Why I'm hostile toward public education

wnd.com ^ | 9/9/2018 | Patrice Lewis

[rktman]

Ever since I became a parent and faced the options for educating our daughters, I’ve become increasingly antagonistic toward public schools. Since our daughters are currently 20 and 22 years old and out on their own, that’s a long time to be disillusioned by our nation’s educational system. To modify an old saying, we didn’t leave public education; public education left us. Unfortunately, over the past two decades, schools have only gotten worse and we’ve never, ever regretted the decision to homeschool our girls.

I feel sorry for young parents these days who face similar decisions. If anything, schools have become more hostile and intolerant toward any parent or child deviating one iota from the approved progressive curriculum. Religion is banned (except for Islam), conservative views are smashed, support for our current president is an expellable offense, and being a white heterosexual male is simply unforgivable.

Gone are the days when children read classic literature, memorized their multiplication tables by fourth grade, learned to write with a clear hand and proper grammar, and understood the meaning and impact of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Nowadays schools are obsessed with sex. We’re talking passionately, creepily, fanatically obsessed with sex in every size, shape and sickening variation (including some imaginary aspects, such as gender fluidity).

In Arizona, for example, the school board had considered implementing a comprehensive Planned Murderhood-linked K-12 sex ed program – that’s starting in kindergarten, folks – that was described as nothing less than “obscene.” (Last I heard, parental objections may have shot down this program; I hope that’s true.)

[Oatka]

I just found out that schools do NOT teach cursive writing anymore. Think in 50 years someone finds a document written in. Cursive. They won’t be able to read it.

Like the Constitution.

[17th Miss Regt]

...and drive their “professors” into the sea.

Now, now. We do want to maintain some clean water standards!

[where's_the_Outrage?]

My Daughter’s school will be teaching her cursive in 2nd grade. That was a subject of my conference with her teacher and principal.

[wintertime]

From the very beginning, when printing is introduced, the child should be taught how to hold the pencil correctly. This will help prevent carpal tunnel damage in their hands later in life.

Now that I am retired, I study visual arts at our local community college. There is **plenty** of reasons in that department to use a pencil and a computer stylus.