My daughter’s doing fine in her school, not in the least because her parents are willing to go face down the administration when the teachers start getting out of control.
My older two went through public school, and we fought some serious battles there, which is why the youngest will never see the inside of public school. I can afford not to deal with those ?#$^*S’s now.
The Catholic Church is one of the very few organizations that has been willing to put their ethics and mney into fighting Obamacare (Hobby Lobby being another, God Bless them). Of all the options available to me here in Maryland, Catholic schools are by far the best chance I have of educating and training my child with quality education and strong morals.
Vignette from one of the older two:
“Dad,, I think I’m in trouble again”
“What now?”
“When Ms (insert public 8th grade teacher here) told the class that Stonewall Jackson got his nickname at the battle of Frederick, when his men hid behind the stone wall, I couldn’t take it any more”
Dad (me): “What did you do?”
Kid: “I stood up, told her she was wrong, that 1) She was probably talking about FredericksBURG, not Frederick, 2) Longstreet’s men held the stone wall at the north end, not Jackson’s, and 3) Jackson got the nickname more than a year earlier at First Manassas when General Bernard Bee of South Carolina, called to his soldiers “There stands Jackson like a stone wall! Rally behind the Virginians!”
Teacher: “How do you know that?
Kid: “Because my dad and I have walked all three battlefields!”
Dad (me): “Outstanding! Screw her, right is right!”
That kid, having conducted two combat tours in Iraq, is now working on his Masters degree at University of Nebraska and that lame teacher is........not.
Couldn’t wait any longer I just sent an email
Should hear back in the next day or so. I asked what the school policy was for discussing politics in the classroom. Told the principal what was going on from our point of view.
Thanks again for all the input. Hopefully things will improve.