Private schools, home schooling becoming more attractive
I went to public schools for most of my education. I never had any major ethical or moral problems with those institutions of learning. Of course, that was back when political correctness did not rule the world and when basic morality was accepted as the norm, even by people who did not necessarily practice it.
Today, if you have school-aged children or grandchildren, you might be wondering if the home school or private school options are worth considering. In addition to violence in some public schools and Common Core ramming its liberal crap down our kids’ throats, there’s also the “healthy lunch police” and “everybody’s a winner” philosophy to contend with.
And don’t even get yourself started on trying to tell your child or grandchild why being a boy makes them different from being a girl (or vice versa). That’s a no-no now. Bending over backwards to try to avoid offending kids who identify themselves as transgender, public school teachers are told to blur the distinctions between male and female as much as possible.
Children today are becoming brainwashed into thinking that any choice they make regarding just about anything is valid and should be accepted. And anyone who gives them any grief about it is sexist or racist.
Talking about teenagers, Jerry Seinfeld said, “They just want to use these words…that’s racist, that’s sexist, that’s prejudice. They don’t even know what they’re talking about.” The comedian added that he rarely does college campus gigs anymore because everybody is so politically correct. You can’t make a joke about anybody or anything because everybody is so uptight and easily offended.
Of course, social media is onboard with this whole freak show called political correctness. Rather than male and female identifiers, Facebook came up with 58 different gender options for its users. I don’t even want to know what most of those are. And believe it or not, the social media site was criticized for not having enough options.
20No matter how “normal” your home is and no matter how much time you spend providing your children and grandchildren with a sound, moral and ethical upbringing, they are going to be influenced by their public school experience.
Maybe it’s time to look at other educational options for those we care most about
And yet the liberals seem confused (or at least pretend to be) when the US rates poorly compared to international test results. And of course the answer to them is not enough money is being thrown at it.
The ignorant, politically correct people think that you can pick up a turd by the clean end!
We homeschool our daughter. When she socializes with public school children, the playdate invariably ends with “Mom, do you know that (blank) doesn’t even know (fill in basic fact here).” It’s amazing that even kids can see the difference that arises from being educated outside of the public education system.
If I had school-age kids today, I would definitely homeschool. The dummied-down, politically-corrected curriculum and environment in the government schools is not conducive to a good education. The current trend of gender confusion makes things worse, and the religious freedom issues are truly scary. Paradoxically, California has really low restrictions on homeschooling, and homeschooling families in many communities have formed co-ops, which allow pooling of resources and address the problem of “isolation”.
I was in the graduating class of ’92. Back then I could clearly see the changes taking place. Not long after, friends (both students and parrents) were being sued in court for truency. The school would sue the parrents if their kid was not in school. WTF?? gona put kids in jail because they missed too many days of school? They may finally teach the kids something they can actually use! Even if it is ‘how to be a cellmate’ Think About It!
We used to be great, and had a bright future… now we just exist.
Blue Skies, Brother
Politically correct, to say or do something as not to offend any one or to give cause distress or grief over oneself, situation or idea.
This line of BS is rampant throughout our country. You see it from the politicians, law enforcement, even down in our schools and businesses. A politician doesn’t want to offend his constituents; therefore he/she must be politically correct or the the consequences may be that there are a few hundred to a couple of million protesters at his door. In business you have to maintain a peaceful work environment; otherwise the business may be sued for big bucks. Law enforcement uses soft words as to be politically correct so that that they too may try and pull the wool over the peoples eyes. For example, instead of saying you are under arrest, you are told that you are detained. Why? Because being detained means something entirely different from being under arrest; which also means that if they were wrong to arrest you they may be up on charges of false arrest. The same goes for suspect verses person of interest. Being a suspect puts the cross hairs of law enforcement on your back where as person of interest only means that you are being looked at with no specific intent in mind.
But the Government knows all this. They know that if they are to change the way this country is to be run and kept under control at all times then they must have the one thing that will ensure that they will make these changes without a fuss. Any dictator will tell you that if you want to rule a country you must get the hearts and minds of the people. The best way to do this is through the children. That’s right through the children. Where can you interact with children? In school that’s where. We teach them to be Americans by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and to sing various Patriotic songs. Back in my early years in school we would also offer a little prayer like the day J.F. Kennedy died or when his brother was shot in California and when the Governor of Alabama was shot. Now it is against the law – separation of church and state.
Teachers can bring in controversial teachings into the school. They can teach my children what ever they want until I raise Hell about it. The school board feels that they can do what ever when ever they want too and I have no say in the matter. A child can go to jail because they said something like gun, kill, hate. They can go to jail because they created something that looks like a bomb but turns out to be a timer, a clock. Schools no longer run on the three R’s or common sense; but, on being politically correct. They teach our children to discuss what goes on at home and to turn in their parents if they are punished. Heaven help you if you hit your child with a belt or spank them. They school will turn you in to the child protective services so that they can make the determination as to whether or not you are politically correct in doing so.
