Posted on 12/16/2007 5:12:57 AM PST by Man50D
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WINNER! Give this man a prize!
Marxism is our nation’s MOST serious threat. And,,,our government K-12 schools and our nation’s universities and colleges are the Marxists’ MOST important weapon! We can survive a nuclear suitcase bomb but we will not survive if Marxist educators succeed in indoctrinating the voters who go to the polls to vote for Marxists who will appoint Marxist judges.
Government school defenders would like us to think of government schools as warm and fuzzy places. In reality, though, government schools are like the movie “Gremlins”. They looked sooooo cute in the beginning, didn’t they?
Retired Army is completely and totally right, as Marxists consolidate power we can expect to see more of this, and we can expect the Marxist government schools to get even more aggressive in their pressure on parents and in the content of their indoctrination.
Why are the American people sooooo asleep on this??? Why aren’t Rush and Hannity hammering on this EVERY DAY??? ( yes! I am shouting. It is an emergency!)
“Compulsory government schooling” means that government employees have the power to send out armed police, court orders, and foster care workers. If the parent or child refuses to cooperate, armed police will arrest and imprison them. If they were foolish enough to seriously resist, the police will kill them. ( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!)
Hm...When thought about in this what the image of polished apples on the teacher’s desk changes a bit, doesn’t it? More like the apple offered by the wicked witch to Snow White.
The parents do have an out though! They can **ransom** their kids from the government school gremlins by paying private school and homeschooling expenses. It seems though that in this woman’s case it would have been better to send the “ransom” notice by registered mail, or in person with a demand for a written receipt.
It is too bad. the status of the dad is unclear in this article. My friends in Utah say that judges in that state are very hard on single moms. When that mom says, “lose custody”, I suspect that it means the dad will take over.
Let's see, she kept the affidavit that she signed and threw away the confirmation that makes her case. Then she says that she has received an exemption this year. It sounds like more than a fax confirmation. Obviously she didn't get one last year and never followed up as to why. She's been homeschooling for ten years,. Homeschooling is not being attacked, her actions are.
There is a good chance that this woman is in over her head. Four or five kids and probably not much of a support system, until now. Hopefully she can get the help she needs to pull it together.
A paper trail to bureaucrats is like garlic to vampires.
I’d like so read something much more in depth on this, WND is proficient at leaving out select details.
PS You know their is a problem with the facts when WND invokes the “Nazi logic” argument to incite emotion.
there=their=they’re....whatever
While your idea of getting the school system’s secretarial stamp on the documents and getting yourself a copy of the stamped documents seems a better idea, if you were ever pressed in court, and the school system held that they never received the documents, your photocopy wouldn’t necessarily hold up as evidence or even be accepted as evidence by the court.
Sending documentation through certified insured return receipt is probably the safest way possible to make sure you have a solid paper trail for your documentation. I’ve never heard of such not being accepted as evidence in a court of law.
I’m talking through experience with HIPAA insurance compliance, and the guidelines that the insurance companies and the states Insurance Departments/Commissions send out to people dealing with HIPAA paperwork.
She says the school lost the paperwork, but she's apparently not able to show that she actually turned it in either.
Now I don't know. Maybe she did turn it in as she said she did, and maybe the school did lose it.
What it sounds like to me - and we're only getting her side here - is that at least one child had too little supervision, and thus got the attention of the police, who began to wonder why he was unsupervised.
I will admit that it's speculation, based on an article which has only one side, and too little information.
Perfect picture!
The HSLDA will frag these people, no worries.
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Unfortunately, she is not a member.
I hand deliver my home school forms also every year. I also ask for copies and for them to be notarized. Never had any problems. I keep our papers in the glove compartment of the car in case we are every questioned for being out during traditional school hours.
There are those of us who do not join the HSLDA - I am one of them. I disagree with some of the things that they are proponents of, and I also have read enough horror stories about how the HSLDA uses cases for the "greater good of all homeschoolers" rather than necessarily for the good of the family involved. Generally, those things may be the same, but not always. And if you sign their paperwork, you agree to allow them to represent you as they see fit, not according to what you believe is best for your family.
My method was to hand-deliver the paperwork, and have a separate paper with the words “Received on behalf of [school district] home-schooling affidavit for [child’s name]”, then asked the school’s secretary put signature, title, and date on the receipt. Also had them sign a receipt for the work portfolio we’re supposed to hand in at end of year
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If this is the case, sending him to government school will make his social situation much worse.
In **every** case of child who has had problems with drugs, delinquency, unmarried teen pregnancy, drugs,,,etc., when I have spoken to the parents, the parents say, “It was the friends they met in school!” Without a single exception!
This is true even in large families when all the other children are sterling, but one isn’t. (Same parents, but different results.) The one thing that **is** different are the friends met in government school.
The youngest sister of my son-in-law is heading in that direction now. It’s like watch a train wreck in slow motion. My son-in-law has done everything possible to convince his parents that homeschooling would lead to better results. The problem is that she is a good student, and has a good possibility of getting a scholarship ( like her 3 other siblings). Geeze! What some parents would do for a puny scholarship!
I disagree with some of the things that they are proponents of,
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What are some of those things? (Just curious)
Your wife is doing what I do. There is no need to be rude or nasty, but there is every reason to treat homeschooling like a business. A business in which you keep good records. If it is an important piece of information, request a receipt. Cheerfully, politely request a receipt. I have never been denied and have never had a subsequent problem.
But she has this year’s paperwork. Just not last year’s. How many years’ worth of paperwork should she keep?
I hope the HSLDA hears about this and goes to help her even if she’s not a member.
Do you have any other organizations you prefer or would recommend for legal representation instead of HSLDA?
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