Wow!!! Sometimes God sends Christian teachers into public schools as salt and light. Their example is sometimes the only Christian example the students may see.
As the mom of a 2nd grade teacher and a high school teacher, I know that my kids take stands all the time and thankfully their superiors have accepted them , so far.
Yes , they took the jobs willingly because they have families to support. They are both conservative Republicans and this mom is very proud of them!
Please try and be less judgemental, it’s not a very attractive quality!
Why? So our brains can fall out?
This is the **general** problem I see with Christians and conservatives teaching in the government schools:
1) It is not Christian or conservative to force one’s salt and light on other people's children or to force taxpayers to pay for it.
Yet,... that is what compulsory government education is. Behind every government school teacher and principal stand armed police to force children to participate in government schooling and to force taxpayers to pay for it. How can this be a Christian or conservative value? What lesson is being taught to the children about the few crumbs of Christianity and conservatism they might find there?
2) At best, the Christianity or conservatism that the teacher might be able to convey to the student is lukewarm and generic. What does Christ do with the lukewarm? He spits them out of His mouth.
3) Just to keep their job the Christian and conservative teacher must go along with a **lot** in the school that is not in any manner either Christian or conservative. Does the child risk learning that Christians and conservatives are hypocrites who will sell their values for a paycheck and pension?
4) When Christian church pews are filled with government school workers, vendors to the socialist schools, and their employees and families, ministers are less likely to open church run schools. How many ministers are willing to bite the hand that puts money in the collection plate?
5) When sweet Mrs. Honey Bun ( who loves her cat) teaches in the government school, inexperienced parents may be fooled into thinking their child's godless and socialist, single payer, government schools can't be **that** bad. Hey! Mrs. Honey Bun ( who loves her cat) teaches there.
6) Government school materials are scrubbed clean of any God-centered values. It is a false worldview yet Christian teachers use these textbooks every day. As the children grow older, they do come to know ( on some level) that what is being taught in their godless government school does not conform to Christian and conservative values. Is there a risk that children might conclude that Christians and conservatives are hypocrites that sell their values for a paycheck and pension?
8) Just to keep their job, the Christian can not thoroughly integrate their beliefs into their classroom or be bold and open in their beliefs. If they try to “sneak In” Christian and conservative values what are they teaching the children? Are they teaching the children that Christians and conservatives are sneaky?
8) If children have concluded that Christians and conservatives are weak, timid, lukewarm, and sneaky. As adults are they likely to join a church filled with weak, timid, and lukewarm hypocrites? Will the job of **real** missionaries working with grown adults have been made harder or easier because of the child's experience with government teachers who seemed to be weak, timid, and sneaky hypocrites?
Finally...As for me, personally, I am done with all government teachers. They are on my “No-friend” list.
The situation with our government schools is so serious that I fear for the future of this nation. Really, I do! What we need now is a complete shut down of the nation's socialist and godless schools. We need an immediate rescue plan. Remember the British boats rescuing the soldiers from the shores of France in WWII? Yes, it is **that** serious! We must shut down the nation's godless socialist schools. We must rescue the children.