You know, it is easy to pick apart the public skrewls for their incompetence. But sometimes, you get idiot parents who want to play by their rules and give the finger - as it were - to the schools.
Fine. Their right to do so. But first, take your kids out and homeschool ‘em.
Fifteen years ago, when I started homeschooling, there was a debate about homeschoolers receiving some sort of tax credit or funding. We were saving the tax payers a ton of money by educating our children ourselves. And paying out of pocket for the privilege.
Very quickly, we realized that, by accepting the money, we were giving up our liberty. If we were working off of somebody else’s dime, then we had to play by their rules.
So we said no to the money and no to the tax credit.
We wanted liberty and we were willing to pay for it.
I get so frustrated with parents who don’t take responsibility for their own children’s education, then think that they have any power over the tax payers’ funds.
You can educate your kids any way that you want - providing that you’re really willing to take full responsibility for your children’s education. That includes financial.
Because of this, my views have changed toward child support. As it stands, the man pays and the woman has no obligation to show how she used that money for their child’s upkeep. She can do what she wants with it. That’s not right. He’s paying for his child to be cared for. She should have to show that she’s using that money to care for the child.
People on welfare are living off the gov’t dime. That means that, if the gov’t asks for it, they have to submit to drug tests - just as employers have the right to ask the same of their employees.
And, when my grown children moved back in with us and needed money - I made the rules. My house, my money - my freaking rules. You don’t like it, support yourself.
The one exception to this is social security. That *is* their money. They earned it and paid into the system. Military benefits were earned. They belong to the individual.
But charity is charity.
Most homeschoolers get this. That’s why we don’t accept even a tax break.