These kinds of statements are just bumfuzzling to me! It's like "once you're in the trance of Hillary!, you're doomed to a life of degradation, despair and periodic abortion."
That's just silly. MOST public schools are decent places; there are quite a few that are not, and they poison the well for everyone else because attitudes like yours arise.
Our school system here locally is fabulous. They don't do any of the moronic things people like to post here on FR--those things always happen "somewhere else."
It's called "living in Texas."
If kids are turning out immoral and corrupt, then maybe you need to look at the whole package. I'm amazed at the number of "Christian" parents I see who nevertheless allow some of the more evil influences of the world into their homes because "everybody else does/sees/wears this, too."
This kind of influence is FAR more devastating in its effects than what a kid my be experiencing in school, because IT IS THE HOME. The environment in the home is far and away more influential than what a kid is going to "learn" in school.
To me, this blaming of public schools and acting like they are the very pits of Hell is disingenuous. It's like the ancient children of Israel, who were so immature in their thinking that they would heap their sins on the "scapegoat" and pretend it's the goat's fault.
This is a wicked world generally. You owe it to your kids to PREPARE them to "live in the world but no of the world" in your home. Copping out and blaming it on public schools ain't gonna get you anywhere come judgement day.
OH, AMEN, AMEN!!
Our kids were not permitted to watch all kinds of TV shows and videos, or go to movies that most of their friends in the Christian school were allowed to go to.
IMO, the roles have been reversed in many cases. We supported and prepared them at home, so that they would be equipped to handle being out of the home, whereas many parents of kids in Christian schools allow them to see things at home, and rely on the school to teach their kids.
There is no panacea here. There is no absolute decision to be made. Even in Ohio, there are schools which support morality and truth.