"You will respect it, respect it!"

This past May, the U.S. Department of Education announced that all educational institutions receiving federal funding must observe the holiday of Constitution Day, celebrating the September 17, 1787 signing of a document that we are talking about a lot these days... the Constitution. No, not that Constitution, our Constitution.

According to the guidelines released by the Department of Edumacaation, educators in elementary and high schools are free to design "Constitution Day programming that best addresses the needs of their students." I wonder what they mean by "needs of their students." I picture Homer Simpson shaking his fist and saying in a menacing tone of voice that only Homer Simpson has: "respect it... respect it!"


Homer J. Simpson, Constitution lover