t may not look like it at first glance, but these kids are actually making a politcal statement... It's the aristocracy vs. indigenous people/nature/furry green folks.

In Charlottesville, Virginia, a classroom of third grade students is getting a lot of attention for their lyrical talents this week. These youngsters wrote a song in a workshop, that people are calling “leftist” and “Marxist.”

Yes, you’d better watch out. The kids are going red. The reaction to the song called has been heated, to say the least. The song is called “Part of the Ninety Nine.” It mentions “the one percent,” who had everything but still wanted more, and “the ninety nine percent” that they’re happy to be a part of. The children went through a workshop led by Kid Pan Alley. For the workshop, instructors helped them write their own lyrics to learn the creative process. Unfortunately, the children came out on the other end as song writing socialists.

Conservative bloggers jumped on the story and reported skepticism that the children had come up with the lyrics on their own. Kid Pan Alley founder, Paul Reisler, released a statement that he had in fact added some phrases to the song. But Kid Pan Alley has been quick to say that they don’t condone any political stance after the backlash from conservative bloggers. They have also clarified the rules for lyrical guidance.

Since this blog is about the Occupy movement, we’re probably supposed to hop on board and say that this is freedom of speech. But, I have to say, I’d be outraged if children were taught to sing a song about Mitt Romney’s ideology or something equally politically conservative.

So what do you think? Is this wrong? Was he right to promote the idea of solidarity and unity to a group of young children? Was it wrong for this man to guide children into writing a protest song? Is this leftist and Marxist indoctrination? Or is this a case of letting something that you care about mistakenly seep into your work life?