"I also think that it is a benefit for the entire country to have an educated population." I think most people here will agree with this statement, however many of us don't feel it's the governments responsibility, and many will agree government schools are disasters.
Good luck with your school. I say "good luck" because to me it's a crap shoot. Government run public schools are random, chaotic, uncontrolled child day centers. Some are good, some are good for a while, some have good teachers, then leave, some are awful, some get awful, some teachers do horribly stupid and seriously detrimental things with kids. Some kids are unpredictable, undisciplined. Most everyone there are strangers to a child. Some are obdedient and well mannered.
Who your child aligns with, what experiences they encounter (good or bad) are entirely random and chaotic, luck of the draw if they come out OK.
The children's safety is also random and chaotic. Unpredictable and uncontrollable violence is not unusual.
Parents who want to get involved and fix things are ignored or lied to by the schools, and in many cases shunned.
We believe as parents we can remove much of this randomness and chaos.
Homeschool, private school bump.
A California public school district is allowing homosexual school employees to "come out" in front of children in school without obtaining parents' permission.
A unanimous resolution allows teachers at the Hayward Unified School District to talk openly about homosexuality or to discuss their homosexual lifestyles with students during class. The district's school board says such action is required under the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000.
Teachers also are allowed to include homosexual figures or role models in class and to read books with homosexual characters such as "Heather Has Two Mommies."
The case in Hayward is part of a growing national trend in how school districts deal with homosexuality.
Scott Lively, president of the Pro-Family Law Center in Citrus Heights, Calif., said yesterday that his organization has received calls from concerned parents in Massachusetts, Vermont, Missouri and other towns in California during the past several months.
"It's a national campaign that is being pushed by homosexual activists, and that campaign is to homosexualize the public-school environment," Mr. Lively said. "One of the goals is to create a voting majority within the high school students who would be in favor of gay perspectives.
These are activists who got in positions of authority and use it to advance a selfish social agenda, and, frankly, that's evil."