Public Schools: "Take your kids out immediately"

In a prior post, I made some off-the-cuff suggestions about what we (meaning, we conservatives) should do next.

One of my suggestions was this:

If you still have your kids in public school, take them out immediately. We simply cannot have any more children brainwashed by the leftists in charge of government schools and textbooks. Send them to private schools, or better yet, homeschool them. You can do it, trust me. You certainly won't do any worse than most of the public schools, and you'll probably do much better at teaching your children the truths of faith and freedom. More about this later.

Of course, this was a rhetorical statement. I certainly don't expect everyone to pull their kids out of public schools. But I do believe that conservative parents, especially Catholics, should do everything possible to keep their children out of government schools.

That post attracted some attention from a nephew on my husband's side who left a comment.

Here, slightly edited, is my emailed reply to him:

I'm really sorry you were hurt and saddened by my post, as it wasn't directed at you or any teacher personally. And I'm very aware of all the teachers in the family, including my own mother, aunt, and several friends, besides all the teachers on your side of the family! :)

If you read my post again, you'll see I said nothing about teachers, at all. That's because my complaint is not with the teachers, but with the curriculum, which has been driven by the leftist agenda. I didn't have time to fully develop this idea on the blog, however, which is why I said "more to come later" in that post.

In a nutshell, my concerns about curriculum include anti-American propaganda, historical revisionism, and the neglect of civics and economics. Maybe not in every school, but in far too many.

As I'm sure you can tell if you've read any other posts, we were really discouraged by the outcome of this election. I believe that 40 years of left-leaning curriculum in the public schools is a big part of the problem.

I'm well aware of the good that many teachers do, and of the great sacrifices that many of them make and how much they care for their students. I know many teachers who put in long hours, spend their own money for supplies, and make a wonderful difference in the lives of children.

I just wish those same wonderful teachers had a much different curriculum to use. But since the schools and textbook publishers aren't about to change any time soon, then the next best thing is for conservative parents to pull their kids out and exercise their right to choose a different form of education. That's what I was getting at.

One other point: The NEA is a liberal organization, always supporting candidates I'm opposed to, and annually issuing a resolution condemning homeschooling. I believe that the liberal agenda of the NEA and their opposition to school choice is also a part of the problem with public schools.

More to come.