Why do people send their kids to public schools?
After having a personal scare with a family member, my reaction was this: "Why do people send their kids to public schools?" Upon contemplating the question, the answers began flowing, so I decided to make this post and name it accordingly.
The school system, is not geared toward educating our youth. They seem to have become soviet style indoctrination camps. The well connected or super smart kids are separated from the herd into "advanced placement" classes, where they will presumably become the leaders of society. The underprivileged and problematic children are sent into "special education" classes where they will be largely left to their own devices to prepare them for a life of welfare and prison. Everyone else will be placed into "regular" classes where they are prepped to work in factories, warehouses, or other menial jobs. Our children are taught to get along socially (ie: "clique up") , perform on a perfunctory level within these social groups, and indulge in mindless consumerism. Much of this is driven by pop-culture "icons" which push the latest styles, music, and mindsets for the various cliques. They are told, manipulated , and in some cases intimidated into, what to think and how to behave. Teachers have zero input on the learning path of their students. It's all handed down by the state. Standardized. "Score well on those tests, we want federal funding" has become the mantra. Tax dollars in search of tax dollars, at the expense of our children. Not to mention our future.
Why do people send their children to these places? We don't teach (or allow) our children to hang out with troublemakers or other roustabouts. We don't teach our children to use drugs or alcohol, or sleep with everyone, or bully those that appear to be different. But, that's what they are being exposed to in public school. We don't agree with a good portion of the "curriculum" being foisted upon our kids, but we send them day after day, year after year. We want our kids to have an education. We try to teach our kids to think for themselves, have standards, and conduct themselves with dignity and have respect for others. Unfortunately, the system undermines these values. If a student has a differing view, they are ridiculed or punished. Sex Ed has become a topic of every sexual act known to man, and how to perform them. It also instills the virtue of knuckling under by swiftly punishing anyone daring enough to repel aggressions from authority or other students. Degradation and humiliation are powerful tools to any system of indoctrination.
Teachers are, increasingly, getting caught having sex with students. Pupils of all ages are being used and abused by the very people we trust to protect them. In some cases these teachers are supplying them with illicit drugs. It can be reasonably deduced that there a good portion of drug addicted educators in our schools adding fuel to the already raging fire. These "educators" are sucking the life and innocence out of our youth. If it isn't the teachers committing sexual crimes, there have been numerous reports of students sexually attacking each other, and filming it. Sometimes going as far as posting the attacks on social media. In instances such as these, the abuses carry over to the home and social life of the victim. This creates an inescapable form of abuse for which an increasing number escape through suicide. How could anyone see this as a safe environment for their child?
There are good teachers? In today's educational system, the only thing that separates good teachers from bad teachers is the zeal in which they push the propaganda. Pleasant and friendly teachers have absolutely no bearing on what children learn. State administrators hand out approved "learning paths" and leave the teachers no room for deviation. My point is this: just because a teacher comes across as caring and supportive of children does not mean the child isn't undergoing the same brain washing and indoctrination tactics every American student is undergoing on a daily basis. In some ways these types of teachers are even more dangerous to children. They are fully capable of gaining the complete trust of both parents and children while manipulating them on a very personal level.
School shootings are (in my opinion) perpetrated by students who are having difficulty adjusting to the programming and/or the "learning environment". Toss in some Adderall, a sprinkle of Prozac, the right pressure, and those kids crack. Not every human can handle the inhumane process. School systems, not guns, should be in the spotlight. These children are learning this behavior in school. I have yet to meet a parent that would teach, much less suggest, that problems are solved by murdering peers. IMHO, these kids are bullied and ridiculed. They are powerless to stop the relentless abuse, and become obsessed with retaliating in the same fashion. We should be discussing if we, as parents, want our kids in an environment of drugs, sex, materialism, abuse, and social engineering/experimentation. Our schools have become everything we DO NOT want our kids exposed to, while the quality of that education continually wanes. Make no mistake about it, the public education system is screwing up our kids, screwing up our country, and have finally reached the point of complete, undefendable, insanity. Why would well grounded adults discuss arming teachers? Why aren't we discussing the overall safety and general environment of these institutions from a more sane perspective? The problems are, in short order, who is overseeing this, what these kids are learning, how they are learning it, and when the parents will wake up to this reality.