Posted on 01/31/2002 8:34:56 AM PST by OWK
In a discussion in THIS thread, a Freerepublic poster identifying himself as a conservative made the following comments concerning public education:
Public schools are not much in dispute except among the lunatic fringe of the lunatic fringe and their haters generally are not enlightened spiritually or otherwise.
Thus, spiritually inclined people understand that the establishment of school systems to train the citizens of the future is very important and cannot be entirely done by private endeavors.
Most of the attackers of public schools simply don't know what they are talking about.
Millions of children are educated every year successfully by them.
As a matter of curiosity, I’d like to know whether the majority of conservatives on FR, generally agree or disagree with the poster’s position on the issue.
As far as agree or disagree.
I won't send my child to a public school.
But...
This conservative (educated in public schools, I should add) is all in favor of public schools, but I can find no mention of schools in the US Constitution; ergo, public school funding should come from the states and localities (if allowed by their respective constitutions and charters; I cannot imagine they would be). We all know that no federal funding comes without strings.
I should also point out that one of the most damaging forces in public schools is the National Education Association; like all unions they exceed the bounds of reason. Everyone has had teachers that have been tremendous educators, and worth their weights in gold, and should be amply rewarded. We also have known teachers that were wastes of human anatomy; these should be fired, and would be were it not for the NEA.
I'll fix it.
If you ever knew (much less dated) a liberal 9th grade social studies teacher, you would replace the word "educated" with "indoctrinated" or "brainwashed."
Are these millions also taught reading, writing, and arithmetic? Yea, kinda.
I wouldn't send a dog to public school.
The public school system, either intentionally or unintentionally, indoctrinates children into viewpoints that parents may not necessairly agree with.
I for one, homeschool.
I am the great and powerful Oz, and I care because it is my nature to care.
One: to separate children from any teachings they may have absorbed at home or church that goes against socialism; and Two: to provide jobs for as many socialists(voters for Democrat candidates) as is possible. Hence the proliferation of the many imaginary "learning disabilities"; spreading belief in this sort of thing builds support for hiring "experts" to deal with it.
Couple this with the rather bone-headed display of ineptness on the part of school adminitrators over such things as "Tweety Bird" keychains and moral issues; and, there is no source of rational judgement for children to emulate. On the other hand, school time appears to be grooming students to become good little socialists with only scorn for the principles on which this Nation were founded.
Anyone who believes that the public school system is doing an adaquate job has simply adopted that stance without consulting reality.
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