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As the mother of two teenagers, my heart sank recently when I learned of another new twist in the seemingly infinite ways to assault our kids. Some schools now post pink triangles on classrooms they have designated as "safe" for homosexual-sex questions. Students who ask questions in these "safe" places are then linked up with gay activist groups outside the school. And this happens without any call to the student's home, to warn a parent their precious child is about to jump off a cliff.
So, when I read that the most powerful lobbying machine in our country, the National Education Association, will meet next week in Los Angeles and vote on a sweeping set of measures to fast-track homosexuality even more swiftly into our nation's schools, I feel at the end of my rope. Isn't there anyone who has any sense anymore? Where are teachers with courage, principle and honor? Where are school board members who can see where this is leading? Surely, someone will listen and understand why I plead with the NEA and all the other purveyors of depravity, to let our children go.
For too long, those we entrust with our childrens' minds have held that trust as a secondary priority. The first is themselves. A teachers' union? Why? In America of 2001, where are those terrible working conditions that require this? When I was a teacher in the '70s, the principal stopped by my class after school one day – I hadn't yet joined the Ohio Education Association, and he gently but firmly urged me to do so. The whole idea offended me yet, I must confess, I relented. The pressure was subtle, but clear: This is what you do if you want to be a team player.
With a little more maturity, I now define success differently. I wish I had been braver then. Now, the stakes are far higher. How can people who care about children pay money to a group that is so eager to corrupt them, to steal their innocence? And all the while they use nicey-nice words like "diversity," "support," and that most manipulative of terms, "safety." I now have my own idea of safety. Our youth and our communities will be safer if you, NEA, let our children go.
Whole days are devoted to honoring homosexual sex practices, but in some schools, Mother's Day is being shelved. Students in classrooms all across this country are fed up with the endless, stupid promotion of obviously unnatural and gross acts, but those who speak out are often intimidated into silence by an NEA member. Kids get tired of public shame and ridicule just like anyone else. A teacher's hostility is perfectly acceptable in such cases, though, because as one left-wing organization's ad said several years back, "It's OK to hate hate." Once others' cherished beliefs have been defined as "hate," then no amount of fact-finding can convince the brainwashed to do other than look upon you as sub-human when they take the time to notice, just before or after the lesson on the Holocaust. Maybe our schools need fewer pink triangles and more mirrors for the faculty lounges. In any case, the Gestapo needs to let our children go.
Some will feel I am too harsh. Not all teachers are like that, they will say – and I agree. I know of fine teachers who are being subjected to the same ridicule, who have themselves been silenced, who are being threatened with loss of their jobs on a daily basis. Yet, I wonder how many of these teachers are still NEA members. It's not that my own past sins can absolve me, but we need to start somewhere, folks. Let there be peace on earth – and truth and sanity and virtue – and let it begin with me. Let all our teachers out there hear me when I plead with them to stand up, and to do it now. And to the powerbrokers of pseudo-knowledge, the petty minds of sexual fascism out there, I say: Let our teachers go.
We have heard claims by promoters of perversion that some of our students are committing suicide over this issue. And if this is happening, it's truly a national tragedy. The solution, though, is not to send them with scrubbed faces and packed lunch boxes off to the next sodomy lesson. The solution is to get to the root of what's going on with these unhappy, misguided kids. Something must be very wrong when someone wants to do things that their bodies are not suited for. If we want our babies to grow up to be natural men and women – and not surgically-altered robots – then we will rise up as parents and demand that the psychological profession get its act together. To the close-minded school counselors who believe it is actually harmful to steer children toward heterosexuality, we say: Let our children go.
There's only so much time, so why are schools spending precious days and hours on social experiments? What crazed education researcher could possibly believe that teaching children to accept homosexual-sex acts is more important than learning about the U.S. Constitution? Or about Renaissance architecture? Or even how to spell "m-a-r-r-i-a-g-e?" To those who believe our heritage is pointless and that children must be trained to rebel, I say: Let our children go.
If you do not, expect a mass exodus from the public schools. You see, most parents aren't activists – most will simply quietly withdraw their children and enroll them in a private school, or they will home school. They will go to a place where the education still makes sense, or they will create such places if they don't exist. But if you, all-powerful NEA, use your considerable leverage among politicians to make it difficult to escape these policies, where there seems to be no place to turn, then you will see parents and grandparents take to the streets. They will suddenly rise up, and eject school board members who allowed these atrocities to happen. They will fire superintendents and principals who followed the Party line. They will withhold their taxes.
