I agree with everything Mr. Heck and all of these commenters have said. It's our job as the proprietors of our civil law to do something to prevent young people from being corrupted. It's also our job to protect our own children and raise them how we see fit. The truth is: the law, that perfect law from God which could not save the Israelites, will, in the same way, not save our children. If they don't hear corruption from teachers, they will hear it from their friends...and Disney & Netflix & Spotify & Amazon & (fill in the blank)...Someone is catechizing your children. Let that someone be you. Public education was the beginning of the end of true freedom in this country.
I don’t think we win this one. The culture is too far gone in its love of the perverse. And public education is reaching its end as something that everyone could reasonably participate in and come out ready for a productive and normal life in society. I think there’s a total divide: public schools vs. private schools or homeschooling.
I agree with the reasoning behind such legislation. I certainly don't want my children exposed to curriculum that is designed to reprogram their thinking about sexuality, biology, and race to be anti-everything that I try my hardest to engrain in them as a bible believing Christian. But my concern is that, well meaning as the proposed legislation may be (Indiana HB1134, known as the "Education Matters" bill, for example), it won't accomplish anything constructive. Most teachers I know are parents too. And like me, they don't want anything to do with sexuality, LGBT and race issues being taught in the classroom. They want additional parental involvement in the education of our children. Granted my scope is limited to the public schools in my home town. But none of this legislation will accomplish more parental involvement. Instead, it seems that it will only result in micromanagement from the Statehouse, which puts needless pressure on teachers. Am I wrong in this assessment? I would like to know if I am, because I do agree that parents need to be more involved in their children's education. My wife and I are as involved as possible with our children in public schools, without being "helicopter parents." But I also believe the onus is on all parents, guardians, etc. to do likewise. And I just don't see how legislation will accomplish that.
I used to think it was stunning to think of the changes my grandparents experienced through their lifetime; from horse and buggies to men on the moon, telephones and 2 world wars and a depression in the middle Now, at the tender age of 67 I look back at the changes I’ve witnessed; technology for sure, but culturally most notably. In my youth, TV sex wasn’t even a thing for married people (twin beds?) but now hook-up sex is expected and even fairy tale characters are assigned LGBTQ(rstuv?) status. (Red Riding Hood ministers true love’s kiss to Sleeping Beauty in Disney’s ‘Once’.) It’s inconceivable to me that some adults believe it is their responsibility to teach the children of others about anything related to sexuality. Not too long ago this was considered predatory.
Now this makes me think - how many other "teachers" are out there - who pursued this profession - not because they desired to teach and educate young children - but because they longed for this opportunity to have such easy and unfettered access to them - on a daily basis - and also got paid for it! Where the PeterHeck are the millstones? Because, at least in this case - the sea is nearby...
I agree with everything Mr. Heck and all of these commenters have said. It's our job as the proprietors of our civil law to do something to prevent young people from being corrupted. It's also our job to protect our own children and raise them how we see fit. The truth is: the law, that perfect law from God which could not save the Israelites, will, in the same way, not save our children. If they don't hear corruption from teachers, they will hear it from their friends...and Disney & Netflix & Spotify & Amazon & (fill in the blank)...Someone is catechizing your children. Let that someone be you. Public education was the beginning of the end of true freedom in this country.
I don’t think we win this one. The culture is too far gone in its love of the perverse. And public education is reaching its end as something that everyone could reasonably participate in and come out ready for a productive and normal life in society. I think there’s a total divide: public schools vs. private schools or homeschooling.
I agree with the reasoning behind such legislation. I certainly don't want my children exposed to curriculum that is designed to reprogram their thinking about sexuality, biology, and race to be anti-everything that I try my hardest to engrain in them as a bible believing Christian. But my concern is that, well meaning as the proposed legislation may be (Indiana HB1134, known as the "Education Matters" bill, for example), it won't accomplish anything constructive. Most teachers I know are parents too. And like me, they don't want anything to do with sexuality, LGBT and race issues being taught in the classroom. They want additional parental involvement in the education of our children. Granted my scope is limited to the public schools in my home town. But none of this legislation will accomplish more parental involvement. Instead, it seems that it will only result in micromanagement from the Statehouse, which puts needless pressure on teachers. Am I wrong in this assessment? I would like to know if I am, because I do agree that parents need to be more involved in their children's education. My wife and I are as involved as possible with our children in public schools, without being "helicopter parents." But I also believe the onus is on all parents, guardians, etc. to do likewise. And I just don't see how legislation will accomplish that.
I used to think it was stunning to think of the changes my grandparents experienced through their lifetime; from horse and buggies to men on the moon, telephones and 2 world wars and a depression in the middle Now, at the tender age of 67 I look back at the changes I’ve witnessed; technology for sure, but culturally most notably. In my youth, TV sex wasn’t even a thing for married people (twin beds?) but now hook-up sex is expected and even fairy tale characters are assigned LGBTQ(rstuv?) status. (Red Riding Hood ministers true love’s kiss to Sleeping Beauty in Disney’s ‘Once’.) It’s inconceivable to me that some adults believe it is their responsibility to teach the children of others about anything related to sexuality. Not too long ago this was considered predatory.
Now this makes me think - how many other "teachers" are out there - who pursued this profession - not because they desired to teach and educate young children - but because they longed for this opportunity to have such easy and unfettered access to them - on a daily basis - and also got paid for it! Where the PeterHeck are the millstones? Because, at least in this case - the sea is nearby...