Reply #178: Amazingly the world got by....

[hypocriteslayer]

Without public education before the 1900's.
My wife and I let our children complete the year in the public school system this year. Starting the week after labor day (as it used to be) they are starting home school.

The reasons...
1) My son is very bright, but due to some behavioral problems was going to have to be put in Special Education classes no matter what we wanted. He is 9 and can tell you how machines work, nuclear fusion and fission processes, consumes college level books like a book worm, does not watch cartoon network but watches the history channel, discovery channel etc. But no too the public school system he is a "lost cause" to be shuffled into special ed. (and I don;t mean the special ed where they try to catch you up due to a learning disability)

2) My daughter was harassed by the principal and teachers for no apparent reason. We met with the school several times to no avail contacted the school board to initiate and investigation and what happened, they cornered my 12 year old daughter in a room and questioned her as a common criminal and then tried to deny it. My daughter is a straight A student, very quiet and shy. Has never had a problem in school, never been to the office. She got to the point that it physically made her ill to go to school. She begged us to pull her out before the end of the year and finish the year at home. Our family doctor wrote a letter to the school stating the detrimental affect the harassment was having on her mental and physical health.

Before you ask we have retained an attorney and are considering action against the school district, but are hesitant to do this as it will just cost the taxpayers money and probably wouldn;t change a damn thing.

We have invested money and time in setting an area up in our home to school our children. My wife has quit work to take on the task of being a teacher to the children. Yes this is hurting us financially, but in the end my children are vastly more important than money.(I travel weekly for a living and will teach advanced math and science on the weekends). I have a Mechanical Engineering degree, MBA and a Physics degree. My wife has a degree in English and History. I only have one shot at educating my children and I will not waste time waiting on the schools to get their act together all the while the formative years of my children's lives are down the tubes.

As for socilaization, neither of my kids socialize very well with their peers, because their peers are concerned with clothes, boys, their cell phone and coolness. We are joining groups for hokme schooled children that hold events and field trips etc. We also are participating more in the neighborhood events and more trips for the kids to visit their cousins and our friends children.

I have every right as a parent to teach my child and to control the influences around them. Once they leave my home, they may do as they will. If I don't have that right in this country then it is time for a revolution.

As for brainwahing, once kids leave the nest they will quickly figure out the truth. Remember when you were brainwashed to believe in the tooth fairy and Santa Claus. I am sure you nfound out the truth on your own.

What we need in this country is for the government to get out of families lives, except in the case of abuse or neglect. The family is the foundation of society and has been that way forever. By family I mean the parents, children and extended family, close friends and neighbors.

So would you feel the same if the government passed a law that said the theory of evolution could not be taught and only ID could? In your world you would be stuck, in mine I pull my kids out and sacrifice for them.


Peace.