One of my horror novels, from way back when–based on my experiences teaching in public school
Nothing’s changed since I wrote this, 12 years ago. Oh, the pandemic did drive some families into homeschooling–but nowhere near enough.
Not so long at all, we saw–courtesy of the Biden administration–the FBI “investigate” parents who speak out against some of their local school districts’ policies. It makes a mockery of the FBI’s mission to protect us from really dangerous criminals. “Sorry, we can’t track down the serial murderer! We’re too busy spying on school board meetings.”
Hopefully President Donald Trump will put a stop to all that.
If the FBI can’t think of anything better to do with its time than spy on parents at local school board meetings, then it needs its budget cut. But good.
I can’t imagine how bad it’s become. I was in grade school in the early to mid ‘60s, and they were already pressing a leftist agenda, sending children home feeling that they knew more than their parents. We were still taught to be patriotic Americans and the history of America was usually presented in a positive light.
The history of slavery and related issues were taught and for the most part in an honest manner, although I don’t remember anyone mentioning that the struggle to end slavery began long before the Civil War and had been a hot button social and political issue that only culminated in the civil war after years of struggle and efforts on the part of the north to limit slavery. Nor was this matter presented in a broader context, leading to to conclusion that the practice was invented here, when indeed this dreadful practice truly met its demise in the US.
I remember when Sex Ed was first discussed and the controversy this caused. At first, it was presented as a necessary antidote to parents who refused to teach their children the facts of life, and sadly, this was a real problem. Plenty of parents fell short with regard to this. But the schools were not the best solution. I’ve long felt that parents need to step up and take responsibility in this area, but also need to do so in a manner which addresses moral implications etc. One thing which I’ll give my parents credit for is that I knew the moral standards I was expected to live by, from fairly early on.
As I understand it, sex education in the present can be presented in a manner which is not at all wholesome and moral standards are never part of the discussion. Some of the materials presented are said to be explicit and I can only imagine what the effect of this might be upon impressionable children. We live in a time when compulsive and even addictive use of pornography is quite common, so maybe the current approach is not serving the interests it purports to serve. Had a teacher exposed children to sexually explicit materials when I was in grade school, they would have lost their careers as a consequence.
But for many, schools are just government funded babysitters and such parents have little interest in what happens in the schools. I see this as abandoning parental responsibility.
There is an awful lot of toxic goo coming out of the teachers’ colleges.
Most of this mischief only took off AFTER we got state and federal departments of education, and communities lost the right to manage their own school systems.
By “lost” I mean taken away by tyrannical Democrat government.