Comments on: What are you raising?

By: Rip Ragged

Rip Ragged — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:50:01 +0000

Yep. I’m all with that. You hit the nail right on the head. I sent my kid to a public high school after eight years in private, religious schools. In spite of all that, she’ll end up being an employer because we trained her that way at home. She’ll proceed on through her studies in Communication Disorders to a doctorate in Audiology.

One thing you sort of implicitly say in a one-off fashion is, the person responsible for your child’s education is you. If you assign the duties to a school, so be it. But the responsibility is still yours. We’ve been trained to assign the responsibility with the job. That pretty much guarantees you won’t get the results you want.

We assigned the work to the school, but made sure it was done to our specifications. We were what is publicly referred to as “involved parents.” The term most used to describe us among teachers is “pain in the ass.” We oversaw every aspect of my daughter’s education. We drove her and the teachers up a wall. In the end, she’s better off for it and so are we. We never get invited to teacher cocktail parties. Go figure.

Nice article, Mark.

By: Arielle

Arielle — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:45:09 +0000

Sometimes you’ve just got to make the best of a bad situation – my husband wants the kids sent to public school, so until something (other than my intense dislike for it) changes my husband’s mind, I’ve just got to grit my teeth and pray.

It’s a blessing that you’re able to do what you’re doing, Cowboy!

By: Difster

Difster — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:50:19 +0000

You couldn’t be more right Mark. I feel sorry for the kids (including my own daughter) who are being forced in to public schools. I’m trying to do something about that but homeschooling isn’t an option for me because I don’t have custody.

But I counter as much of it as I can with what precious little time we have together.

By: Morris

Morris — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:45:46 +0000

Excellent article, Mark.

“That purpose is to condition its victims to quietly obey arbitrary authority and irrational rules.”
That comment is right on the money. It’s no different here in Australia then there in the US – or anywhere else in the Western countries. The agenda behind it is global.

Good to see you back blogging by the way. :)