Have We Lost Our Public Schools

[Trusting Jesus]

Backontrack, I graduated from High School in 1970. When I was in 8th grade we practice Christmas carols for weeks, then during school hours we walked around town Christmas caroling! I remember prayer in school. I am not saying that we should not fight to clean up the schools, but I really don't see how sending a child to public school is going to help. Jesus had many followers, but He never sent the children to evangelize the Pharisees!

Do you have any suggestions as to what we should do to take the schools back? I do see taking my daughter out of school as a mild statement, but that really was more because I loved her and am accountable to God. I also contact my senator, representative, and anyone else I can. In California they just made it illegal to say mother and father in school. Would my leaving my daughter in school have prevented that? I am thankful that there are Christian teachers who are teaching in the schools, and I really think that they are needed. But shouldn't they be doing the fighting rather than the children? It is a delimma, but if I had to do it again I would never have even put Mandy in kindergarten.

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Nathele

[backontrack]

Backontrack, I graduated from High School in 1970. When I was in 8th grade we practice Christmas carols for weeks, then during school hours we walked around town Christmas caroling! I remember prayer in school. I am not saying that we should not fight to clean up the schools, but I really don't see how sending a child to public school is going to help. Jesus had many followers, but He never sent the children to evangelize the Pharisees!

Do you have any suggestions as to what we should do to take the schools back? I do see taking my daughter out of school as a mild statement, but that really was more because I loved her and am accountable to God. I also contact my senator, representative, and anyone else I can. In California they just made it illegal to say mother and father in school. Would my leaving my daughter in school have prevented that? I am thankful that there are Christian teachers who are teaching in the schools, and I really think that they are needed. But shouldn't they be doing the fighting rather than the children? It is a delimma, but if I had to do it again I would never have even put Mandy in kindergarten.

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Nathele

1971 me!

No you are right taking her out, I took my 9 year old out and put him in a private school, Lutheran even though I do not believe everything in their religion. We must remember as I stated many times most do not have this advantageous option and it is these I worry about. We have became so complacent about our Christian values in our world that we no longer fight for them. Could you imagine going back to the birth of this nation and retracting all mention of God out of the Constitution? Basically that has and is happening in our country and our schools right now and they are being attacked big time by the minority. Why do we just sit by and do nothing, as we are the majority right! This is our future generation in these public schools who will one day run this country. Is this important you bet and we must either fight for equal rights or let these kids rule over our home schooled kids and us because they are and will be the next majority. It is very scary because what we do now will protect our kids later. What are you or what would you do to protect you child right now? I bet almost anything! What about the future? Often times we forget about that.

[Trusting Jesus]

I don't understand any of what's going on in this whole nation. Yes, Christians are in the majority, so why are we allowing our rights to be taken away? There is a bill being introduced to the House of Representatives tomorrow H.R. 3685 (ENDA) which, if passed, will force private business owners, churches, Christian radio stations, etc to hire homosexuals (and any other type of sexual wierdness). So public school is just one major area where we are dropping the ball. Some of the problem, in my opinion, is that Christians understand that Christ taught us to love one another and to not be judgmental. But we forget that Christ was not tolerant. He loved the sinner but not the sin. We, too, need to love the sinner, but be vocal - with love - about our government.

I know this is a tough problem for many parents, but sometimes I think that if every Christian pulled their child out of school, it probably would be just a very short time before some major reform took place.

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Nathele

[backontrack]

I don't understand any of what's going on in this whole nation. Yes, Christians are in the majority, so why are we allowing our rights to be taken away? There is a bill being introduced to the House of Representatives tomorrow H.R. 3685 (ENDA) which, if passed, will force private business owners, churches, Christian radio stations, etc to hire homosexuals (and any other type of sexual wierdness). So public school is just one major area where we are dropping the ball. Some of the problem, in my opinion, is that Christians understand that Christ taught us to love one another and to not be judgmental. But we forget that Christ was not tolerant. He loved the sinner but not the sin. We, too, need to love the sinner, but be vocal - with love - about our government.

I know this is a tough problem for many parents, but sometimes I think that if every Christian pulled their child out of school, it probably would be just a very short time before some major reform took place.

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Nathele

Nathele

about our government. We are the Government! I love your comment the best response yet. If you had a hammer you hit the nail right on the head. Wake up sleeping church we must get a voice or we ourself are going to be forced to be silent by the minority! Don't you think it has gone fare enough people lets stand up for our rights as Christians!

[KeilanS]

Why is the Christian majority letting our rights be taken away? Up here in Canada I don't believe we have a Christian majority. Sure, something like 85-90% of the population calls themselves Christians, but I'd be amazed if 10% practiced the faith or attended the church regularly.

In my religion class every student but one identified themselves as Christian (a class of about 30) and yet today when we talked about marriage it was the teacher along with me and about 3 other students who opposed homosexuality. The majority follows a version of Christianity that resembles secular humanism with a nice little tamed god to make us feel better when we're upset.

[OneLight]

Okay, when I was in grade 5 we had "sex education".

When I graduated, sex education was just being talked about. Personal Hygiene was taught in all girl and all boy classes. This was only 1971. It scares me to think what this world will be like if Jesus doesn't come back before you reach my age.

[KeilanS]

Okay, when I was in grade 5 we had "sex education".

When I graduated, sex education was just being talked about. Personal Hygiene was taught in all girl and all boy classes. This was only 1971. It scares me to think what this world will be like if Jesus doesn't come back before you reach my age.

I had sex education, but it operated under the assumption that males would be having relations with females and their was a major emphasis on the dangers of sexual promiscuity. I don't even want to think about what sex-ed courses are talking about now.

[OneLight]

Okay, when I was in grade 5 we had "sex education".

When I graduated, sex education was just being talked about. Personal Hygiene was taught in all girl and all boy classes. This was only 1971. It scares me to think what this world will be like if Jesus doesn't come back before you reach my age.

I had sex education, but it operated under the assumption that males would be having relations with females and their was a major emphasis on the dangers of sexual promiscuity. I don't even want to think about what sex-ed courses are talking about now.

Being only 16, I hate to ask, but have to ask, at what age and grade were you when you attended sex education???

[KeilanS]

Being only 16, I hate to ask, but have to ask, at what age and grade were you when you attended sex education???

I don't remember for sure, but I think it was as early as grade 4 and 5 when they taught us about male reproduction, and in grade 6 they explained the female role in it (very generally without details). In grade 7-9 we learned most of the details.

[Oh Hamburgers!]

6th grade we learned about it, and then freshmen year in highschool we had a sex ed class. It mostly dealt with organs, and how the body works.