Another Reason to Homeschool

Fox News has reported that a Maine school will now be issuing birth control pills and patches to middle school kids.

So, whats the problem? There are several problems:

1. The schools continue to endorse immorality: By passing out any form of contraception, they are saying immorality is fine, here's the tools to accomplish your goal. Of course, we should expect this because there is no knowledge or fear of God in the schools.
   
2. The schools are now providing potentially dangerous drugs: Who is prescribing these drugs for the kids? Where's the doctors? These are not universally safe drugs. There are many drug interactions and side effects including a known link between the pill and breast cancer!
3. The schools are now providing a means of abortion: Yep, that's what I said! It is a well known fact that a certain combination of the pills in the package will cause a first trimester abortion. BUT, many people do not realize that the pill, taken as it is prescribed, can also cause an abortion! Here's how it works: The first line of defense is supposed to prevent the pregnancy. But there is a second line of defense. If there is a conception (in other words, a baby is on the way), the second line makes the body so that it will not nurture the new baby, thus causing an abortion.

This is worse than a slippery slope. The real problem is not the state sacntioned immorality, or the dangers, the real problem is the abdication of responsibility by parents. Daily, tens of millions of parents are shipping their kids off to institutional schools where they are completely disconnected from what their kids are being told and taught!

Parents: you can homeschool. It is your responsibility.

Public Schools Cannot Succeed

Yes, that is a strong title, but as statements go, it is one which is absolutely true.

Why is it that any secular school cannot succeed? Simple: God has been removed.

Prov 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The very first step a person MUST take before they can begin to achieve knowledge is a fear of the Lord. When God was removed from the schools, the very possibility of success was also removed. But, what, you may ask, about the steadily increasing SAT and ACT scores? Recently, I had to take a test. I studied for about a week to prepare for that test and passed it with flying colors (I missed one of thirty questions). However, do I know the information contained in the test? No. I studied the test and not the material actually represented by the test questions. Sure, I scored highly on the test, but my actual knowledge of the subject is seriously lacking. In the same way, students are taking SAT and ACT prep courses where they are literally studying the test. So, as a natural result, they do better on the test. The truly sad thing is that in many cases someone can achieve a high score on the SAT, but they cannot make change for a dollar or balance a checkbook. Do you see a problem here?

Not only do see a complete lack of basic knowledge in today's high school graduates, but you also see a lack of respect and decency. This is the true indicator of where a society or a generation is and where it is headed. Today, we are producing a generation with no knowledge or fear of God. This generation may possibly be the downfall of our nation.