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Posted on 02/11/2010 7:11:23 AM PST by Britt0n
A state board of only 15 people will vote on whether to revise U.S. textbooks to omit references to Daniel Boone, Gen. George Patton, Nathan Hale, Columbus Day and Christmas.
The Texas State Board of Education will also vote on a proposal to substitute the term "American" with "global citizen."
Mathew Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, is warning Americans to speak up before only eight people, with a majority vote, have a chance to literally rewrite American history.
He appeared on the "Huckabee Show" to explain why the board's vote matters to the rest of America. Staver said Texas and California are the two largest textbook purchasers in the nation.
"Whatever textbooks they select affect the rest of the country because publishers publish those kinds of books, and the rest of the country follows," he said.
But because of California's budget crisis, the state hasn't been able to purchase as many new textbooks, he explained. So the default is Texas.
"So when this 15-member board – eight people of that will make a majority – make a decision, it will affect the entire nation," Staver said.
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I guess what I don’t get, is why it is any or your business what I do with my kids?
Or why you feel you have to preach to or lecture me about how my responsibilities are messed up because I don’t home school?
You home school, good for you. Like I said, I have no problem with it and quite honestly, if I actually really wanted to, I probably would too. But right now, what my family is doing, works for us. And that is all that matters.
First of all, the government can't pay for bubble gum. The taxpayers pay. Willingly or otherwise.
Aside from that, there IS no difference except for one :
If you fail to accept government pregnancy "help," you will not be threatened with arrest and government harrassment.
But if you try to opt out of government schools, it is a whole other thing. Harrassment, persecution, threats, arrest and prosecution are not out of the question.
See the difference?
If you are independently wealthy, the first example is academic. As is the second, if you can afford any private school you choose; that isn't illegal --- yet; or legal representation and the time and effort legal resistance requires.
Freedom should not vary, depending on how big your savings account is.
It isn’t any of my business what you do with your kids except the fact that everyone’s taxes are paying for what you do with your kids. I didn’t say your priorities were messed up. I just pointed out that you are only able to work because the government provides the education. How would you feel if your tax dollars paid for my food and rent so I could stay home and homeschool. Would it be your business what I was doing with my kids? That is the way ALOT of people feel about the government paying for you child’s schooling so you can go to work. You just admitted you could afford it if you wanted to which is my point entirely. Your first post was meant to put homeschoolers on the offensive. “Some of us have to pay for food and rent”. We have to pay for food and rent too.
I am assuming that the crucial votes belong to so called minorities. The latter groups are in the process of vanquishing the Anglo American population. Naturally the conquering group will want their “history” taught, their myths put forward. The conquering groups will rename various streets and landmarks to reflect their people and to demote the people they are replacing. Such is part of the fate of a vanquished people. As the Gaul said to the Roman, “Woe to the Conquered!”
Not only a reason to home school, but a reason to use vintage textbooks.
By the way, what the hell happened to Texas? These fifteen moonbats must be in Austin.
My saving account is quite small. I am free to homeschool my children. You can legally opt out of public school. However, you make a very good point. We should do away with compulsory attendance laws.
I went to school in the ‘70’s. In the 8th grade I had a ‘science’ teacher, that wasn’t teaching, but sharing way too much of his personal life daily in class. I was hungry for an education and wrote a petition to get rid of him. I distinctly recall putting into the petition that this ‘teacher’s’ salary was a waste of tax-dollars because he was not giving us an education, but tales of his personal life. I had a number of students sign the petition,until the administration got wind of what I was doing. In typical ‘70’s fashion, I was sent to ‘counseling’-come to find out that particular ‘teacher’ was the brother-in-law of the principal(can you say nepotism). In hindsight, I see that was the early days of the deterioration of public education. I now live in a very small town, with a school system of approx 930 students K-12, with 14 administrators each earning $100,000+. When the Board of Ed is questioned on ANYTHING, it’s met with disrespect, disdain, and contempt. Oh yeah, and the BOE never answers specific, closed-ended questions. In typical liberal fashion the BOE plays us vs. them, pitting taxpayers versus parents—divide and conquoer. A parent, who’s heart may have been in the right place, but is terribly misguided at a public meeting about a defeated budget was sooo proud her 9yr old knew a big word—that word, ‘entitled’. It’s very sad, but we must not be deterred, on the contrary, individual citizens need to get involved. I’d suggest starting in your own backyard—go to public meetings in your own town, start asking questions. It’s a pretty safe bet if you start to ask questions, you’re likely to experience disdain, but again do not give up. It’s likely that most of the folks on a Board of Ed and administrators in the school have never been questioned—all the more reason to get involved.
