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No Comments Why Do We Home School?
In the Philippines, you go to (public or private) school if your parents can afford the price of admission, daily expenses o allowance. There is no such thing as a free public school as there is here in the USA. So does that make the USA public schools better? It absolutely does not. Does it make the USA public schools cheaper? Again, it definitely does not.
Now this is not something I say blindly or just from opinion. This is born of experience with our daughter and the public schools and my husband used to be a teacher in them. The public school system here is so messed up in any kind of teaching facts and an extreme dislike of anything Christian that the word education should not be attached to it. To make my feelings clear, should the option of homeschooling be removed from us I would rather send my daughter back to the private schools in the Philippines before we permit her to enter into the public schools here.
Now to back up my statements, I’ll point you to actual events here in the USA. Here in Wisconsin not too far from where we live, a student was punished at the high school for putting a reference to Christianity on his artwork. Yes, his reaction of tearing up the policy was wrong but understandable as he faced an extreme double standard. Only Christianity was labeled ‘offensive’ but somehow Buddhism, Hinduism, Humanism, Satanism, Greek Mythology, Wiccan, and various other demonic and pagan religious are all just fine. The truly sad part is this is normal for the public schools by our experience.
This has resulted in a lawsuit to attempt to stop this excessive censorship in a country known for “Freedom of Speech.” Do note freedom of speech does not translate into the freedom to not be offended. If someone gets offended by the artwork or words of another that do not injure the other physically, then don’t look at the artwork. If you don’t like the words spoken, don’t listen or at least shut up and be civil. Suck it up and quit whining. Equal rights means equal for all not a select few.
On the other end, the children are learning from their parents, media and the schools to not have values on life and their Constitutional government system. As a result of this and other factors, shootings and stabbings of other students are rising to the point where you are concerned of the safety of your children.
In this example, nine 3rd grade students ( dios miyo- walong taong gulang o 8 year old lang!) were caught planning to capture and injure their teacher just because one of them got caught standing on the desk of their chair.
Sorry, but no one can use the argument for “social aspect” can only be met in the public schools. My child can do without that kind of values development.
Anah
