We know the problem. What is the solution? Not everyone can home-school or afford private schools. Maybe Christians need to run for local school boards and state level education jobs. We just let the left take control of the schools and didn’t even put up a fight. And there are still some wonderful, God-fearing, Christian teachers. They just don’t have much support.
This is a very deep seated problem. For example, all public schools must be accredited as are teachers. Guess who controls the accreditation committees, guess who gets the legislature to grant them a monopoly function. The public teaching establishment via their fellow travelers in the various teacher's colleges and teacher's unions. This collusion is also supported at the Federal level where funding is impossible to secure unless the right people approve, people who support the leftist status quo.
It has taken generations for the left to become to well entrenched. Meanwhile, children must be educated but protected from the propaganda. The only answer for now is to escape the system, even as people work to change it.
I hear this being said by non-homeschoolers all the time — that “not everyone can home-school or afford private schools”.
We do exactly what we want to do in and for our families. We find a way — especially those of us who are Christians and conservatives. Saying you cannot afford to do something simply means you’re choosing to prioritize your life differently. You’re making choices — we all do.
I worked for a wonderful Christian executive years ago who always said something simple yet profound: “It’s only expensive if you can’t afford it.”
I cannot afford NOT to homeschool my four children. The price we all paid that first year they were in public school (after I adopted the siblings) was hell — as bad as the hell they faced in foster care. The rewards of the sacrifices I make to homeschool them far outweigh the “price”.
And if I can homeschool, as a single adoptive mother, anyone can. I cannot afford to purchase any curriculum, and am not too proud to receive donated materials all the time. We use the library, and the internet. Our life is envied by others, even though our life is incredibly simple and non-high-tech.
If you really want to homeschool, but honestly think you can’t afford it, PM me privately and I’ll help you figure it out.