It’s easy to say that, but the reality for many parents is that they don’t have that option. Many don’t know anyone who home-schools and have no idea how to go about it…or don’t feel that they know enough themselves to teach…or live in states hostile to it, or can’t afford to have one parent or often the single parent stay home with the kids. They shouldn’t be scolded for this or treated with a breezy, “It’s simple,” because it’s not.
Some parents may have the option of sending their kids to a private or religious school that might be better (because they are generally non-union) but others do not. In Florida, the state will provide some assistance to parents who have had to remove their children from school because of masks, etc. but that’s pretty exceptional. So a lot of families are really stuck with that, and if they just stop sending them at all, they risk getting a visit from child protective services and having their kids taken away. It has happened.
What they’ve got to do is fight back, not just with fistfights in the parking lots, but with lawyers. They should see if they can find somebody interested in representing them on a pro-bono basis to challenge this policy, particularly since it was revealed yesterday that Fauci, who dreamed this up, was in heavy correspondence with the teachers union and I think Randy Weingarten herself over this very issue. The teachers union, probably in a last bid not to have teachers have to go back into the classroom, has been lobbying for mandatory masking, and Fauci agreed to do this at their behest. So it has nothing to do with “science” but is a favor to a useless bunch of hacks who are very powerful and huge founders of the Dem Party.
And as for the idea that they’ll be dismissed…never. It is virtually impossible for teachers who are members of the teachers union to lose their jobs, and positions are never reduced no matter how little money is coming into the city treasuries. What teachers are looking for now is a way to do as little as possible in those jobs, since they got used to sitting at home for a year, pretending to teach on line. They like this masking stuff because, aside from reducing the number of children who go to school in the first place, it keeps the little so-and-sos quiet, muffled up, sleepy from lack of oxygen, and generally much easier to ignore. Plus it annoys the parents. What more could a unionized public school teacher want?
I think the solution is to fight back.
If they can figure out how to maintain a household, (contract a loan, pay a mortgage, find contractors, etc) they can figure out how to home-school their kids.
If their kids are a priority (and they should be, it's the No. 1 function of a parent), they can figure this out.
Do away with the grown-up toys and cushy vacations, shop for bargains - that's how our parents managed it.
Excellent points.
I understand your points but you cannot fight back when your foxhole buddy is a Communist. I think people are going to have to make sacrifices if they want their country back. Every point you call out can be done if sacrifices are made for things that really matter like Liberty, Freedom, Truth and Justice instead of iPhones, Xboxes, Mercedes, and Wine/Cheese parties.
It’s not that hard. We started homeschooling in FL and then moved to MO. In FL all you have to do is send a letter to the county edu superintendent announcing your intent to homeschool. In MO, you don’t even have to do that.
If you can surf the web, you can learn to homeschool. I’m just an old blue collar guy with a GED and I figured it out. Now if the parents are methheads then they’re probably not capable but most everyone else is.
EdTech is the coming thing. They want the remote learning to be permanent and they’ll use the same behavioral tech as facebook/google uses for advertising for indoctrination purposes.
Your first paragraph isn’t really a good argument. There are millions of homeschool families, nearly all willing and able to help.
There are also tons of us who have graduated all of our kids.
Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA.org) has an incredible amount of get started materials, online seminars etc and also guides to navigate state regulations.
It requires a mindset and a bit of perseverance. If you love your kids, you will do anything you can to remove them from the indoctrination system.
Sorry you disagree but I’m right. The system is completely rigged against your family.
Good post and I agree with you. Last year after a decade in public school I removed one teen from public to private, and the other from public to homeschooling. But I fought and continue to fight: I’ve been to 9 reopen school rallies, 2 reopen sports rallies, and 3 signature gathering events to recall the school board. I also gathered signatures to recall the (CA) governor.
I have the resources and wherewithal to both homeschool and pay for private (Christian) school but many parents in the United States don’t.
They actually do have that option. They just don’t like the sacrifices it would entail. People put money and career first. It’s a hard fact, but it is a fact.
It will consume you, to be successful. They've got you either way. Just pull out.