First, a disclaimer. I was a public school teacher at the middle school level for 29 years. I earned my living, supported my family and lived my life in the environment of the public school. I was reasonably popular with the students, and for the most part got along well with the faculty.
Having said that I have very little good to say about public schools and public school teachers. They are warm wonderful caring individuals. I guess that is a good part. They are also destroying the next generation because they are so sold out on the woke definitions. As a group they lack the ability to think. As an example, we had a group of “consultants” who came in to show us how it was done. They had required meetings with groups of faculty. They saw us by departments. The history department was the last one they saw. They would lead a discussion, ask a question and write our responses on the board. One big problem with this is they did not write what we said but what they wanted us to have said. In our meeting we made no progress because the history department refused to let them put words in our mouth. Eventually they gave up in disgust. Later we compared notes and one of the outcomes of the “discussions” was that all of the departments except history agreed to the proposition that 20% should be considered a passing grade.
When you hear that I hope you are shocked. None of the teachers were paying attention except those in history. This is an example of the kind of things going on in your neighborhood school.
Why am I beating this dead horse? It is because while people will admit that schools have problems they keep sending their kids back into the intellectual and moral killing fields. They admit the brainwashing and send their children off to be adjusted. Then they wonder why the kids reject the values of the parents.
We home schooled. We think that is the best way. We are past the school stage but our grandchildren will also be home schooled. I invite you to look into it. If you feel you could not handle it then remind yourself that the schools are not handling it either. They are just better at camouflage.
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Friday, December 20, 2024
Opus 2024-441: You Can’t Have It Both Ways
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