I can remember when we moved to this County 12 years ago, as school was opening again. Both my kids went shopping the day before, buying everything their girls would need for the school year.
The next day, the kids were told to bring all their school supplies to the teacher, so she could put it all in a big basket to be divided with all. I said then “I will do my best to help get them both out of these failing public schools”. I hate socialism.
Year before last the oldest was in the 9h grade. I kept getting calls to go check her out, because these girls were hemming her up in the bathroom, threatening to beat her up.
After three times in one week, my daughter snatched her out & enrolled her in Christian School. Yesterday was the new year & our youngest was to enroll in the same ■■■■■■ upper school. My son in law swore he would never allow her to attend this socialist school.
Monday the youngest starts Christian School also. It’s going to take a chunk of money out of our family, but it’s well worth it. I Put both of my girls in Christian Schools for years & never have regretted the cost of the drive to & from, tho we suffered financially.
My kids were taught to love Jesus, respect the law, love their country & to recognize socialism & communism at a glance. Glory, Duck
That’s the only reason we stay in Westborough, the 10 rated public school system. Here’s more Westborough, MA www.greatschools.org
If someone wants to put children in a religious school, though, that’s at their discretion.
As for the original post, what is “hemming up”, & how does socialism pertain to girls bullying each other in the bathroom?
But yeah I understand your experience. Before we moved, we were dealing with a principla who made the place a “fairness school, meaning anything “unfair” because other kids didn’t have it, from more than a certain number of pencils to particular jewelry, would be confiscated & returned at the end of the year?
What religious scripture talks about fairness? Or equality? Or that there should be equal wealth?
2 Corinthians 8: 13 For I do not want to make it easy for others, but difficult for you; 14 but that by means of an equalizing, your surplus at the present time might offset their need, so that their surplus might also offset your deficiency, that there may be an equalizing. 15 Just as it is written: “The person with much did not have too much, and the person with little did not have too little.
If you go back to how things were divided after war it was about fairness even the division of land.
The economic system of the law code God gave the Jews prevented wealth gaps from becoming generational.
We being Christians will put our kids in Christian schools, if we’re forced to go private from public schools.
Anyone who has ever lived on a farm knows what “hemming” up means. I said several girls hemmed her up with threat of beating her up in the school bathroom. I didn’t say that had to do with socialism. My post was in reference to teachers making our kids bring all their new school supplies to the front for all to divide.
When this happened 12 years ago I started looking forward to seeing my grands in private schools. Actually the middle school that she was in last year was fine. It was the high school which she would be attending this year that was unacceptable.
I went to a Catholic school and bullying still went On. To try and say that somehow a Christian school is all rainbow and sunshine is naive. Kids can be nasty little things regardless of whether they are in a Christian environment.
Though I agree it’s not my job as parent to fund school supplies for another parent but with that said there is nothing wrong in teaching kids about sharing. It’s not really socialism. I am not sure I really believe that schools tell kids to centralize their school supplies and then distribute it. What I saw when my step son was at school they would ask parents who could afford it to buy extra supplies and donate them to the less fortunate.
Corinthians 14 your surplus might offset their need
I don’t think it’s a school mandate, but in various African nations, learning & education are highly valued.
Perhaps it’s more taught at home as a cultural practice, but when some students lack books, pencils, paper, another will share with him or her so everyone has the opportunity to learn. Many of these have either a Christian majority or significant percentage of Christians.
Students having trouble with reading and/or math were paired with a peer who was doing well in those subjects for help in the Cuyahoga County Public School of my mother.
I don’t necessarily see sharing as socialism. I do, however, have a problem with school officials confiscating students’ personal items when they’re doing no wrong with them. And that’s something I’ve seen a few times even in our more quality district.
Sharing is not socialism. Two things I have always tried to teach my nephew. Happiness does not come from having stuff so do not think that you will be happy having everything. Second what you do have share with the less fortunate.
Thanks, Janet. What I’m speaking of is “socialism”. The kids at the time I’m speaking of were in K & 2nd grades, I think. It’s not sharing when a teacher by force, says bring all your supplies to the front. The teacher then emptied all supplies, (which were bought by my kids) into a basket to be used by all students.
That IS NOT SHARING. I know some will say “that wasn’t ordered by force”. Yes it was, because the students had no choice.
VOLUNTARY sharing is not socialism. I do have a problem with forced sharing. I don’t mind teaching the principle of VOLUNTARY sharing.
The public school district I attended during the 1970’s and 1980’s in northeast Pennsylvania was a pretty straightforward traditional district with no stupid ideas and has managed to remain that way.
But some school districts have embraced the stupid with gusto. Eliminating valedictorians and salutatorians. This whole “everybody is a winner” bull ****.
To a certain extent, I will agree with the OP that certain forms of stupidity flourish in CERTAIN (not all) school districts.
I disagree that religious schools are the answer.
Girls in particular can be downright vipers, regardless of whether they are attending public, private or religious schools.
For guys, the worst thing a nerd faces is getting beat up.
For girls, some of the things I have heard and seen are truly downright vicious.
When I was in a grade school I was in public school across the street was a catholic school. For a few weeks I was bullied on the way home by kids from the catholic school until my friends decided to walk with me until we got where they waited for me and one big fight ended that.
VOLUNTARY sharing is not socialism. I do have a problem with forced sharing. I don’t mind teaching the principle of VOLUNTARY sharing.
The public school district I attended during the 1970’s and 1980’s in northeast Pennsylvania was a pretty straightforward traditional district with no stupid ideas and has managed to remain that way.
But some school districts have embraced the stupid with gusto. Eliminating valedictorians and salutatorians. This whole “everybody is a winner” bull ****.
To a certain extent, I will agree with the OP that certain forms of stupidity flourish in CERTAIN (not all) school districts.
I disagree that religious schools are the answer.
Girls in particular can be downright vipers, regardless of whether they are attending public, private or religious schools.
For guys, the worst thing a nerd faces is getting beat up.
For girls, some of the things I have heard and seen are truly downright vicious.
I guess for me Christian school was most definitely the answer. We put our first kid in K-5 in 1976. Then the second joined the first one. I think it was about 1986 when I relented & allowed them to go to public school with their neighborhood friends.
I just don’t believe there are schools that make kids hand over their school supplies and then distribute them to all. The school has no right to do that. If I buy my child an expensive calculator and the school takes it of them and hands it to someone else that is theft.
