A judge in North Carolina, in an unprecedented abuse of judicial powers over individual citizens, ordered a mother in a custody battle to place her homeschooled children into public schools.
He said it had nothing to do with religion, but that he believed that exposure to modern scientific theory was in the best interests of the children. Children who, under their mother's tutelage, test two grade levels beyond their peers. Both he and the children's father admitted that the children had not suffered under their mother's teaching.
In point of fact, it has everything to do with religion--in the denomination that the mother follows, all children are homeschooled.
This bodes ill for those who do not have the "correct" political leanings, and who homeschool their children for solely academic reasons.
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This situation, to me, is sticky. I think it is idiotic to put the ruling of location of education to the court system because mom and dad, whether together or separating, cannot come to a general agreement. The bottom line: they couldn't civilly agree on what's best for their children, so let the courts decide.
ReplyDeleteWith home schooling, the children are not suffering. To be very honest, they probably will in public, since their home school upbringing is in a religious manner.
he wants...["the children to be exposed to mainstream science, even if they eventually choose to believe creationism over evolution."]
Maybe I'm a tad off here, but when did going to public school involve heavy knowledge and studying? If alternate education is the true key to the problem, it is quite simple to obtain other teaching/teacher materials and read/do handouts over those.
I've had the pleasure of dealing with 'home schooled' children who show up in higher grades with absolutely not background knowledge what so ever. If the mother is actually teaching and the children are ahead academically, then I'd be the first to advocate keeping them out of the public sector.
It isn't "for the good of the children" with regards to their education, but an anti-religious bigotry on the part of both the judge and the sperm donor.
ReplyDeleteNow. Just replace "religion" with "conservative," "capitalist," "nationalist patriotic"...or any other Lefty cause for frothing at the mouth...and you'll see what this ruling has opened the door for.