Because you are toying with the most basic instinct known to mankind: The instinct to protect our young. Go ahead and continue to run under the radar if you like, but when the truth comes out, you will fall. You will change – or you will fall.
Let our children go!
Let our children go.
BREAK UP THE NEA
What have YOU done besides post articles to this BB full of non-achievers and 'wanna be' patriots???
Been to a school board meeting??
Written a letter to the school board/city commishioners???
You are obviously an idiot (or an NEA shill, which is almost the same thing). You have no basis whatsoever to assume that, because the person who posted this article did one thing, that she did not also do other things. If you disagree with the article, just say so and say why, don't bash her or this BB.
VeritatisSplendor (spouse of heartwood)
I think it's long past time to serve the NEA their walking papers. It does sound simplistic; but, is there any real debate here on the point? If there is no debate, it is time to go to work on getting it done.
I just had my last kid graduate from high school a week ago.
My husband and I went to school board meetings, we met with the superintendents and other district administrators. We talked with teachers.
Where did any of this get us ... nowhere! You can't get anything done without support from like-minded people. We couldn't convince any other parents to join us. The parents we talked to either didn't care, or believe the things we told them were going on in the school or they thought we were crazy.
We finally gave up. We paid close attention with things that concerned our children's education.
As a matter of fact, I have done plenty of "other" things - sent letters to every member of Congress; called my Senate reps; written to local school boards; attended school board meetings; written letters to local newspaper editors to try and alert parents, etc., etc. For your information, I come from a long line of professional educators who dedicated their working lives to the betterment of students. Keep in mind, they were teaching well before the NEA and radical liberals took over our educational system. When they were educators, things like morals and knowing right from wrong were taught right along with educational basics.
My own children went through school BEFORE the NEA started their destructive teaching - BUT I now have grandchildren in school - that's why I care.
What have you done lately - or do you care?
The NEA runs schools, not schools boards. Here are some examples of what they want and do.1999-2000 NEA resolutions:
A-15. Financial Support of Public Education. Funds must be provided for programs to alleviate race, gender, and sexual orientation discrimination and to eliminate portrayal of race, gender, and sexual orientation stereotypes in the public schools. The Association opposes the use of public revenues for private, parochial, or other nonpublic pre-K through 12 schools.A-27. Deleterious Programs. The National Education Association believes that the following programs and practices are detrimental to public education and must be eliminated: privatization, performance contracting, tax credits for tuition to private and parochial schools, voucher plans (or funding formulas that have the same effect as vouchers), planned program budgeting systems (PPBS), and evaluations by private, profit-making groups.
B-1. Early Childhood Education. The National Education Association supports early childhood education programs in the public schools for children from birth through age eight.
The Association further believes that early childhood education programs should include a full continuum of services for parents/guardians/caregivers, and children, including child care, child development, developmentally appropriate and diversity-based curricula, special education, and appropriate bias-free screening devices.
These programs must be available to all children on an equal basis and should include mandatory kindergarten with compulsory attendance.
B-65. Home Schooling. The National Education Association believes that home schooling programs cannot provide the student with a comprehensive education experience. When home schooling occurs, students enrolled must meet all state requirements. Home schooling should be limited to the children of the immediate family, with all expenses being borne by the parents/guardians/caregivers. Instruction should be by persons who are licensed by the appropriate state education licensure agency, and a curriculum approved by the state department of education should be used. The Association also believes that home-schooled students should not participate in any extracurricular activities in the public schools.
C-14. Extremist Groups. The National Education Association condemns the philosophy and practices of extremist groups and urges active opposition to all such movements that are inimical to the ideals of the Association.
Bonez....If you think the NEA does not have the power to cram this down the throats of parents, consider this:
From Mark Levin and Landmark Legal foundation's complaint to the IRS against the National Education Association:
"NEA’s 1,800 UniServ directors act as the largest army of paid political organizers and lobbyists in the U.S., dwarfing the forces of the Republican and Democratic national committees combined."
