Agreed! Here's what a public school teacher has to say about it:
Are Parents Boycotting Public Schools?
To: Boonie Rat
Are Parents Boycotting Public Schools?
I am a public school teacher, and to all those concerned parents who are considering abandoning their current schools, I would ask, even BEG, that you PLEASE do so as soon as is humanly possible. Many of us teachers, administrators, and school board members have been trying our best to stop the insane bureaucracy that has plagued the public system for decades, but it is plain to see that our efforts will never succeed without the support of the authoritarians in the unions and in government... and they aren't interested in hearing the opinions, ideas, complaints, statistics, or pleas of students, faculties, parents, or citizens. The ONLY way they MIGHT wake up enough to grasp the consequences of the tragedy that they have carefully manufactured would be if their money, power and influence were diminished. This is the only thing the understand, fear, and respect. So PLEASE, take a second job, work out of the home, do without some of the luxuries, or whatever it takes to help the wondrous homeschooling/private schooling trend that has been gracing our landscape. When they invariably try to exert their control over these alternatives to public education, make sure you get VERY vocal in stopping them. This is the only hope left for those who are stuck in the public school system. Many of us are doing what we can from the inside. I pray you'll help us on the outside.
63 posted on 5/9/02 6:39 AM Pacific by Teacher317