"Fortunately, SB 777 has caught the attention of many churches and pastors here in California, ..."
SB 777 ???
Posted on 12/05/2007 3:27:06 AM PST by Man50D
Parents in California have started reacting to the state's newly mandated homosexual indoctrination program by pulling their children out of classes, and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell is warning districts they'll lose money if that happens.
A spokeswoman for a ministry called Considering Homeschooling said she already has seen an overwhelming increase in requests for information about homeschooling.
As a result, spokeswoman Denise Kanter told WND that her group is sending out 5,000 DVD packages to churches around the state that include basic "how-to" information to provide parents a direction to turn when they choose to protect their children from the new school agenda.
The new law demands, "No teacher shall give instruction nor shall any school district sponsor any activity that promotes a discriminatory bias because of a characteristic [including perceived gender.]"
"With the passing of SB 777, a Christian parent cannot, in good conscience, send their child to a public school where their child will be taught or coerced into a lifestyle or belief system that is contrary to the faith they hold dear," Kanter told WND.
"Fortunately, SB 777 has caught the attention of many churches and pastors here in California, and as they should, they are calling on their congregants to take their children out. To help in this endeavor, our ministry has sent and will continue to send out free packages directly to churches containing information on how they can encourage their congregants to homeschool their children, as well as how to create in-church parent led schools," she said.
"We hope our resources will encourage Christians to focus on the importance of not leaving Christ out of a child's education," she said.
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Beat me to it. But that’s NYC for the rest of us in the state.
I’ve got 3 kids in their 20’s that went to public schools. I’ve got an X that went to Catholic schools. In the 28 years we were together she never failed to amuse me with her ignorance. She got A’s and B’s and I was happy when I got a D.
NYC?
....what about Buffalo, Albany, Binghamton, Syracuse, Ithaca(the oft mentioned city-of-evil), Westchester, and right here on Long Island...shall I go on???
It’s about time. Sending children to public school is prima facie and ipso facto child abuse.
"Fortunately, SB 777 has caught the attention of many churches and pastors here in California, ..."
SB 777 ???
The #1 thing you can do is to teach your child to tell you EVERYTHING!!! When your child tells you something, be NON- JUDGEMENTAL...you want to keep the lines of communication open. This gives you the chance to refute what is being taught in school and assert your position as the primary educator of your child.
For example, my 4th grade Daughter brought home an exercise in Cause and Effect that conveniently used Global Warming to demonstrate the relationship. We had fun and she learned the difference between real science backed by real evidence. She also learned that not ALL scientists believe that Global Warming is caused by Man.
Syracuse isn’t so bad. Matter of fact, some Republicans made some good gains in Buffalo and Syracuse.
Ithaca, OTOH....... maybe that could slide into Cayuga Lake
If you look at a red/blue map you’ll see where the cities are located, but I think that’s true for all cities in all states. There’s enough red that I think if it weren’t for NYC, the state would go red in elections.
In my view, dropping your children off at public school is not much different than dropping them off at the local jail for the day. The stuff they will witness their fellow students do & talk about - not to mention some of the stuff they will be taught in class - would be about the same as hobnobbing with fellow cellmates for the day.
Oh, but it’s a really good school district - you might say. My sister says the same thing about the schools where her children go, the best schools in the city - in upscale neighborhood. My niece and nephew have told me things that I am shocked by, things that go on in the “best school” in the city.
The bottom line is that school administrators are ALL about the money they get from the government. If parents start pulling their children out in mass & making a real statement - they will get the message - and you watch their agendas change then. Either that, or they will make it against the law to homeschool.
I figure that’s coming next.
One would think so, if the persons involved were rational. However, this is California: It's all about providing fresh, young meat to the homosexuals.
Your best defense, if you insist on public education, is this:
1. get to know the teacher very, very well, and spend some time every day in the classroom
2. read every book/textbook the school requires your child to read BEFORE they have to read it, and insist on previewing any videos they might want to show in the classroom or in school assemblies
3. talk to your child every day IN DEPTH about things they are taught in the classroom.
Remember, the price of freedom is ETERNAL VIGILANCE.
If you don’t have the time to do all 3 of the above, you are screwed.
You don't really believe that they would answer such a questionnaire, or if they did, answer it honestly, do you? More likely, your name would be on a list of those parents who are "possible troublemakers".
The elitists in education don't believe that you are smart enough to make an informed decision about your child's education. After all, they are the "professionals", don't you know.
I am going back to college after being out of school for over 25 years. There are homeschooled children in some of my classes and there are public schooled children.
The public schooled children cannot begin to compare with the children schooled at home. The homeschooled children are polite, articulate, confident and way at the top of every class I’m in with them. They don’t seem to be influenced by peer pressure at all.
The public schooled children, for the most part - seem to care more about how fashionably they are dressed, if they have the latest cell phone, what kind of car they drive, etc. They skip classes more and don’t seem to care about their grades, “as long as they pass”. Not all are like that, but definitely most of them are. They don’t seem to be able to spell or speak very well either, not to mention that I don’t think any of them have ever read a book from cover to cover.
Having been out of school for so long - I was really shocked at how the system has “dumbed down”. My teachers seem more concerned that I pass the tests that they are mandated to give (by teaching us ways to pass a test) than they are about us actually learning the subject we are taking. At the end of the semesters, they start giving us ways to get extra credit that have nothing to do with the class - like carving a jack-o-lantern or something - because most of the students are doing so badly that they will not pass the class otherwise.
There is no comparison of the public schools today versus a decade or more ago - particularly in California now.
In college?!?
Perhaps some very wealthy Christians could start some scholarships to help parents who have no other options without help.
Good grief, what are you studying? I found college to be not that dissimilar to what you’re saying (graduated in 2004, then took graduate courses) but once you’re two years in to a hard science program things get better. I was homeschooled and definitely saw what you see. But I never got extra credit for anything unrelated.
Definitely. I graduated from a public High School in Orange County, CA back in 1974, and actually came away with an education that is the equal of, if not better than, what many college and university graduates receive today. It is amazing how far it has fallen, all in the name of diversity and political correctness.
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