-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tenorlove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- Joshua Tinnin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What really galls me about this crap is that people get so worked up > > over > > the fact that public schools are not built and designed to teach > > their own > > facet of morality. > > Another thing that really galls me is the assumption that I have no > right to complain about how my tax dollars are spent.
You got vouchers, and you can homeschool. I agree with you in principle, but, good lord, surely there are options. Geedubya has made it so. > > Let's get the whole pledge thing out of the schools, eh? > > Let's get the government out of the "ed biz" completely, eh? OK, fine. But I suggest first that you talk to my family, which has been involved in the public school system for more than 50 years. > And, also get > > yourself > > a goddamn voucher if you feel so strongly about it, or homeschool yer > > kid, > > I do homeschool my kids (WITHOUT VOUCHERS, one has to live in Newark to > get them), for 2 major reasons: > > 1. The schools around here are so dumbed down that 40% (last I saw in > the Star Ledger) can't pass the basic skills test to graduate). > > 2. Anybody with a traditional (Judeo-Christian) viewpoint is suppressed > and denigrated; however, witchcraft, goddess worship, Islam, Hinduism, > Buddhism, etc. are heartily welcomed. I agree that this is not fair. But it also may have to do with the fact that the public schools here taught Judeo-Christian values, in more than just values, as rote until the '60s. Maybe you think this is the "right way." I do not. Also, I hear very few instances, if ever, where children are taught to - believe - in these mythologies. They are rather taught about them. > > and stop bitching that the "system" is wrong, when the "system" > > purportedly > > supports something to which you don't agree. > > As long as my tax dollars go to support that system, I'm going to > bitch, long and loud. Plug your ears if you don't like it. Plug your ears if you don't like hearing children not praying to your God, paid by MY tax dollars. > If you want yer kid to > > say a > > prayer every morning to a flag or a goat head, or if you want to > > teach kids > > that it's wrong for adults to have sex in a certain way because > > otherwise > > you ain't "gwine up to hebbin," fine! Just don't expect your > > irrational > > mythology to be accepted by the rest of the world, > > Why should I have YOUR irrational mythology forced on MY children? Teaching *about* is far different than teaching and pledging *to.* > who can think for > > themselves, thank you very much, and who DO NOT want YOU to raise OUR > > children. > > Does thinking for themselves include parroting whatever Pokemon or the > Power Puff Girls say? If that's the case, I don't you raising MY > children either, thank you very much. I do not, and neither does anyone else, have anything to do with your television watching habits. > > I mean, let's be fair, OK? > > Yes, let's be fair OK? Refund my school taxes. Aren't my taxes paid to school your children enough? - jt - jt <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
