Nice lesson, Tim.
Tell the kids that they should always obey their government masters.
The parents of some are fortunate enough to be able to choose different schoolmasters — but not all. Something a little more nuanced about respecting parents and rule of law would be grokkable by students at that level.
You’re taking it waaay out of context.
If these kids or their parents have a problem obeying "their government masters," then they should get out of the public school system.
You know -- shaking the dust off their sandals, and all that.
“Tell the kids that they should always obey their government masters.”
(Romans 13:1-2).
1Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.
1 Peter 2:13-14
13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Other references - Ephesians 6:5-8; Colossians 3:22-25; 1 Timothy 6:1-2; 1 Peter 2:18-20; Titus 2:9-11.