Back to School

Click for larger image. Taken from The Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons by Todd Wilson.

Well, yesterday was the first day of school for the boys. I guess they are over a month behind their public school peers who incredibly reported to school on July 28! I suppose the idea is to keep kids immersed in a failing system for more months of the year (every month but June) though still 180 days, then they will become geniuses and the whole thing will look like its working perfectly! (Why, just think of the joy which accompanied the recent announcement that Georgia is no longer in last place in SAT scores. Woohoo! We're now 46th!)

So, I was given an AP article that appeared locally in the Rockdale Citizen about Evangelicals urging parents to take their kids out of public schools. The gist of the article is that maybe this is a crazy thing to do. Maybe the reasons given for doing so are a little suspect. After all, if it's so bad maybe you Christians should stay and help to make it better! (As you can see, this article really breaks new ground. Who ever heard this stuff before?)

Well, count me in (or should I say "out") the abandon ship camp. One quick quote from the article:

The head of Christian Educators Association International, which represents devout teachers in public and private schools, urges parents to reflect carefully on their choices. "One size does not fit all," says Finn Laursen, arguing that public, private and at-home education all might be good options.

"Don't just hammer public schools," Laursen said. "Go in there and take them back."

Mr. Laursen errs in thinking that public schools ever belonged to Christians so that they can be "taken back."

To be continued . . .