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     I just read this article (not online) that discusses schools seeing a need to teach children to think for themselves, instead of just being able to fill in the right circle on a test.  I was shocked.  Schools are just thinking about this?  Hmmm...

     I also read an article that discussed school curriculum not giving kids the classic education they need to  succeed in life beyond high school.  Ya think?

     Lastly, I heard a woman speaking about the low level of education in our state.  She was emphasizing the need for parental support on the home front.  She was very clear to distinguish between parents involvement on the homefront and their involvement in school.  By all means, please don't come to school and help. 

     I don't mean to sound so sarcastic, but it seems to me that many court decisions have placed the parents with no options, rights, or voice as to what their children learn in school.  It has also been well documented that parents are unwlecome in many schools (which I will never understand). 

     It seems to me from the above ideas, that perhaps the school boards should begin to look towards homeschoolers for advice.  What homeschooler can't offer a variety of ideas for teaching styles, i.e. classic, unschooling, unit studies, narrations, etc.  If the schools would start thinking about developing children's mind t think for themselves as well as becoming discerning, instead of spoon feeding them a lot of watered down stuff, there would be a lot less work to do within the educational system.  It's a little difficult to rally parental support on the homefront when you blatantly disreagrd parents on your own campuses in addition to telling them they have no rights to their children's education if they send them to school. 

     Perhaps a seminar in Biblical principles regarding respect, authority, and general day to day life style would greatly benefit the cause.

These are my thoughts.

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