[Colofornian]

Same old tune: Its the parents fault.

I'm sorry. I didn't realize that the character ed described in Deuteronomy 6:4-9 was written to dues-paying educators. I thought the "your children" (verse 7) was meant for parents, not the "it-takes-a-village" conceptual folks.

I guess I was misled by the "sit at home" and "walk along the road" and "lie down" & "get up" locales mentioned along with the "doorframes of your houses" and "gates" (vv. 7,9).

Forgive me. The all-encompassing nature of that passage I guess just swept me away.

Otherwise, tis a shame what Josh McDowell wrote about one time: How many conservative/Christian children, if asked to name who their fave teacher was, would point to someone outside of the home? As Josh points out, that wouldn't have been true a few generations ago.

[DPB101]

Employees blaming the customer is bad business. Teachers are the only employees who, on a regular basis, do that. But then most teachers do not realize they are employees. They believe, many of them, they are on a mission to undo what children learn from their parents.