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Sunday, November 25, 2007
Public School Surrender
Is it possible to maintain responsibilty and authority over your children while they are attending public school? Or are we giving it all away when we enroll them?
Heya! Sorry it's taking a bit to get back to your question. (I've been decorating! And I have lots of pics to add.) Okay, to provide a link in your post- Type your keyword (this is the word that will be the hyperlink to the website) On a different window, open the website you want to link to. Copy and paste the website's entire address. On your blog page highlight the keyword On the tool bar above your blog entry there should be a little icon that kind of looks like a circle paperclip (it's the hyperlink icon) click it In the window that pops up, there will be room for your website address. You want to clear out the http:// that is already provided for you, then paste your website address I think it's blogger that has "test this address", that's handy. I'm doing this from memory so let me know if I'm forgetting anything. After you have your address inserted click okay and you're finished. :)
Hope this helps!!
Oh, in answer to this post question- No, I do not believe it is possible to maintain complete responsibility and authority of your children if they are enrolled in school.
I meant to follow this up with an article link for you. Here's a case where the court says the public school's rights to the child trump that of the parents. Scary huh? It's actually official now.
Anywho... here's the story: A three judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the rights of state sponsored public schools trump those of parental rights. The suit had originally been brought against Palmdale, CA School District, when it insisted on giving elementary students a sexually-oriented survey.
And a link (don't mind the website, it's just what I found on Google):http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?id=9412
Thanks for the the info on links. I haven't tried it yet, but I have some stuff to post so I should get to it soon.
I read that somewhere (about the court ruling) before...sigh.... Yeah, I guess it's true - we give it all up. I guess I just like to think I'm hanging on to something with my oldest. I still sometimes think about taking him out of public school against his wishes. In the meantime I try to point out each time the school tries to step on his rights or try to teach them something in opposition to our views. Hopefully , if nothing else, he learns something from that. I tell him he better not get into trouble, but if he does he isn't to say a word until he has a parent present. I discouraged him from signing up for drug testing as part of a school club. I encourage him to be assertive when it comes to things like calling home or using the restroom. I hope to make him realize he has the right to pee when he has to pee and the right to speak to us when he needs to. The hard part is doing it without making him a rebel... or at least not defiant - a bit of a rebel isn't so bad ;-)
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I'm a wife and mother of three.
We are a Christian family doing our best to find our way.
We have a toddler, a 10 year old who is homeschooled, and a 13 year old who is in public school.
I'm conservative with some libertarian views. I enjoy learning about politics and feel disgusted by it at the same time.
I find all kinds of people interesting. I'm facinated by different experiences and opinions.
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Heya! Sorry it's taking a bit to get back to your question. (I've been decorating! And I have lots of pics to add.)
Okay, to provide a link in your post-
Type your keyword (this is the word that will be the hyperlink to the website)
On a different window, open the website you want to link to.
Copy and paste the website's entire address.
On your blog page highlight the keyword
On the tool bar above your blog entry there should be a little icon that kind of looks like a circle paperclip (it's the hyperlink icon) click it
In the window that pops up, there will be room for your website address. You want to clear out the http:// that is already provided for you, then paste your website address
I think it's blogger that has "test this address", that's handy.
I'm doing this from memory so let me know if I'm forgetting anything.
After you have your address inserted click okay and you're finished. :)
Hope this helps!!
Oh, in answer to this post question- No, I do not believe it is possible to maintain complete responsibility and authority of your children if they are enrolled in school.
I meant to follow this up with an article link for you. Here's a case where the court says the public school's rights to the child trump that of the parents. Scary huh? It's actually official now.
Anywho... here's the story: A three judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the rights of state sponsored public schools trump those of parental rights. The suit had originally been brought against Palmdale, CA School District, when it insisted on giving elementary students a sexually-oriented survey.
And a link (don't mind the website, it's just what I found on Google):http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?id=9412
Thanks for the the info on links. I haven't tried it yet, but I have some stuff to post so I should get to it soon.
I read that somewhere (about the court ruling) before...sigh.... Yeah, I guess it's true - we give it all up. I guess I just like to think I'm hanging on to something with my oldest. I still sometimes think about taking him out of public school against his wishes. In the meantime I try to point out each time the school tries to step on his rights or try to teach them something in opposition to our views. Hopefully , if nothing else, he learns something from that. I tell him he better not get into trouble, but if he does he isn't to say a word until he has a parent present. I discouraged him from signing up for drug testing as part of a school club. I encourage him to be assertive when it comes to things like calling home or using the restroom. I hope to make him realize he has the right to pee when he has to pee and the right to speak to us when he needs to. The hard part is doing it without making him a rebel... or at least not defiant - a bit of a rebel isn't so bad ;-)
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