[wintertime]

Children are affected by public schooling even if the parents try their best to undo or counteract the effect.
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Yes, they are effected. At minimum they **must** think and reason godlessly just to cooperate in the classroom.

Personally, I have made a decision. Government schooling, is in my opinion, sooooooooo evil that I will no longer have a government school teacher for a friend. I am done with them. ( I wouldn't have an abortion clinic worker for a friend, either.)

[goodwithagun]

As I posted with the topic, I am a public school teacher. There are a few of us out there that are educators and not indoctrinators. From a fellow FReeper I borrowed the idea of making a patriot wall. One of my bulletin boards has the Aristotle quote, “We make war that we may live in peace.” Surrounding the quote are pictures of former students who are now in the armed services, as well as pictures of current students’ family members. Although both our text and our state standardized test refer to the Constitution as a living document, I explain to the students why it is neither living nor dead. I use Chief Justice Scalia’s 60 Minutes interview and transcripts for that. My research paper subject is the Constitution, and students must choose a specific topic and then create and defend a thesis. Guess what. The topics always end up conservative because they can't prove otherwise! Other that educating instead of indoctrinating, I am also the self-appointed anti-propaganda agent. Union and OWS propaganda is constantly posted in the only staff restroom, so I always take my Sharpie with me when I need to “powder my nose”. I think of it like this: If unions claim they have certain rights, then I have the right to pee without communist propaganda surrounding me.