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To: mbynack; Man50D
If our school system is so bad why do Oriental and Indian students do so well when they go through it? A major part of the problem isn’t really the school systems as much as it is the role that parents play in their child’s education. If you only have a mother that didn’t finish school and lives on public assistance and a father you never met, it’s hard to produce a kid that’s going to excel.

This thread is NOT about academic achievement. I suggest that you re-read the article and the posts.

All the children ( of every racial and cultural background) will have their opinions on sexuality, (and opinion of Christians and other religious people who oppose the homosexual lifestyle)shaped by the government madrassas ( mis-named "schools")

Are you a government teacher, an education student, your parents government teachers, or does money come into your household by way of the education-industrial complex? ( Just curious)

39 posted on 02/08/2008 5:42:55 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
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To: wintertime
Are you a government teacher, an education student, your parents government teachers, or does money come into your household by way of the education-industrial complex? ( Just curious)

No. I do have a Master's in Education and have written several papers on the state of our public school system. Sometimes I forget that no one else can hear the little voices in my head and, what seems to be a cohesive thought to me sounds like babbling to others.

The point that I failed to make was that society has shifted the burden of raising our children from the traditional family to the government. Our school system has replaced traditional parenting and now you have liberal commitees making decisions about what moral norms should be taught.

There are a hundred theories on how this happened, but in the end it's the parent's responsibility to object and to change the system. As conservatives, we are the ones who should be voicing our objections to this. We also need to develop alternatives, such as home schooling and charter schools, that aren't going to teach out children values and behaviors that are objectionable.

My point about the oriental children was that traditional oriental families play a much greater role in their child's life when they aren't in school. Instead of sending their kids into the dining room to do homework, they sit down with them and guide them through it. It might not be the perfect solution, but it's better than letting the school system and the liberal media raise your children for you.

56 posted on 02/08/2008 6:29:00 AM PST by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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