CamoMom
02-21-2007, 04:04 AM
Just as a quick intro, DH and I put our kids in a public high school four weeks ago after almost a full year of total mutiny on their part (the kids)--they had been fully convinced by their friends that they were social outcasts and had no "real world" skills, so they made our lives a living....yeah......until we finally gave in and let them go to public school.
In that month, my son has completely withdrawn from us and will not tell us anything that is going on at school. It's "his world", and he doesn't want us to have any part of it. This is completely the idea of his new "friends", who tell him he's entitled to his privacy and we, as his parents, have "no right" to intrude on his space.
My daughter's "learning" experiences are just as horrifying, but hers are more of the "academic" (I use that term VERY loosely) variety. For a FULL MONTH, her world history class has focused every minute of class and homework time on the study of Islam--its founder, its beginnings, its methods and beliefs, the impact they have on society.....all of this in an effort to inspire "tolerance" of a religion that has supposedly far too much negativity attached to it to truly be "admired". In her class yesterday, they moved on...to cover the ENTIRE history of Christendom in one chapter, one hour. I looked in her history book, and even though we are stationed in Germany and have the opportunity for some serious up-front learning experiences about the second world war, there is little more than five pages dedicated to it. But the study of Islam takes a full MONTH? Where is the separation of church and state when it comes to learning to "tolerate" Muslims? Why does my 15yo need to learn Muslim prayers or the tenets of their faith?
Oh, and in health....which, by the way, is REQUIRED for graduation.....she and her classmates have to turn in an essay about a movie regarding the experimentation on blacks with syphillys infections; they were actually told to explain what they ENJOYED about this movie!!!!!
SCUSE ME???????
I quit. There is NO WAY I can defend this pathetic excuse for "education" that my children are getting. They aren't being taught to use math and proper communication skills; they aren't being challenged to write beyond a 3rd grade maturity level; they aren't graded on proper handwriting. They ARE evaluated for their knowledge of the Muslim world and their "enjoyment" of a movie about the abuse of a race using a sexually transmitted disease.
I'm disgusted.
Just thought those of you whose hubbies were on the fence might want to let them know what your precious children are in for as they grow up in our educational system.
In that month, my son has completely withdrawn from us and will not tell us anything that is going on at school. It's "his world", and he doesn't want us to have any part of it. This is completely the idea of his new "friends", who tell him he's entitled to his privacy and we, as his parents, have "no right" to intrude on his space.
My daughter's "learning" experiences are just as horrifying, but hers are more of the "academic" (I use that term VERY loosely) variety. For a FULL MONTH, her world history class has focused every minute of class and homework time on the study of Islam--its founder, its beginnings, its methods and beliefs, the impact they have on society.....all of this in an effort to inspire "tolerance" of a religion that has supposedly far too much negativity attached to it to truly be "admired". In her class yesterday, they moved on...to cover the ENTIRE history of Christendom in one chapter, one hour. I looked in her history book, and even though we are stationed in Germany and have the opportunity for some serious up-front learning experiences about the second world war, there is little more than five pages dedicated to it. But the study of Islam takes a full MONTH? Where is the separation of church and state when it comes to learning to "tolerate" Muslims? Why does my 15yo need to learn Muslim prayers or the tenets of their faith?
Oh, and in health....which, by the way, is REQUIRED for graduation.....she and her classmates have to turn in an essay about a movie regarding the experimentation on blacks with syphillys infections; they were actually told to explain what they ENJOYED about this movie!!!!!
SCUSE ME???????
I quit. There is NO WAY I can defend this pathetic excuse for "education" that my children are getting. They aren't being taught to use math and proper communication skills; they aren't being challenged to write beyond a 3rd grade maturity level; they aren't graded on proper handwriting. They ARE evaluated for their knowledge of the Muslim world and their "enjoyment" of a movie about the abuse of a race using a sexually transmitted disease.
I'm disgusted.
Just thought those of you whose hubbies were on the fence might want to let them know what your precious children are in for as they grow up in our educational system.
