Posted on 12/30/2006 12:40:38 PM PST by PhylosopherStone
Former New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan said that the 5 keys to success in school are:
1. Number of days the child attends school.
2. A love of reading.
3. Number of pages of homework read (or done).
4. The presents of two parents in the home.
5. Number of hours of television watched.
The schools cannot force a child to attend school, love reading, do their homework or turn the television off. Schools also cannot force parents to stay married (or even get married in the first place). None of these things can be controlled by educators. All of them are under the control of the family.
Liberals do not respect parents rights. They protest loudly when religion is taught to their children in the schools, but think they have a divine right to indoctrinate Christian children with the liberal belief system. (Assuming that atheists believe in a divine right.) Liberal educators must keep parents out of the process if they are too succeed at corrupting our youth. They have created a system that parents have little or no control over. The message to parents is clear: KEEP OUT!
They teach children how to have sex without getting caught, diseases, or pregnant. They teach children how to get abortions without their parents finding out. They teach children where to get treatment for STDs without parents finding out. They teach evolution without teaching about entropy and the whole body of evidence against evolution. They fail to teach the religious origins of the first settlers of this nation. They fail to teach the religious roots of the Constitution.
You know the drill. They could not get away with this if they had parents involved.
Liberals have worked to force mothers into the workforce. Women migrated from the home to the workplace in droves in the 1980's, doubling the supply of workers and liberals wondered why wages were stagnant. Accountants analyze family fiancés to see if the family is better off with two incomes or one. They look at wages vs. child care expenses, and other costs related to the mother working outside of the home. This analysis should be performed by economists. They would look at the impact that doubling the workforce has on wages, the effect of home production on the price of clothing and food, etc. Children come home to empty houses. When mom was home they did homework and kept out of trouble. Now we have street gangs and drug dealers. This has to have an effect on insurance rates, public funds for criminal justice systems, the cost of social services required to deal with teen pregnancies and teen mothers.
In the early 1960's a couple wanted to buy their dream home but the banks would only consider the husbands income, considering the woman's income to be temporary. There was a law suit. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the buyers. Thousands of couples seeking to upgrade entered the housing market. The price of housing doubled in two years, and doubled again in two more. Single income couples were quickly getting frozen out of the market.
I would love to see a comprehensive analysis of the economic impact two income households have had on America.
America would clearly be better off if mothers were at home until their children were grown.
Thus we see that the only entity that could possible succeed at educating children (the family) has been systematically cut out of the system.
Regards,
The PhylosopherStone Http://www.accelerated-achievement.com
Shouldn't that say presence???? Public education at it's best!
Do they? :)
NOT TRUE....
It has already failed(long ago) will continue to fail..
And was NEVER successful..
Wonder WHY? there is no/zero right wing in Washington D.C...
Where did they go?.. Was there ever as right wing in D.C?...
Must've died with Barry Goldwater.. when he got "BORKED"...
Welcome to FR.
I also want to say welcome to FR.
"Former New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan said that the 5 keys to success.."
An additional key is the removal of liberal teachers to protect students from leftist brain-washing.
"Why the Liberal Model of education must fail."
Too late. The liberal model of education failed back in the 60's. As usual they blame everyone else for their failure.
From your FR Page - Publisher of Homeschool Curriculum.
Yet; you have a lot of errors in your article. You don't smell right considering your first act after signing up is posting a vanity.
But; welcome to FR.
We will fault your errors to typos until further notice. Welcome to FR.
As William Buckley wrote of Daniel Moynahan in his obituary on Moynahan's death (and I paraphrase) "Moynahan always said precisely the right thing, and then voted exactly the opposite way."
"Presents"
LOL. Well Done, Tex. Amateur Hour, once again. *S*
"Happy New Year" -- from this sailor.
Hoax?
Shouldn't you have said 'its?' That is the possessive form... homeschooling at its finest?
So, I'm confused, you agree or disagree with the Senator?
I'd like to see a comprehensive analysis of the economic impact of the birth control pill. It was this invention that allowed women to limit the number of children so that they could go outside the house to work. Not to mention the claptrap about 'controlling their own bodies' which is doublespeak for getting an abortion.
You put a lot of blame on public schools, and fairly so. I think they have failed many kids in many ways. But I put far more blame on the mainstream media that sensationalizes sex, thug life, violence, the demoralization of fathers and other authority figures, the blatant attacks of conservatives, the idolization of 'gimme gimme gimme' and the notion of instant gratification.
The influence of the mainstream media is so over-whelming and pervasive that we almost forget its power over the country. At least we are allowed to turn our televisions off. How long before that is a crime?
1. Number of days the child attends school.
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3. Number of pages of homework read (or done).
Spending more time is not quality. Spending more money is not quality either. Spending other people's time and money with no interest in the outcome is the foundation of liberalism in education as in everything else, so at least we are being consistent.
Yes it should. I caught it right after I posted it. So much for my trying to be a smart a$$ and then messing it up. I personally hold my 5th grade grammar teacher responsible.
5. Number of hours of television watched.
I wish the experts would make up their mind. Friends of mine were turned down by one adoption agency because they didn't have a TV.
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