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Because I have a political blog,
I normally don't approach political issues in my homeschool blog, but
the reason for this exception should be readily apparent. A few days
ago, Michelle Malkin had a post on her blog
about government school teachers abusing their position to spread their
gospel of hatred of George W. Bush to the children wrongly entrusted to
their care. She quotes an example from a Boston Globe article that says,
"I wish Bush would be (coherent, eschewed) for once during a speech, but there are theories that his everyday diction charms the below-average mind, hence insuring (sic) him Republican votes," said one question on a quiz written by English and social studies teacher Bret Chenkin.
Does anyone expect the students to learn anything from a teacher that doesn't know the difference between insure and ensure? I wonder if he knows the difference between "to be censored" and "to be censured," either of which would be appropriate discipline for this teacher.
This is yet another example how if you turn your kids over to the state for their education, you are inevitably at the whims of whatever social or political ideology the teacher finds attractive. How many of the teachers in today's government schools lean toward socialism or even anarchy? Many of our kids are unable to weed out these ideologies when they are woven into the curriculum. If the teacher says it, it must be true, right?
Yet one more reason why I homeschool.
"I wish Bush would be (coherent, eschewed) for once during a speech, but there are theories that his everyday diction charms the below-average mind, hence insuring (sic) him Republican votes," said one question on a quiz written by English and social studies teacher Bret Chenkin.
Does anyone expect the students to learn anything from a teacher that doesn't know the difference between insure and ensure? I wonder if he knows the difference between "to be censored" and "to be censured," either of which would be appropriate discipline for this teacher.
This is yet another example how if you turn your kids over to the state for their education, you are inevitably at the whims of whatever social or political ideology the teacher finds attractive. How many of the teachers in today's government schools lean toward socialism or even anarchy? Many of our kids are unable to weed out these ideologies when they are woven into the curriculum. If the teacher says it, it must be true, right?
Yet one more reason why I homeschool.
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