Who wants to dance around on egg shells? Who wants to be politically correct all the time? I prefer to exercise my God given Rights under the Constitution and Bill of Rights. The double-tongued, politically correct mental midgets can go to blazes as far as I’m concern. I have taught my kids to think for themselves and I have taught my grandchildren the same thing. For every politically correct thing that they bring up, I bring up individuality, respect for others; as well for themselves. I work in an industry where I am the boss. I tell human resources where to go and what line not to cross when firing someone, or they may find themselves out of a job. So far so good, I have had no problems with my staff or co-workers.
So maybe Trump does have a political future after all – America is sick and tired of being politically correct. It will be a relief to call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel without using watered down words like earth moving equipment so as not to offend any one.
AMEN BROTHER
I learned about political Correctness back in 1968 from a book That I got from Bill Ayers and the Weathermen when they opened a used book store here in Chicago.
It’s Commie propaganda that they have used every time they go into a country to undermine it. We are seeing it in our schools now because they too have been undermined. Look up the 45 Planks to Communism in the 1963 Congressional Record. Then if you want to read what Joe McCarthy read that set him off find a book called “How to Make a Manchurian Candidate by Lavrent Beria his real name is Laverty Pavlovitch Beria He was head of Stalin’s Secret Police. He wrote the Spy manual on the art of brainwashing for the Soviets. He had sent Nixon a translated copy after Nikita slammed his shoe on that desk talking about how one day we would wake up to find that our country had turned to Communism back in 1963. The Soviets “Nikita” had Beria tried for Treason and was eliminated for telling Nixon how they would be able to do it.
We lived in fla for several years and I sent all 3 of my children to Christian school We thought the public schools really were “lacking”. Neighbors on each side of us taught in public schools … They sent their kids to private schools… Whats that say about florid as school systems?
My children are grown, and not confused. Since they are pretty much on the same page as I am politically, I think my grandchildren will be, also. One of them has referred to O as a liar before anything else. God help us!
My wife has taught in a private Christian school for 15 year, teaching junior high Language Arts (English, Creative Writing, Drama, …). She also gives the diagnostic tests to students transferring into the school, especially from public schools. During the last three years, (since they really started implementing Common Core) the capabilities of the students has shown a significant drop. Although previously, the students were far short of what we consider knowledge of basic grammer, they at least knew some basic parts of speech. Now, many students from the public schools have trouble even identifying nouns. This is an indication of real trouble in composition, because the explanations of how to improve writing require knowledge of basic grammar to be effective.\
I could go on about other problems, but this one alone is an indication of major problems ahead, because most business evaluations at a professional level are about 30% based on communications (written and oral).
Brainwashing in public schools has always existed. Propaganda (lies) were taught even when I was in school…I’m in my 50s now..
So this is not new…just take a look at all the misinformation disseminated in your schooling…
And we were taught that other countries were propagandizing their school children i.e. USSR, China, etc.
The school system here was just as guilty….
It has just progressed along a per-determined schedule so this is no surprise..
Just learn our real history, the establishment of National Teachers Association and who was responsible for that….then go from there to find out how we have been indoctrinated also….
Nothing new here, just a natural progression that has already been planned for a long, long time…
Get educated and don’t think everything isjust a product of the relative present…open your eyes and do your own research and find out the truth how we have been enslaved since the beginning of this country.
Frank,
They do have things called visas still a available. Please exercise the last remnants of your enslaved freedom and get one. I’m certain any number of countries would love to host you.
In the beginning of public education, the only book allowed to be used was the Bible. Most of the Congressmen were Pastors and some of them started famous universities with the purpose of teaching young people to study the Bible. They were all servants who believed in individual freedoms, in the God of the Bible, and a small government for protection of the people.
Dear Frank,
Fifteen years ago, it was already bad! We had to alter our whole lifestyle and Mom quit working so we could home school our three girls and thanks be to God we made that difficult decision.
My wife and I are now “empty nesters” and so proud of our girls who have grown into moral, above average educated, responsible young women.
It wasn’t all peaches and cream. Our eldest went through a faze of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, but praise the Lord came to her senses and returned to her ingrained American Christian values. She married a wonderful gentleman (a career U. S. Army soldier) who we are most proud to call our son. They have blessed us with two beautiful grandchildren, too!!!
We strongly suggest those of you who can
“parent up” and take your children out of the cesspool of the existing public school system, before it is too late!
God Save America, our Children and Grandchildren,
Orrin
I am a sales rep for a Christian textbook publisher. My territory is the state of Florida. Don’t believe Jeb Bush about the wonderful public and charter schools in Florida. Private, Christian schools and homeschooling are HUGE in Florida!
We have six children and they went through the public school system that was considered one of the best in the United States (Lake Washington SD, Kirkland, WA), but we found that it focused on “compliance based” education instead of actual substantive knowledge. However, we were very active in the education of our children to the point that they were essentially homeschooled. Looking back, we would have avoided the public school system knowing what we know now … and our children (now adults) would probably have benefitted more from homeschooling than they did in public schools. The only thing they would have missed would have been the athletics … and that would have been tough on them. But now days, more and more schools are allowing homeschooled kids to participate in their athletic programs such that in today’s environment, we would choose to home school rather than public schools.