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| School Many Christian parents have already taken advantage of the opportunity to teach their children at home. What many discover is that what is called “education” is somewhat of a fraud. One does not have to have special training to teach. The basic dynamic is that brighter children will learn more than dim ones. For a public school teacher to claim credit for the learning a brighter child accomplishes but blame the dimmer one for “failing” is shameful. Given access to information, most children will learn on their own. Their parents can foster an eagerness to learn that is often quenched in public school. Because a public school is run as a machine, children are processed as components. They are expected to take in what is transmitted to them and not disrupt the process by asking questions, In selecting subjects to teach a parent may wish to include some that are more difficult or that the child has less interest in. It can be beneficial to add a subject that is difficult as a practice method for learning how to tackle difficult subjects. More than the particular subject, the learning of how to marshal resources to accomplish difficult tasks is of value. Age segregation is another hurdle for children to overcome. This can severely inhibit the ability to converse with those older or younger as exposure is often quite limited. This can foster a herding instinct that can be seen on Saturdays in a shopping mall as several teenage girls cluster together almost as a single multi-legged organism. Creating peer dependency might otherwise be seen as child abuse. Being told to “shit up, sit down, and do what you are told” for 12 years can have the permanent effect of obtaining compliance and quenching inquiry and evaluative abilities. Using public education to effectively mentally “castrate” most children was seen as desirable by many of those in the 1800s who saw a benefit from such homogenization, especially as preparing children to work in factory collectives. Some Christian parents declare that they leave their children in school to act as sort of “missionaries”. This may be optimistic or delusional as the warning about “bad company” seems to best indicate who will be influencing who (1Cor 15:33). Perhaps nothing defines a family as much as children. Being able to protect them from Satan’s schemes should be a first priority. |
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