For 1999-2000, UniServ had a budget of $76.4 million. In the same year, the NEA had revenues of over $240 million (tax free.) More here:
http://www.landmarklegal.org/landmark/IRScomplaint.cfm#I
During his 1999 Keynote Remarks at the 1999 NEA Representative Assembly, NEA President Bob Chase specifically singled out NEA State affiliates for their role in Senate campaigns:
NEA-New York, you did the whole country a favor by helping to defeat Al D’Amato and replacing him with Chuck Schumer. Thank You! Thank you North Carolina Association of Educators for giving the boot to Lauch Faircloth and electing Senator John Edwards. Jesse Helms, you’re next!
If that is not enough to make parents think twice about what their government schools are doing, here are a few more reasons to pull kids out:
TEACHER'S AIDE BEDDED BOYS: COPS
NEW CHARGES ROCK ED BOARD (mentally ill psychiatrist hired as teacher)
TEACHER GUILTY IN TEEN-SEX RAP (And Gets A Slap On the Wrist)
Mother States Her Case Vs. Video Peeping Toms (Male kindergarten Teacher tapes girls undressing for swim class)
Pornography charges filed against teacher
Guilty Plea in HS Sex Assault : Teen says he acted as lookout as pals sodomized girl
NEW SEX FUROR IN SCHOOL
New York School Sex Attacks Quadruple U.S. Rate [ten attacks per week]
Alleged sex with coach sparks civil lawsuit
CHILD PORN FOUND ON CLASSROOM COMPUTER (8th teacher arrested this year in NV for sex offense)
High school teacher arrested for allegedly sodomizing student, 15
PROSECUTOR: BX. TEACHER MOLESTED MORE KIDS
Laughlin teacher arrested on child porn allegations
Teacher Aide Accused of Sex Offense
Teacher Charged With Making Bomb Threat
QNS. TEACHER FACES STUDENT-SODOMY RAP
High school teacher arrested for allegedly sodomizing student, 15
Bronx Teacher Indicted
Panel Upholds Disciplinary Action Against Teacher for Sexual Imagery
TEACHER FORCED ME TO CROSS-DRESS: B'KLYN TEEN
Parents Rip Teacher In Sex Case
Teachers Sometimes Run Teens' Wild Cancun Trips
HOW CITY BUNGLED 'SEX TEACHER' CASE
Teacher Fired for Flashing Sstudent
(female)California teacher fired after taking off shirt in class
COPS: HIV-POSITIVE TEACHER RAPED BOY, 9
Teacher Of Teens Involved In Sexual Assault Fired (NYC)
Teachers to stand trial for allegedly accepting cut-rate groceries for grades
DeKalb teacher faces sex charge
Cops: Girl Sodomized at NY School
Elementary Schoolteacher Seizes Bibles Given as Gifts
Teacher-Student Sex Charges Rock School
Three Teachers Accused of Relationships With Teen Girls at Suburban School
Psychiatrist Now A Teacher, Despite Felonies
Students: Teacher Threatened To Shoot Us
Special Ed Student Beaten By Teacher
Female teacher accused of sex with 13-year-old boy while friend watched
Substitute teacher fired for allegedly taping girl's mouth shut
Teachers Union Plans To Take Up Homosexual Resolution
3rd Woodstock teacher suspended/Investigation into teacher-student relationships
State worker arrested on exposure complaint
Teacher Hit Over Class Sex Games
Police, teachers are defrauding housing programs, investigators say
Part-time Howell driving teacher is charged in road rage incident: pulled a loaded .357
Teacher Accused of Drug Trade
NYC teacher at "School of Environmental Studies" accused of raping young girls
Ex-teacher marries student he was convicted of molesting after 4 years in prison
TEACHER'S AIDE RAMS SCHOOL WITH CAR ( FL)
N.J. Teacher Charged With Assault (on students)
Dismissed teachers listed by state agency (Oklahoma)
Male Art Teacher's Now a She
Those are only FR posts for the last few months. Imagine how many more cases are out there.
Bump for the kids in America!!!!
Pacific Justice Institute is a great way to get started if you need or want more info. And make sure you're at the school, volunteering, getting to know the staff.....that way, when you want to talk about all the junk in the schools, you don't appear as wacky as the world would have us appear.
And get your kids out of those schools if you can. PLEASE get them out.
"You are obviously an idiot ..."
You're obviousl not too bright because you cannot read and comprehend a sentence.
Must be a public school product.
"You are obviously an idiot ..."
