catholicsphere

Here in flyover country, elections regularly bring education referendums asking for more tax money. The tactic often used to scare the people into approving them is to hold programs — sports, the arts, extracurriculars, etc — hostage. If taxpayers don’t give more tax dollars, these programs will be eliminated because there isn’t enough money.

I assume similar situations occur across the country.

But, there always seems to be plenty of money for sex-ed programs, or to support the homosexual agenda, or other such garbage. Such things do not deserve preeminence in our children’s education.

From preschool and kindergarten, children are taught not to hit … anyone. It seems highly unnecessary to expend additional time, money and energy to say it is not acceptable to hit gays or other minorities — especially when we have large groups of children who are failing in essentials such as reading, math and science. By making them requirements, kids are being confused about what and why they are in school.

Not everyone can send their children to private institutions or can homeschool; and the educational gulf between public and private education is widening quickly because of groups, including the US Department of Education, are involved in implementing political agendas and engaging in debates at the expense of our children; instead of instituting proven curriculum and principles.

These social experiments are being done at the expense of our kids and our culture and it needs to be stopped now.

[tags]education, catholicsphere, children, family[/tags]