Wintertime, to be honest, I don’t respond to your posts in order to engage you in a discussion - I’ve found that to be a complete waste of time because you never listen - you just “emote”. You don’t follow through on the logical consequences of your statements. You refuse to see anything outside of the paradigm you’ve created about public schools.
And, while I appreciate your sincere heartfelt concern for me in my job situation, you don’t have to be. It’s true that working with kids can be challenging, but I still love them (most of the time) and I enjoy working with them very much. So, while they could use a little more respect (or “fear” as you call it) - they are also eager to learn - even in public school. Sometimes it is so much fun teaching with them that I wonder how I could have such a wonderful job. Of course, it’s not always that way, but when the little guys spontaneously give you a hug as they come in the door, it makes all the tough days worth it.
The tragic part about you and me is that you and I are both conservatives and are probably very close on our moral and political beliefs. But, the truth is that destroying public schools is not going to save America. Homeschooling and private schools are not going to save America. Getting rid of Obama, Obamacare, and every liberal in office is not going to save America. And, while I would love to see conservatives elected to every office in our county, state, and federal governments, I realize that even that is not going to ultimately save Americe either. No, in my opinion, our nation is now so spiritually bankrupt that only a spiritual revival sent to us by a merciful God can save us.
So, in the future, I want you to know that I will continue, from time to time, respond to some of your posts. But, I only will do so, as I mentioned above, not to engage with you - but only for the benefit of others reading on the same thread. Just thought you ought to know.
If children are sent into godless schools day after day they will learn to think and reason godlessly. They must simply to cooperate with the classroom activities and discussion. Having a population of voters trained to think godlessly **has** political, cultural and religious consequences.
You refuse to see anything outside of the paradigm you’ve created about public schools.
I didn't create the paradigm. Government schools are, and **always** have been, socialist, compulsory, and collectivist managed by voter mobs ( school boards). At best they offered up a generic and lukewarm Protestantism. Today they are utterly godless. This has had, and will continue to have, non-neutral religious, political, and cultural consequences for our nation and its citizens.
At this point....I agree. Only God can save us.
That was an awesome post. It mirrors so closely what I see and feel in my classroom.
I had a smile in church yesterday when the pastor used the verse “Let you light shine before men so that they will see your good works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven.” I’m proud to be a Christian conservative teacher and I make no attempts to hide my Christianity or my conservativeness in my classroom.
I’m not going to go into a scenario of “What if...?” or “If you...?” except to say that I value my relationship with my Heavenly Father more than anything else and as long as I am comfortable that I’m doing the right thing, I will continue to do it.
Have a great day — go teach someone!