Posted by
DecoNservAtiVE on Monday, March 10, 2008 1:00:00 PM
So, going the way of the dodo is the home schooling parent. The mother or father who puts in 80 to 100 hours every week to teach their children the things the state schools don’t. Sure, state schools cover the basics of math, science, English, and social studies, but they don’t do it while also upholding the parents value and belief system. The teachers cannot take the time to deal individually with each child and ensure that all of the children grasp the information by any means necessary. The State of California, which has an increasingly overcrowded school population is now calling home schooled students truant and refusing the honor the long held traditions of teaching done in the home. Our forefathers, many of whom were infinitely smarter than most of us living today, were taught mostly, if not completely, in the home. State run schools have become simply the nannies of the 21st century. Now though, these nannies are teaching our children things like how to put a condom on a banana and the Global Warming myths as opposed to laying out the truth and allowing these bright youngsters to develop their own opinions. They are consistently, with the help of liberals and left wing kooks, destroying the values parents instill at home. Some parents watch in horror as their home based value system is eroded by erroneous information, lies and outright attacks on the values in question. Others nod ceremoniously an scream, “Yes! Raise my children for me Oh Wonderful nanny state!” Finally, there are the few in each town, the numbers have grown recently, but are still few compared to the others, who reach out to their children, snatch them from the jaws of the liberals who seek to steal them from the womb, and ensure their value system by providing education at home, in line with their values. We’re not talking about just any soccer moms and dads here either. We’re talking about dedicated parents who spend more time writing lesson plans and studying themselves, than most teachers do, while continuing to support the family financially as well as allowing for quality family time. Still, the state of California has decided that without the teaching credentials, these hard working folks are not capable of teaching their own children what the state run schools have been failing at teaching to millions of American children for decades. These teaching credentials that are held by educators who have consistently failed to deliver positive results in education and yet picket and go on strike demanding more money even though they deliver poor results. These academic scholars go to college for sometimes 8 years, depending on the degree level, to learn how to teach a classroom full of children and deliver on the promise that the government run schools make to parents that their children will come out of school smarter. Yet, after all of that college, after all of that time, we’re left with a failing education system, complaining educators and children who are being done a disservice. Our children deserve a top notch education for certain, but the question is who should deliver this? For my money, I would prefer a private or home school solution as opposed to the nanny system we have now.