You're obviousl not too bright because you cannot read and comprehend a sentence.
Must be a public school product.
I am glad that you did everything that was within you power as parents to look out for the best interests of your children. I am filled with agony that no one in the area you live in felt the same amount of commitment to their offspring that you did.
BTW: I'm single and yet I go to my town meetings and try like hell to do the best for my fellow citizen's kid's.
Because you are toying with the most basic instinct known to mankind: The instinct to protect our young. Go ahead and continue to run under the radar if you like, but when the truth comes out, you will fall. You will change – or you will fall.
Let our children go!
Bumparama. This will be a protracted battle. The NEA will not go lightly, nor will the concerned parent, teacher and citizens. If it helps, the devils are as frustrated as the angels.
As a matter of fact I've done all the things you've mentioned and more.. and I Don't have a child in a public school! I do it to help protect those who do. What have YOU done lately?
"...If you think the NEA does not have the power to cram this down the throats of parents, consider this:
Blah, Blah,Blah...
The NEA or any Government has NO POWER UNLESS YOU ALLOW IT TO.
Piss and moan all you want, but if you don't have a set of nads, then you deserve anything they give you.
You're obviousl not too bright because you cannot read and comprehend a sentence.
Could this be more hilarious?
See my reply #15.
What? Because Bonez can't spell?
No , because he can't spell in a sentence condemning someone else's ability to comprehend. 'must be a public school product', LOL
The NEA and other teachers unions are rotten to the core. They buy school boards, they corrupt local officials, they lie, they cheat and they steal. In many elections, every candidate is NEA connected. There is no choice. In NJ, Pepsi offered 1,000 scholarships to poor kids. Mainly in the Newark area. What did the union do? Waged a boycott against Pepsi and destroyed Pepsi machines all over the state. We are talking union thugs here. They will resort to violence and vandalism if they don't get their way. Parents in NYC have received death threats from the union for supporting charter schools. You live in a fantasy world.
LarryLied: Thanks for your insight AND great resource links - you've obviously put lots of time into this subject - again thanks.
Some positive news. Last year, Ted Forstmann's the Children’s Scholarship Fund announced they would give out 40,000 partial scholarships to private schools. Only low income parents were eligible and they were required to pay half the tuition. Not a small sacrifice for families making under $20,000 a year. But 1.25 million families applied for those 40,000 slots.
Over 1,500,000 homeschoolers today. That is up from under 20,000 in the late 1970's. We getting close to the magic 20%. When 1 child in 5 receives private education parents with kids in government schools will look around, wake up and think..."hey those kids have something better than my kids...I want that too." When that day comes, the government system will implode.
Don't sweat it, Elkiejg. I was also attacked recently by a disruptor who accused me of the same thing. I set the record straight and never heard from them again. The Left seems to think we're like them-we're NOT! We actually get off our lazy butts and try to do something. Don't let them get you down. We need another massive Freeper campaign to blitz the House and Senate, White House etc. We need to let them know we're angry about this and won't let it go away! I hope Freepers in significant areas will consider a protest of the Congress, etc. and to NEA headquarters to let them know we want this stopped! BTTT
Thank you for the post. Joined The Alliance for the Separation of School and State back in 1996. They do take school choice to the ultimate position possible but that is not a bad place to start negotiating with teachers. Most of them have an entitlement mindset. They are owed their jobs. Parents should shut up, pay their salaries and don't meddle. Telling them that if they don't shape up, none of them might have jobs does rattle their cage. And that is good. It is the type of world the rest of us live in.
Inside the National Education Association
When 1 child in 5 receives private education parents with kids in government schools will look around, wake up and think..."hey those kids have something better than my kids...I want that too." When that day comes, the government system will implode.
When that day comes, I pray that someone in bed with the NEA isn't in power, because I can see them trying to pass a law making homeschooling impossible.
Remember teachers are liberals too.
the public school system is constantly shooting itself in the foot - letting the liberals in has just about destroyed the system - we are not getting our moneys worth and the kids are being robbed of an education - the system should be tested and the ones that wont change should be closed.
Isn't there anyone who has any sense anymore?
Commom sense is as rare as an honest politican
Where are teachers with courage, principle and honor?
Most have left to teach in private/religious schools after years of asking for change
Where are school board members who can see where this is leading?
Any ones with a right or conservative agenda are demonized and smeared.
