And you wonder why the government school system is failing...

Here are some items discussed and adopted at the NEA Convention.

NEW BUSINESS ITEM 18

Adopted

NEA will alert its members through its regular publications and the internet about threats to academic freedom in recent federal regulations and state legislation preventing educators in the United States from teaching and conducting research in so-called “terrorist states.”

I found this one particularly funny... have you ever had lunch in a school cafeteria?

NEW BUSINESS ITEM 51

Referred to the President

I move that the NEA propose and foster education programs designed to alert and educate Americans and children as to the danger of transfats in the diet.

NEW BUSINESS ITEM 52

Adopted with Editorial Change

NEA use and promote “acceptance” and/or “respect” instead of “tolerance” where appropriate when referring to how one should relate to race, religious, sexual orientation, and other differences.

NEW BUSINESS ITEM 61

Adopted

The NEA will develop referendum/ballot initiative language that calls for guaranteed quality health care for all Americans. This language and technical assistance will be available at the request of state affiliates to aid in their own state health care ballot campaigns.

NEW BUSINESS ITEM 72

Adopted

NEA endorses the ‘25x25’ campaign’s call that 25% of the nation’s energy supply must come from clean, sustainable, and secure domestic renewable energy technologies—such as wind, solar, biomass, and biofuels, geothermal, hydropower, renewable hydrogen and wave power by the year 2025.

These are the people that are training up our next generation. They have an agenda and it is not teaching the three R's. There are good teachers out there, but this is the organization that governs them. The teacher who was selected NEA's Teacher of the Year, said her daycare teacher was her inspiration and role model. If you think government schools are harmless, think again.

Just read this article about homeschooling written by a government school custodian. He says,

"No Training

Don’t most parents have a tough enough job teaching their children social, disciplinary and behavioral skills? They would be wise to help their children and themselves by leaving the responsibility of teaching math, science, art, writing, history, geography and other subjects to those who are knowledgeable, trained and motivated to do the best job possible."

I find it hard to believe that anyone could be more motivated than me to teach my children.

Bring them home! Nobody knows your children better than you!

Okay I am getting off my soapbox now....