What are they going to do next in schools???

Test my kids in all sorts of subjects and send home reports on how they did?

Do subjective evaluations of my kids effort, attitude, and behavior and send those home with comments??

Give them a physical fitness test??

Check all the kids for lice and/or a curve of the spine and send home the results??  If they fail, are they going to need a doctor's note to return to school?

Folks, they are trying to use information to educate parents as to the status of their childs physical health.  since I have worked in education, I don't see any problem with educating parents.  Where I live, I have run into too many parents whose kids are smarter than they are at age 5 (me included).  This program might help some not so intelligent parents with the health concerns of their child.

Until the government decides to use this information to FORCE a parent to do something, whats the problem?

Brew wrote on Apr 9^th, 2009 at 7:31am:


We can all provide extreme examples on either side, but Brew's simple statement quoted here should speak volumes.

If that doesn't resonate with you, then there is nothing that will make you understand the whole point that he is trying make.

Respectfully,
Marc

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My indoctrination was snuck in on me when I submitted to that TB shot in kindergarten.


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Why couldn't I see the sinister intentions behind this charade.  

Eric, Nani & Monty - Nevermind. It was stupid of me to bring it up in the first place.

Again, nevermind.

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Now you're beginning to get it.

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I have surrendered nothing. I came to the realization, once again, that trying to convince certain people of certain things is an exercise in futility.

If you respond, you can have the last word. Won't bother me in the least. Have a nice day.

My trembling typing fingers know how much trouble this next statement is going to cause but alas, here goes: Sending one's children to a government run school is ABUSE in and of itself.

It's not about education anymore. It's about indoctrination, social engineering, and the disappearing civics classes. It's hard to protest the diminishing/loss of your rights when you don't even know what they are!

Additionally, if you bring a child in the world it's YOUR responsibility to educate them properly and make them a good person based on your values, not the state's. How in the world can that happen when 3rd graders are putting condoms on cucumbers; when the first day of class all the school supplies are rounded up and distributed 'fairly' to the rest of the class; when kids have to step through metal detectors just to enter the school; when there are NO armed staff to prevent Columbine-like atrocities resulting in the actual murder of your children?

As an aside, it really chaps my hide to have my property tax (or any other) going to subsidize other people's decisions. The government doesn't run ANY program efficiently--NONE. They botch and politicize one unconstitutional social giveaway program after the next yet modern parents blindly send their little guys off on the bus to be 'educated' by these hacks?

Okay...I'm hunkered down and ready for the love to flow.

3rd graders putting condoms on cucumbers?  Not representative of what really happens in schools.  10th graders might be watching a film of  that in some schools ... but there are lots of 10th graders who are sexually active, like it or not.

Rounding up supplies and redistributing them? Might happen in some schools, didn't happen for me or my daughter when she was in public school.  Most students brought their own paper and pencils, although sometimes, the school provided supplies (like in art class) ... I guess that teaches socialism, because the taxpayers provided the money for the supplies?  Maybe pay toilets would help install attitudes of personal responsibility while providing a new revenue stream?  Those less well off could learn important lessons about taking responsibility for themselves by planning their daily routine more consciously... and it would probably cut down on smoking and groping on school grounds because most kids sneaking off to the bushes would be rendering the area unfit for other other loitering activities. 

Kids have to suffer the indignity of going through metal detectors, yet there are no armed guards to protect them??  Sounds like nothing will make you happy - some schools use metal detectors as a security measures (and there are armed law enforcement officials in many schools).  

I wonder if we need armed guards in shooting ranges - just saw a clip of a mother shooting her son in the head at an indoor range, and then shooting herself (both died).  Aren't armed citizens supposed to stop that sort of thing??  

Sending one's children to a government run school is ABUSE in and of itself?  I don't think that is true - it is a sweeping, blanket statement. It might be true in some communities.  Hasn't been true for the schools that I went to,

The government doesn't run ANY program efficiently--NONE.  Except for some utilities, libraries, state universities, medicare, restaurant inspections, etc. etc.  Sometimes government can be more efficient by contracting out work, sometimes not.

It was my third-grade teacher who noticed me squinting and moved me up to the front row then contacted my parents about possible glasses needed.  

With a lifestyle entirely outside, playing with the neighborhood abundant with baby boomers, most all parental contact was within the eye-easy close range viewing of the dinner table, or the occasional reprimand to not sit so close to the TV in a dimly lit living room where details can go unnoticed.  Not knowing, I just strained harder.

This teacher could have just said, fuck it, ain't my problem, job, or responsibility, but I take this as a trained professional who knew near-sightedness can begin to affect those of that age.  Glasses began appearing on a few kids.  

My parents being still young adults were not entirely aware of all childhood possibilities that can be naturally occurring, but I very soon had glasses.  They then became more in tune and educated, noticing my sister right away, soonafter affected and resulting in glasses.


Nowadays I see far fewer kids playing on the streets or any empty lot claimed as their home field for pick-up baseball games.  The chance for parents to view the physical activity of their child sometimes may soley rest upon the observation of a phys. ed. teacher, who then grades them and perhaps comments on participation attempts.  

It could be quite common for some parents to see this as less important than whether their child picked-up their room, or if their spelling is going well while staying current with math lessons, which are known through class tests and report cards.

Should a test of physical conditioning be known, a consideration may be taken to expand this into parenting skills, also.  It doesn't have to be a defininitive judgment, everyone has different builds, but awareness to a parent seems to be of no harm when they may have previously considered that since their child is young, they would be healthy.  Steps can taken early with a child to ingrain an importance of this also being a matter of life worth attention.

This makes me think of the saying: "It takes a village."

Does anybody know where that originated?