Cumpulsory Education and our Babies

I have wanted to blog on this for some time and since I am procrastinating studying for Tuesday's test this seems like as good a time as any.

The Obama is setting his sights on our youngins. The truth is the government has had their clutches in our youth for many, many, years, starting at age five. This is no longer good enough! For now, they want them right out of diapers. "The Village" thinks they are better at rearing mindless voters children better than you, the parent. THIS is a LIE! Sadly, our people have fallen for it hook, line, and sinker. Our youth have suffered. Anyone with eyes wide open can see this, just walk through the halls of our schools between classes or worse ride home on a school bus.

The NEA and the STATE have convinced the people that they can do this child-rearing thing better than us. So, what do we do...we hand over our kids and go to work. Meanwhile, at the school building, it is the blind leading the blind and the Socialists educating indoctrinating the kiddies. All this in the name of "education". After all "it's for the children".

Time and again, I have read on the net the serious "concerns", of those opposed to homeschooling, typically leftists. They can't stand the idea of these parent-reared children escaping their propaganda machine. They are soo worried about these future conservative traditionalists little children falling through the cracks and never being properly "socialized" into the State Controlled Consciousness.

Every time some non-homeschooler says to me, "but what about socialization?" I cringe! Seriously, folk! It is for the sake of proper "socialization" that I refuse to put my kids under someone else's value system. AND, this is what the left hates so much about homeschooling. They don't care about whether or not my children are truly educated. They want their hearts, minds and souls.

This could easily be two posts and my reality is that I really don't have the time to do this subject justice. It is important. So, I will leave you with this very important video by John Taylor Gatto and an article that articulates , far better than I could, the problems with government sponsored preschool. My super quick and thoughtful commentary of government preschool, "Wow, that is such a stupid idea! Heck no, they can't have my babies!"

Back to this John Taylor Gatto fella. He was named New York City Teacher of the year in 1989, 1990, and 1991, and New York State Teacher of the Year in 1991. He retired after teaching for 29 years and 8mos. The sentiments he expresses as a teacher in the public compulsory education system are in tune with my experiences as a student in that same program. For these reasons I choose to NOT submit my children to "The System".

I am astounded that now they want to institutionalize our babies, God forbid.



A Washington Times Op-ed - Obama's Zero to Five Plan Doesn't Add Up
by J. Michael Smith

To no one’s surprise, President Obama plans to ask Congress to spend billions of dollars on public education. As he stated in his presidential agenda on education, the country cannot afford four more years of neglect and indifference. This neglect and indifference, according to the president, occurred despite the fact that in the last four years, the federal government and the states have spent more money on public education than at any other time in the history of our nation.

What is surprising about Mr. Obama’s education initiative is his priority on early childhood education. His “Zero to Five Plan” targets early care, beginning with infants. States will be given grants to begin moving toward universal preschool.

The presumption by Mr. Obama is that the earlier children start formal education, the better chance they have of being successful in life and being competitive in the global market. Sounds good, but is this policy backed by evidence that government involvement in child rearing from birth actually works?

The answer is “No!” In a 2005 Stanford University/University of California study that focused on children attending preschool, it was confirmed that attendance in preschool centers, even for short periods of time each week, hindered the rate at which young children developed social skills. These findings refuted the assertion by many that for children to develop socially, they must be involved in a classroom setting at a very early age.

The Southwest Policy Institute concluded: “Contrary to common belief, early institutional schooling can harm children emotionally, intellectually and socially, and may later lead to greater peer dependency.” ....

full article here