Earlier this month there was a news story about a Florida father who found a note composed by his son as a school assignment where the boy wrote that he is willing to give up natural rights in exchange security. The dad is fuming. On a related note, Melissa Harris-Perry of MSNBC recently turned heads by declaring that not only do our children belong to the community instead of the parents, but that citizens can vote “to impinge on individual freedoms in order to advance a common good." Wait, others get to choose what my children are taught, in the name of what’s good for the collective? That’s what’s happening now, and promising to become worse.
Many of us are upset because of the indoctrination in the schools.
Want to fix it? Here's the first problem: there is no way to avoid "indoctrination"; the word literally means to teach or impress some kind of doctrine or principle. There's no escaping it when any kind of teaching is the goal.
So, do I indoctrinate my children? You bet! --if you're looking at the original meaning. Any time you teach something, you 'indoctrinate'. One of my parental responsibilities is to teach: to raise my children in light and truth. Because of this, my freedom of religion is also inextricably tied to how and what my children are taught: I'm accountable to God for what I do or don't teach. Nowadays most people only think of the negative connotation of ‘indoctrinate’- which has become the politically correct definition- the kind of teaching that stifles critical thinking. More than one side sees the other as being guilty of this.
What we're actually upset with, then, is WHO is teaching WHAT to our children. That leads to the main problem- our school system and its curriculum is set up with little to no local input, answerable to officials in varying levels of government. Even more concerning, Common Core makes this issue increase dramatically. One solution to the issue is to homeschool, but that is not an attractive or viable option for many people. In addition, Common Core even stretches its tentacles into homeschooling through its database tracking system for all children, preschool through age 20, and by rewriting pre-college tests like the ACT.
Here's what would solve the problem: (1) return to local control of schools- and by this I mean the principal and the teachers of any one particular school, who will now make their own curriculum choices, including -gasp!- whatever religious instruction is wanted, and answer directly to the children's parents instead of government, and (2) allow parents to have their child attend whichever school they wish to attend; since each school will develop its own flavor of 'indoctrination', the parents can choose what is closest to their own beliefs. Instead, now government arrogantly glosses over parental responsibility and attempts to replace God by making us all accountable to them.
The family is the basic unit of society, with parental rights and responsibilities, and as such, parents should have the ultimate say in how the children are raised and what they are taught. Let the schools be directly accountable to parents and recognize that the parents will eventually answer to God for how they teach, train, and treat their children. As parents and citizens, please stand up for your rights to keep the federal government of our domain.
Many of us are upset because of the indoctrination in the schools.
Want to fix it? Here's the first problem: there is no way to avoid "indoctrination"; the word literally means to teach or impress some kind of doctrine or principle. There's no escaping it when any kind of teaching is the goal.
So, do I indoctrinate my children? You bet! --if you're looking at the original meaning. Any time you teach something, you 'indoctrinate'. One of my parental responsibilities is to teach: to raise my children in light and truth. Because of this, my freedom of religion is also inextricably tied to how and what my children are taught: I'm accountable to God for what I do or don't teach. Nowadays most people only think of the negative connotation of ‘indoctrinate’- which has become the politically correct definition- the kind of teaching that stifles critical thinking. More than one side sees the other as being guilty of this.
What we're actually upset with, then, is WHO is teaching WHAT to our children. That leads to the main problem- our school system and its curriculum is set up with little to no local input, answerable to officials in varying levels of government. Even more concerning, Common Core makes this issue increase dramatically. One solution to the issue is to homeschool, but that is not an attractive or viable option for many people. In addition, Common Core even stretches its tentacles into homeschooling through its database tracking system for all children, preschool through age 20, and by rewriting pre-college tests like the ACT.
Here's what would solve the problem: (1) return to local control of schools- and by this I mean the principal and the teachers of any one particular school, who will now make their own curriculum choices, including -gasp!- whatever religious instruction is wanted, and answer directly to the children's parents instead of government, and (2) allow parents to have their child attend whichever school they wish to attend; since each school will develop its own flavor of 'indoctrination', the parents can choose what is closest to their own beliefs. Instead, now government arrogantly glosses over parental responsibility and attempts to replace God by making us all accountable to them.
The family is the basic unit of society, with parental rights and responsibilities, and as such, parents should have the ultimate say in how the children are raised and what they are taught. Let the schools be directly accountable to parents and recognize that the parents will eventually answer to God for how they teach, train, and treat their children. As parents and citizens, please stand up for your rights to keep the federal government of our domain.
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