Public Education or Public Indoctrination?

Have you been to a public high school lately? Maybe it is just the one I was in, but between the signs on the walls and classrooms, and what the kids tell me about their teachers and what they are learning, I get some distinct impression taxpayers are funding a leftwing indoctrination program for our children.

I can't tell the difference between our schools and the faction of the labor movement that believes the future of the labor movement is not in "bread and butter" issues but is social justice and liberal causes and politics.

I don't want our schools indoctrinating our kids with left-wing activism or right-wing activism. I want our schools teaching "the bread and butter issues," the basics.

If there are going to teach about controversial and hyper-partisan issues that the country is divided on, they should be required to explain different points of views. Our schools should be a safe place to hold different points of view without feeling intimidated or afraid to speak up or disagree, that is not true today in many schools for many kids.

I’m delighted that everyone’s classroom is an LGBTQ safe zone, I only wish it was a safe zone for kids who do not hold left of central ideological beliefs.

It is great that we are making huge strides to protect and recognize minority’s, no matter how few their number. Maybe one day we will be able to have the same respect for those who find themselves part of more significant minority groups.

What do you think would happen if a high schooler wore a “Make America Great” shirt to school for picture day, or how about a shirt that quoted the second amendment? Those who are more conservative, or support the president often feel less safe and welcome than those of other minority groups who receive constant support and recognition.

I am disgusted by our education/indoctrination system. It may just be one of the greatest injustices of our time, the social-political hijacking of our youth.

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