Surely, someone will listen and understand why I plead with the NEA and all the other purveyors of depravity, to let our children go.
As a parent YOU are free to let your children go.
As Jesus said "let the dead bury the dead".
The school system is dead, get your children out, by whatever means is possible.
If my wife and I can, ANYBODY can.
When that day comes, I pray that someone in bed with the NEA isn't in power, because I can see them trying to pass a law making homeschooling impossible.
As a homeschool parent, once deep in the battle, believe me when I tell you, the NEA has been trying for years to make homeschool impossible or illegal.
The old piece of paper, we call it the Constitution, some call it toilet paper, makes it very hard. But, they do keep trying.
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The NEA can't continue its long episode of lowering future expectations for the next generation's students. The NEA's social and political directives no longer correpond to the ethical foundations found in the public creeds defining citizenship in the United States. The NEA can't continue in its present form if it persists in contributing to the future social and economic collapse of America's young people. There is a realistic, powerful optimism ready to surge again in this country, based on responsible liberty, morality, and self-reliance. Through young and old alike, America is coming back, and even old bureaucratic behemoths like the NEA can't stop it.
The surveys I've seen indicate that the vast majority of parents of children in public schools are satisfied with their schools. Parents like neighborhood schools.
What have YOU done besides post articles to this BB full of non-achievers and 'wanna be' patriots???
You know, I never seem so large a paint bush splashed around.
Non-achievers? How do you know what a person has done or not?
'wanna be' patriots??? Time will tell, will it not?
Just the fact, this board exists and the influence it has, proves it's full of patriots.
I'm fixing breakfast for the two jedis. (Stayed home from church due to the eldest having 5th's Disease!) When I'm done, I'll start pinging my homeschool list.
Ping!
I urge you all to contact any and all who need to read this article.
Excellent post! The truth is coming out.
We are constantly reminded that there are no
risks in casual exposure to AIDS or HIV, but what is not said, conveniently
I might add, is that there are a host of diseases, some deadly others life
long debilitating and shameful afflictions, from contact with AIDS and
HIV carriers.
Tuberculosis, thought to be all but defeated
throughout the entire world has been reintroduced in epidemic numbers by
AIDS carriers and those that they have infected. New strains of TB have
emerged in incurable forms that medical science has had yet to be capable
of overcoming. Tuberculosis is a disease that is passed to unsuspecting
victims by the air you breath, if in the presence of an infected AIDS or
HIV afflicted person, or the innocent victims that happen to be in their
presence, in the wrong place or at the wrong time! The following is a host
of other diseases never associated with just being in contact in various
methods, with these unfortunate souls that lived the lifestyle they wish
to promote in our schools, churches and our entire culture! STOP THEM NOW,
FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER)
Reproductive Diseases and Disorders
Signs and symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases
Sexually transmitted
disease (STD) is
increasing in the United
States. Most STDs are
treatable, but human
immunodeficiency virus
(HIV), the cause of
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), has no
"current" cure, and death eventually occurs in most cases.
Although HIV can be spread through use of contaminated
needles or, rarely, through blood transfusion, it usually is
transmitted by sexual contact. The virus is present in semen
and vaginal secretions and enters a person's body through
small tears that can develop in the vaginal or rectal tissues
during sexual activity. Transmission of the virus occurs only
after intimate contact with infected blood, semen or vaginal
secretions. There have been cases of HIV being passed to
health-care workers through needlesticks.
STDs such as chlamydia infections, gonorrhea, herpes,
venereal warts and syphilis are highly contagious. Many of
them can be spread through only one sexual contact. The
microorganisms that cause STDs, including HIV, all die
within hours once they are outside the body. However, none
of these infections are spread through casual contact such
as handshaking or sitting on a toilet seat.
The only sure way of preventing STDs and AIDS is through
sexual abstinence or a relationship exclusively between two
uninfected people. If you have several sexual partners or an
infected partner, you place yourself at high risk of contracting
an STD. If you think you have a sexually transmitted disease
(STD), see a physician immediately. If an STD is diagnosed,
it is important that you share the information of a confirmed
STD with your sexual partner(s). In all cases of STD, abstain
from sexual contact until the infection is eliminated
completely.
