By the way, I have come to a personal decision: I will not have a government teacher for a friend. It is EVIL to teach a child to think and reason godlessly, and if a government teacher is to keep their job this is what they must do. Government teachers are too evil, too stupid, or too much of a Useful Idiot to be a friend. And...I have special contempt for government teachers who claim to be Christian and/or conservative.
Go back and read my first post to you.
sitetest
Do you home school?
I used to think "wintertime" was a bit nuts. Not anymore. Her posts, with all the news I've read regarding public schools, are starting to ring true.
To wit: Forward: Boston Tea Party being taught as an act of terrorism
In Texas no less.
I don’t see that wintertime’s decision is not rational considering the basis for it.
If someone truly believes what wintertime does about government school teachers, then the decision is not surprising and is wintertime’s prerogative.
I can’t say that I’ve encountered that kind of thinking much in the circles in which I run, but what does it matter if it’s the attitude of the *average* homeschooler? It’s irrelevant to anything.
For that matter, I don’t know that there is actually any thing as the *average* homeschooler or homeschool advocate. I don’t think such a person exists. What’s *average* exactly?
But of course, the failure of public schools to educate and the propensity for them to indoctrinate, are widely recognized by homeschool advocates, or they wouldn’t advocate for homeschooling. So in that respect, wintertime’s attitude is no surprise. Some people are just more outspoken than others and are more interested in getting the truth out than worrying about hurting someone else’s feelings.