Interesting article

thewyrm said

Now public school is being used to raise our children instead of teaching them.

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Dead bang on!! My wife has been a teacher for 10 years now, and that is the biggest barrier to actual education; teachers are expected to provide discipline, moral guidance, and a shoulder to cry on if need be. The schools are expected to feed children breakfast and lunch. So tell me, precisely what is it these so-called parents actually do? They're not parents, they're just reproducers (I borrowed that from Saintfanatik!).

I'm all for personal rights, but I still feel people shuold pass an effective parenting test prior to actually having children (I don't know how this would ever be practical, so it's tongue-in-cheek). The damage to the children and society is too great when parents drop the ball to let just anyone bear children. They're not like cars you can test drive and turn back in if they're not to the "parents" liking.