I read all the comments on page 1 and majority opinion is, as the kids are only five years old, and, as this has been commonplace for several decades, it's not a bad thing to teach the kids to just be nice to one another. Plenty of time as they get a little older to make their friend-preferences known. Most parents commenting are astounded that the teacher felt the need to send the letters home.
Yeah, I am afraid that I agree that this is appropriate for the age. Its also the age where we tell kids they have to share the toys and bring in enough cookies for everyone. Why? because at 5 years old you aren't emotionally mature, and not doing this traumatizes the child AND the teachers who have to deal the emotional outbursts it causes. . This was standard practice in my Kindergarten class as well.. not because it was necessarily the best lesson to teach a child, but because its the only practical way to maintain any semblance of order and peace in a classroom of five year olds. In the olden days we expected children to grow up, gain some emotional maturity and realize the kindergarten rules are for the little kids because they can't handle the burdens of being grown-ups yet.
The problem is that the left NEVER LEAVES kindergarten. They never grow up. They never take responisibility for themselves and feel they are entitled to be cared for as if they were small children.. . For lefties, there is no adult reality that someone had to pay for ingredients and bake the cookies, or buy the toys. That the School nurse needs to be paid for her services, and that in reality Fairness is getting what you work for, not an equal share of some imaginary pie that the unicorns left for us. .
The reason this stuff grates on us is because we are expected as adults to knuckle under to this juvenile demands made by adults with Kindergarten ethics holding guns.
All they need to know they learned in Kindergarten - LITERALLY. They don't want to grow up and face the adult reality that life isn't fair, some people are luckier, smarter, stronger, and better than others, and that results will vary, and are intent on turning the government into the Nanny/Teacher they long for to tell them what to do and when to do it - you will protect them from skinned knees, mean words and hurt feelings. Of course, someone still has to pay for the cookies, so they hold government guns at our heads and make us do so.