Posted by
Ashley on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 3:34:30 AM
Perhaps some of you have heard about the way education is leaning in the communist states.
If you're a child raised in a communist state, such as, say, China, you really have no say about your education. Your future career is chosen for you at an early age (for some as early as 3-4) by the government, and the school you attend is the one you're assigned to, which is provided to you by the "loving" government (who is only looking out for your best interests, mind you) who's only real interest is to indoctrinate you to believe and rely upon the official state policies.
Scary? One might think so. Aren't you thanking your lucky stars right now that you live in the United States of America? Land of the free and.... What? You live in California? Never mind then.
California has moved yet one step closer to socialism.
Last week, a bill was drafted and brought to the California Senate regarding homeschooling. The bill proposed that parents not be allowed to educate their own children via the mode of homeschooling without proper qualification, which is having a teaching license. California is a little different than other states in regards to teacher licensing. California doesn't consider you licensed unless you were licensed in California. Foreign or inter-state licenses need not apply. So for any of you teachers from the other 49 states, you're not qualified to teach your own children. Hop over the border to Arizona and you are. Sorry about the inconvenience.
If the proposed bill were passed today, that would leave California with 166,000 truant children tomorrow. I bet the California chapter of the NEA just loves that. For each child in public school, the school receives $7,127 from the state. That means that the schools would be receiving an extra $1,183,082,000 a year if the bill was passed. Do we as intelligent human beings, having observed the American bureaucracy really believe that the public school system is spending $40 per day per child on education? Imagine the wild success a homeschool parent could have if they were provided with those funds.
Honestly, this boils down to fear. The liberals are afraid that homeschoolers really might be beating the system. They really might be providing better education in a more wholesome environment than public schools could ever dream of. The only way the liberals can beat this is by throwing the book at homeschoolers, not by competing with them. That would be too difficult. By forcing everyone to be educated in a "real" school, liberals can achieve a perfect world: where everyone is tolerant (except of Christians and homeschoolers), everyone is pro-choice, and everyone votes for Dianne Feinstein.