I admire Mr. Shortt's ability to see public schools as they are--destructive of moral and religious principles. I think there is a connection between the public school atmosphere and the high rate of suicide among teenagers and college students. Most of what they learn is trash based on false principles. They do not learn skills that are useful for making a living. They learn a bunch of theories and old socialist ideas. They should be taught how to save their money and invest in mutual funds, so they can have a nestegg when they're old and not have to rely on the dying social security. They should learn to speak and write the English language well and to verbalize correct principles, not goobley-gook. Don't know when American parents are going to wake up and stop being lazy about the kids' education.
One thing I've noticed is we have the constitution seperating religion and the federal government. Which I believe makes sense in the context of the limited government it was designed to be.
But with the government taking over nearly every aspect of our lives, including the most important like educating the next generation.. Seperating the government and religion effectively enforces secularism on the society.
I don't think the problem of suicide is public schools. IT has more to do with the overall culture. My son attended a Christian School during his attendance, two students committed suicide. Christian School attendees. These are handpicked students. Christian (supposedly) homes. Christian values. Public Schools don't have that luxury to handpick who attends.