid Pan Alley’s residency inside Parker Elementary Waimea, Hawaii. They spent a week inside the school writing the song “Walk to Japan” with an apocalyptic environmental message. “Reduce, reuse and recycle, maybe it’s time to face what we messed up, cause if we don’t save the ocean, we’ll have to walk to Japan.”
When you consider the leftist activists who introduced this garbage into Woodbrook Elementary, the agenda is even more clear. Kid Pan Alley receives money from the William and Mary Greve Foundation.
The Greve Foundation funds many other causes at odds with American traditions, including the American Society for Muslim Advancement, which is run by a 9-11 conspiracy theorist. The Greve Foundation is headed by John Kiser, III, author of Communist Entrepreneurs : Unknown Innovators in the Global Economy. (From a review: “the book is of value in confronting tired stereotypes about the inherent inferiority of technology under Communism.”) Kiser is from Sperryville, Virginia, which might explain why so many Virginia elementary schools.
You can watch Kid Pan Alley’s video “If I Change One Thing” here for another whiff of Occupy. The kids sing the answer: “If I could change one thing, I’d change all the rules. Freedom would be free. I’d be my own boss no matter what the cost.” Sort of like a mob
And, here are the lyrics. You decide:
Some people have it all
But they still don’t think they have enough
They want more money
A faster ride
They’re not content
Never satisfied
Yes — they’re the 1 percentI used to be one of the 1 percent
I worked all the time
Never saw my family
Couldn’t make life rhyme
Then the bubble burst
It really, really hurt
I lost my money
Lost my pride
Lost my home
Now I’m part of the 99Some people have it all
But they still don’t think they have enough
They want more money
A faster ride
They’re not content
Never satisfied
Yes — they’re the 1 percentI used to be sad, now I’m satisfied
’Cause I really have enough
Though I lost my yacht and plane
Didn’t need that extra stuff
Could have been much worse
You don’t need to be first
’Cause I’ve got my friends
Here by my side
Don’t need it all
I’m so happy to be part of the 99
Do you know a third grader that would come up with that on their own? I rest my case.
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