Into the lion's den

Sad but true...school has started again. I have mixed emotions about it. I'm distgusted with what has happened to the public school system in our country over the past 40 years. I've been studying a lot of history over the last year and am astounded at the significant things that have been deleted from the textbooks or totally distorted. I know I will have to teach my kids history at home, we've already begun that. And I'm convinced that there will be other holes in their education that I will have to fill. Can you believe it costs TX $11,084 per child per year to educate them- that is just insane.

And don't get me started on the sex ed that is being proposed across the country. Condoms being made available to elementary kids without parents approval in Massachusetts.

The latest proposal from the Center For American Progress is to eleminate constitutional studies and economics from high school curriculums because they are just "niche classes". Progressives are so desperate to have a generation of completely ignorant people who know nothing about these things which are crucial components to our nations freedom.

Did you know it is almost impossible for a teacher to be fired...thanks to teachers unions. I read an article a while back about a male teacher who had made lude comments to girls at the jr high he was teaching at. He couldn't be fired because of his union contract, but was deemed unsuitable to be with students, so he now does nothing and gets paid over $100k for it. It is so disappointing was is going on with the schools.

On a more positive note the kids are really liking school and I think they have pretty good teachers. So for now this set up will work for our family, but someday we may be homeschooling.