AIDS
Signs and symptoms
Persistent, unexplained fatigue
Soaking night sweats
Shaking chills or fever higher than 100 F for several
weeks
Swelling of lymph nodes for more than 3 months
Chronic diarrhea
Persistent headaches
Dry cough and shortness of breath
About the disease
AIDS, caused by HIV. Unfortunately, an HIV test is not
accurate immediately after exposure, because it takes time
for your body to develop or make antibodies. It can take up
to 6 months to detect this antibody response.
How serious is it?
HIV weakens the immune system to the point that
opportunistic diseases (ones that your body would normally
fight off) begin to affect you. AIDS is a fatal illness, although
there have been significant recent advances in the treatment
of AIDS.
Medical treatment
There is no vaccine for AIDS. Treatment includes use of
anti viral drugs, immune system boosters and medications to
help prevent or treat opportunistic infections. A new class of
drugs, called protease inhibitors, has shown promise. The
strides made in anti viral therapy have been dramatic and life
expectancy has increased such that HIV infection may be
controlled for many years. That is good news, but means
that more and more people will be HIV infected, increasing
the likelihood that a casual partner is positive.
Chlamydia infection
Signs and symptoms
Painful urination
Vaginal discharge in women
Urethral discharge in men
Infection may have no symptoms
About the disease
Can cause scarring of fallopian tubes in women and
prostatitis or epididymitis in men.
How serious is it?
Touching your eye with infectious secretions can cause eye
infection. A mother can pass the infection to her child during
delivery, causing pneumonia or eye infection. Chlamydia is
also one of the major causes of infertility and has been
shown to enhance the chances of developing a cancer of the
cervix. Since the majority of infections in women are
asymptomatic, you don't know you have it unless your
provider checks for it. Treatment is now possible in a single
dose.
Medical treatment
Antibiotics are prescribed. The infection should disappear
within 1 to 2 weeks. All sexual partners must be treated,
even though they may not have symptoms. Otherwise, they
will pass the disease back and forth between them.
Genital Herpes
Signs and symptoms
Pain and sores are the principal symptoms
Pain or itching in the genital area
Water blisters or open sores
Genital sores may be present but invisible inside the
vagina (women) or urethra (men)
Recurrent outbreaks
About the disease
Caused by the herpes simplex virus, usually type 2.
Symptoms begin 2 to 7 days after exposure. Itching or
burning is followed by blisters and sores. They erupt in the
vagina or on the labia, buttocks and anus. In men, on the
penis, scrotum, buttocks, anus and thighs. Virus remains
dormant in the infected areas and periodically reactivates,
causing symptoms.
How serious is it?
There is no cure or vaccine. The disease is very contagious
whenever sores are present. Newborn infants can become
infected as they pass through the birth canal of mothers with
open sores.
Medical treatment
Self-care consists of keeping sores clean and dry. Antiviral
treatment is indicated for severe primary infection and the
suppression of frequent recurrences. Cure remains
impossible. Asymptomatic primary disease is now well
recognized and viral shedding may occur before any lesion is
present enhancing transmission.
Genital Warts (HPV)
Signs and symptoms
For women, the most common symptom is an
abnormal pap smear
Warty growths on the genitals, anus, groin, urethra
About the disease
Venereal warts or genital warts are caused by the human
The surveys I've seen indicate that the vast majority of parents of children in public schools are satisfied with their schools. Parents like neighborhood schools.
Whoopie do doo! Who did the survey? Vic Kamber? The NEA pays him millions a year to devise effective propaganda for them (the most recent is that the NEA should not make public announcements unless a Republican has something good to say about them.)
If parents had a true choice, millions would pull their kids out of government schools within days. Look at the link to the Childen's scholarship fund I posted. 40,000 scholarships were offered to poor parents. 1,250,000 parents applied. And these were not free. Parents had to pay 50% of the cost of private education. Not easy for someone making $20,000 a year. In addition there are over 1,500,000 homeschoolers.
School choice is the civil rights battle of the 21st century. You and other defenders of government schools are the Bull Conners. Except this time you are not blocking kids from entering the school door, you are blocking them from leaving.
Where's Jessie when we need him, blacks are being killed faster than whites in the GAY community!
