'Liberal indoctrination camps': Public school student’s worksheet on Kamala Harris angers dad

WASHINGTON, DC: A public school assignment about former Vice President Kamala Harris has sparked controversy after a video showed a parent refusing to complete the project.

The assignment, which focused on Kamala Harris’s education, career, and other aspects of her life, has drawn criticism from the student’s father, who described public schools as “liberal indoctrination camps.”

Kamala Harris school assignment sparks debate

The video surfaced on Sunday, April 20, and quickly spread across social media.

The images show a caricature of Kamala Harris accompanied by a worksheet outlining her accomplishments, education, and career, followed by questions requiring students to respond using the provided information.

Father slams Kamala Harris school project as ‘nonsense’

Sharing a video of his daughter’s school worksheet, the father described the assignment as “crap” and “nonsense,” warning other parents about what was taking place in the local public school.

"Watch out for this kind of crap at your local public school," the father warned in the video. "Nonsense. Look at that… my daughter wrote. An entire assignment on Kamala Harris, her accomplishments, education, jobs, and how great she is."

He did not hold back and asked how the media would have reacted if “this was about Donald Trump."

"Public schools are liberal indoctrination camps. Imagine if this was about Donald Trump."

The father reportedly came across the school assignment praising Harris, her early life, education at Howard University, law career, jobs, and accomplishments.

The project also featured questions at the end, such as "Dream Big! What would you do if you became Vice President?"

Educators often say lessons on current leaders are meant to teach civics and government. However, questions over balance in classrooms continue to emerge from time to time.

Trump comparison fuels school bias debate

Building on the father’s question, a Facebook user named ‘Donald Trump for President’ argued that if the same assignment were about President Donald Trump, teacher unions and media outlets would have erupted in outrage. 

“If a worksheet gushed over Trump's background, achievements, and "dream big" scenarios as president, teachers unions and the media would erupt in outrage, screaming about separation of church and state, or in this case, separation of school and partisan propaganda,” the user wrote in a Facebook post.

He further described the project as “left-wing brainwashing disguised as education.”