What a load of crap.
If I really wanted to, means I’d have to make a lot of financial sacrifices, because as I stated before, money is too tight.
And you are way off base, saying I am only able to work because of government provides the education. Get off your home schooling high horse lady.
If that public school system was not there, I suppose I’d have more money for which to put my child in private schooling or maybe someone who provides child care who would home school as well. There are many ways for which I can work and still have my children taken care of (and home schooled) but I can’t afford it. So, you’re damn right I’m going to take advantage of the public school system, for which I MYSELF pay into.
Now leave me alone.
In Texas, they want to teach about Caesar Chavez, who was a labor leader, not a civil rights advocate.
US Textbooks are defined by committees and interests in California and Texas. If this is “conservative” Texas, we’re in deep trouble.
Bill Butthead Bennett constantly brags about his Secretary of Education position - but NEVER mentions the administrators. A willfully blind fat fool.
"George Orwell was not a novelist, he was an oracle who wrote his prophecy in novel format."
personally, i don't know of any homeschooling families that are wealthy... in my circle of homeschoolers, we are sacrificing much... i set a side a really profitable career in Corporate America to educate our kids at home... our lifestyle has changed dramatically... i remember the days of nice vacations, fine dining, current wardrobes... it is a sacrifice... not everyone can do it... not everyone has the wherewithall to do it... again--it's a huge sacrifice for those of us who are not bringing in the big bucks... some months--i don't know how we make it... would our financial circumstance be helped if i took a job, even a part-time job? yes... but would it be worth it to put our kids in government school? not to us...
so what is it i really want to say here? that we make choices... all are choices... few are forced to put their kids in government school... i don't think a parent is bad for doing that... but it is a choice... and when someone chooses government school, that person gets all that comes with it... and when i hear those parents complain about this and that, i think, "well, it's a choice." and it's the same when i hear homeschooling parents complain about all the things that come with this lifestyle... "well, it's a choice." (and a disclaimer: yes, i realize i'm not using capital letters and formal punctuation... and no i don't teach my broken grammar rules to my kids)...
Ok, ok, ok...let’s stop arguing...my homeschooling comment has been lost and mistranslated...he’s what I meant:
I love homeschooling...
The folks who post innane comments like, “well, that’s just another argument for homeschooling”...those are, “DUH” comments. We all are in favor of it and wish we all could do it. And, no, as creative as we are as a married couple, we couldn’t afford it.
Please stop the prejudging and stop arguing...rememeber, we are one team here. The enemy is not us, but Obama and his government jack boot commies.
Point is the argument for homeschooling is moot and redundant. And, I refuse to give up on public schools...I hope, those who do homeschool and live close to this Texas school board aren’t turning their backs when they could attend the meeting and protest...that, would be LAZY and unpatriotic. There, I threw another grenade to start a conversation. Mean, aren’t I?
Homeschoolers are not going to stop and shut up and slink back into a corner just because you don’t like hearing about it.
Don’t think that we don’t try working with the school districts. Why do you think that so many of us have chosen homeschooling? It’s for the simple reason that we didn’t get any where with them.
Vote the school board out. Contact the board of education. Write the newspapers. Go to the local school board meetings. Rattle some cages.
I also have one additional question. Why do Texas and California get to decide what textbooks will be used? I can think of a couple of states with higher populations than Texas. Why not New York? New Jersey? Illinois?
There must be something that "educators" and "activists" know that I don't.
“But for some reason, on these kinds of threads, it seems if you aren’t a homeschooler yourself, you’re a bad parent or not willing to sacrifice for your children, blah blah blah. Let the attacks begin...Hey, HOMESCHOOLERS, some of us NEED to work in order to pay for things like RENT, and UTILITIES. And as much as we’d love to homeschool our precious children, having a roof over our heads and food to eat, is a a bit more important than sending our child to a government school.”
You started the whole discussion with this. “Hey HOMESCHOOOLERS some of us NEED...”
I was just answering you in kind. You may pay into the system but you compare your tax bill with what it actually cost to educate your children and you will realize that your neighbors are paying the majority of the bill. I don’t have a problem with public schoolers. I have a problem with YOUR attitude coming into this thread. with the above statement. I don’t think I am better than you. I think you came in here looking for a fight and you got one.
Very few people CAN’T homeschool.
I know single parents, working mothers who do it. It CAN be done. And in cases where it absolutely is not feasible, we recognize that.
However, I have never met anyone who simply cannot do it.
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