Here Larry, Add this to your great lists:
Men who have Sex with Men are killing each other at an alarming rate.... says our own CDC
High HIV and Risk Behavior Prevalence Among 23- to 29-Year-Old Men who have Sex with Men in 6 US Cities, Dr. Linda Valleroy and colleagues B Abstract #211, Poster Presentation
An ongoing six-city study found more than 1 in 10 young gay and bisexual men to be infected with HIV. Preliminary findings show the highest level of HIV infection among African-American study participants, with nearly one-third testing positive for the virus. Led by CDC epidemiologist Linda Valleroy, Ph.D., the study includes results from surveys of more than 2,400 gay and bisexual men, aged 23 to 29 years. Participants were sampled at public venues in Baltimore, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City and Seattle.
Data collected from 1998 through 2000 show overall HIV prevalence (percent living with HIV infection) to be 12.3% in this population. Gay and bisexual men of color have a higher prevalence than whites, with 30% of African Americans infected, 15.0% of Hispanics, and 7.0% of whites.
By city, prevalence ranged from 4.7% in Seattle to 18.0% in Dallas.
There was a high level of risky sexual behavior in all cities. Overall
46% of participants reported unprotected anal intercourse during the previous
six months, with a low of 41% and a high of 53% across the six cities,
indicating that young men are at risk for becoming infected with HIV in
all cities studied.
Additionally, of the 293 HIV-positive men in the study, only a small
proportion (29%) were aware of their HIV infection.
HIV prevalence increased with age, with 10.2% of the 23- to 25-year
olds in the study infected compared to 14.2% of the 26- to 29-year olds.
In a similar CDC study conducted among 15- to 22-year-old gay and bisexual
men from 1994-1998, a 7% overall HIV prevalence was found, indicating the
mounting toll of infection among gay and bisexual men as they age. These
findings underscore the critical need to reach gay and bisexual men early
with sustained HIV prevention efforts.
Tell me about it. I had to threaten a lawsuit against the truant officer to get them to leave us alone.
Homeschooling might not scale well. I'm not denigrating the quality of the product. In fact, I'd be surprised if children who were homeschooled didn't excel relative to kids who are not, at least over the k-8 range. But when you think of the resources being expended, especially the opportunity costs, the marginal attraction of the model might start to decline sharply as the numbers approach 20%. Ie, the attractiveness of homeschooling to the nth person might decline as n gets large.
I don't know what the funding formula is for public schools, but if it's not based on enrollment there are other variables, ie the ration of resources available per student in the public schools would climb and the number of homeschoolers increases. If you get to a point where the public schools can afford small class sizes, say 10 children in grades k-3, that might affect how the parents of children in the public school size up the opportunity costs of home schooling.
Homeschooling might not scale well
You are right in a way, but people are innovative.
For example: our family homeschooled for several years and was doing fine. Several families in our church also homeschooled. We got together and approached the pastor of the church and got approval to start schooling together. We cost costs, the parents were the teachers, we paid the church a small fee for use of the building and we built a fine outstanding school.
As a matter of fact five years later we have about 100 students and a waiting list of about 250 students to get in.
The cost is $75.00 per student per month.
As a parent, you have to take an 18 week course on Godly child rearing and discipline. If you don't pass the course your kids can't go to the school. That requirement screens out the parents who have money and just want to dump their spoiled brats on us.
This model can and should be replicated across the country and probably is to a certain extent.
The education is superior and we even have Christian University Professors who teach pro bono just to get a chance to reach young minds because they are willing to learn.
It can be done.
BTW, most of the families are middle to lower income.
This is really rather funny now. I've been a member of the Alliance for the Separation of School and State for about 5 years. I want government totally out of education. No funding for k-12. No funding for college either. I am one of those evil statists you Libertarians rag on all the time. I am a ....brrr... Republican. You pretend to be a Libertarian and come up with some bizarre reasoning of how well maybe er if this or that, if class size were reduced (the NEA mantra)...er...ah... government schools would be OK.
Why not just give up the pretense? Nobody buys it after the first few days. We know you are not for liberty and not a LP member.
It is a pretty consistent result no matter who does the survey. I live in a conservative state and vouchers were pounded twice here during the 90s. Once people see the costs associated with it, vouchers tank. The 2000 election results in Calif and Mich showed pretty clearly that even their limited appeal is shrinking.
I don't think you're evil. And I didn't say public schools were OK. You made a prediction about adoption rates for home schooling. I pointed out some of the variables in the model. It's an empirical issue, not a point about public policy.