Are Public Schools Bad?

The Harsh Truth About Public Schools

I've chosen the above link to this book because the reviews do a good job explaining where the author is coming from and how he approaches the work. It is one of two books that might challenge what proponents of public education think.

Discussing hot topics is something most of us shy away from. Going along to get along is far easier, but I have never been that sort of person. I love people and I love truth. I can't pretend something is neutral or just 'another option' among other good options. This is tough because of course there are hard cases where single income living isn't an option, or both parents don't agree on private school or homeschooling, or for single parents who can't transport their child or who can't afford anything put the government schools. The thing is, and I'm trying to say this gently--- hard cases cannot shape or hide truth. It is also hard to tell a homosexual that is very kind or a part of your family that you can't accept their lifestyle. It is painful to not be excited with a relative who just got their first house with their girl/boyfriend because they are violating God's standards. But we can't forget God has standards and as His people, we need to stand for those things and not be ashamed. Hard cases like rape can't make us think abortion is ok...rape is horrendous, but killing the child produced is also horrendous.

With that in mind, my point is that government education is not sound for Christians. If we looked at it as a non-option, like many other things in life, we'd figure out as best we could how to avoid it. But the public schools are a part of the American way, and for those who aren't Christians it is very insulting and seems crazy to disparage government funded schools. No one appreciates being told or having it implied that the educational choice they made was somehow not acceptable to some people. People get offended thinking you are insulting the sweet Christian teacher their child had one or two years...they look at all the positives. Of course it is designed to be a positive caring environment (though sadly abuse happens every year in the public schools).

Christians also get offended and they say that only the Gospel matters--how people educate doesn't. They imply that those against public education for Christian kids have a pride problem thinking they are superior. It will be said that you are putting a secondary issue before the gospel. This could not be more incorrect.

My concern with public schools lies completely in the truth that there is an agenda that is very much anti-God, and I do not think it is right to put children in a system for 12 yrs that continually indoctrinates them away from God. From the self-love to the evolutionary beginnings to the promoting of religions that are anything but Christian to the history that leaves God out to the liberal ideals that say being transgender is OK...none of it brings glory to God. People far better at explaining have said it all (see sidebar videos on my blog and books recommended).

Will there be outliers to the statistics, meaning, won't some Christian kids in the public schools remain in the faith? Of course, roughly 20% will.

Sending the most vulnerable among us to be 'salt and light' is unwise when there are adults with their own agendas heavily influencing those kids for 12 yrs, and there is a curriculum, which also does the teaching and is anti-God. That curriculum is heavily influencing them for 12 yrs, and the kids that these tender shoots are in school with are not Christian children. Kids in public schools are far more likely to make friends that are not solid Christians, which we know is not how God wants us to live.

Satan is a deceiver and one of his greatest tools to undermine the effort to reach the lost and undermine Christian parents is government-funded education.

Be brave, Culture! Souls are at stake.