ANOTHER REASON HOMESCHOOLING IS TO BLAME FOR THE STATE OF EDUCATION:
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If you cede the primary school battlefield to the left (which is EXACTLY what homeschoolers do) you allow them to convert the rest of the public to their leftist ideas.
Stand a fight. Don’t cower in your homes.
You will lose at the ballot box, and at the universities.
Total BS. All this public school crap started well before homeschooling gained so much popularity, for good reason.
In a community I lived in the school board instituted a deviant sex ed curriculum against the wishes of the entire community, the advice of the superintendent, and the testimony of a psychologist of the damage it would do to the kids.
All the community outrage and action did NOTHING to stop it. And this was in 1992.
Homeschooling did not cause the problems. The problems caused the homeschooling.
I also notice that you do not go after private schools, Christian schools, and Catholic schools, all of which have been around longer than homeschooling by far. And what about all the public school teachers who enroll their own kids in private schools because they know how bad the system is and how little can be done to stop it?
You are really out of touch with reality about the cause and effect.
And homeschoolers are still bucking the system and standing up to the schools and DSS.
So why are you defending perversion? Because public schools have long since ceased to educate and they now only indoctrinate. And you want people to sacrifice their kids education and moral character, and even physical safety, for what exactly?
If you think that sending kids to public schools is going to change anything, or that parents speaking out and demanding accountability and action is going to change anything, you are seriously out of touch with reality.
In the 1950’s, the Parent Teach Association (PTA) where I lived, was a good organization. Parents and teachers were, together, determined to do good work.
Along came a leftist in sheep’s clothing. That disquise being a Ph.D. from Columbia, in New York City.
The board of education was sturdy, having been the same determined folks since the 1930’s; but some members were getting old in years, and so there might be an opening - a crack in the armor.
The leftist had a wedge: “credentials from a distinguished college.” And that wedge had a shine that stopped some people from looking deeper.
One of the things that a deeper look would reveal, was the house that the leftist purchased. She installed wood panels over the windows, so that you could not look directly outside; but there were gaps that let in some light.
In a short time, she presented grand visions of what the school system should be. She quickly took advantage of the town’s leadership who also imagined their increasing income streams, as she argued for higher taxes.
Of course, she had no care for the local farmers, and like dominos, the farmers sold their land in order to pay for the higher taxes, or the farmers quit altogether. Up to that moment, the area had been a very nice territory with abundant fruit from faithful labor.
With the money that she pushed for, the leftist pushed for a new “middle school,” and construction produced a large single story roundhouse style WITH NO WINDOWS wherever students would be or sit. Inside the building, THERE WERE NO WALLS for the classrooms - rather, sliding, heavy vinyl “curtains.”
So, the leftist uprooted the local economy and created chaos.
During which time period of the leftist’s rise of power, the community of parents and teachers was divided, as some fell to their knees in worship of the concept: “’experts’ with ‘expertise.’” “Best and the brightest.” “The system is the answer.” (Now days: “Best practices.”) Word bling.
While the people of common sense, fell away from attending meetings because of the C.R.A.P. word choices used by the left, designed to smash whatever obstructs their unlimited communist-socialism.
Footnote: The old guard leader of the school board, and advisor for the PTA, passed away. His wife remained in the school system, doing what she could for us, and then she retired by continued to her end as a tutor. Great, wise, sturdy and loving people. Patriots with standards of decency, honor, and integrity.