Here are some quotes that I am mulling today.
The education of all children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother's care, shall be in state institutions at state expense. – "Principles of Communism" (1847) - draft of what became the Communist Manifesto
Our form of compulsory schooling is an invention of the state of Massachusetts around 1850. It was resisted - sometimes with guns - by an estimated eighty per cent of the Massachusetts population, the last outpost in Barnstable on Cape Cod not surrendering its children until the 1880's when the area was seized by militia and children marched to school under guard. - The Underground History of American Education
Gerald Ford, former president of the United States:
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. - in an Address to a Joint Session of Congress, August 12, 1974
School is the first impression children get of organized society. Like most first impressions it is the lasting one. Life is dull and stupid, only Coke provides relief. And other products, too, of course. - The Underground History of American Education
Don't wait for the perfect moment to break free -- there isn't any. Don't let officials, relatives or anyone else intimidate you into sacrificing your children. If you want to help public schools, give them your money, give them your time, give them your house and your car -- but don't give them your kids. There's a world of support out there for home schoolers. If you can't home school, find a decent private school and sacrifice for your kids' education like you would for that fancy car you want or that vacation or entertainment center or big house. Whatever you'd sacrifice for the thing you most want in life, sacrifice ten times as much for your children.
Tammy Drennan, Alliance for the Separation of School and State senior writer
Leaves much to consider...and weigh.
I found them at a thought-provoking site http://www.schoolandstate.org
Friday, January 04, 2008
Some thoughts to Ponder
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3 comments:
Well done!
Thank you for giving the url for the Alliance.
Marshall Fritz
Founder
Alliance for the Separation of School and State
Wow. Gives me chills. Thank you for the reminders. :)
Hi Julie
Yeah, even leaving the state its fun to stay in contact with each other through blogs. I am in NC near the SC border and am currently praying for a job in Greenville SC by the end of feburary. I have found a church and have started to make some friends down there and want to be closer. That means getting a job and selling my current house. And I would like to be there before March to help my sister with her second c-section.
How is life with your family?
_Karla
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