...begins a letter from Portuguese teachers and or school administrators to parents of school children. It essentially is a letter in which teachers allegedly point out what are the parents' responsibilities in raising their children so that their upbringing falls in line with the ideals of the teachers. While reportedly scribed in Portugal, it addresses something that has bee happening for decades in this country as well. That is teachers trying to place the parents of school children under their thumbs. As far as I see it, such is virtually all wrong. Source: http://en.newsner.com/the-school-wants-parents-to-take-responsibility-now-their-poster-is-spreading-like-wildfire-online/about/family
My reaction to that letter follows:
I realize the above indexed letter, to parents from
teachers, was reportedly sent out by Portuguese school administrators to
parents. Yet, it has a lot to do with how things are done in schools within the
USA today and seems to be the mindset of teachers here in this country to some
great degree. Last I recalled, it seemed our educators (people we pay) were
attempting to teach kids that religion is bad, gender change to a third
nonexistent gender is wonderful, self-identity outweighs nature and all else in
importance and how to use condoms.
When I was young, you can bet your sweet
bippy that we learned good manners both at home and in school. In school, we
also learned things like: common courtesy, ethics, good hygiene, that we as a
people were united under one nation, good citizenship (without politics
injected), to stand for the pledge and national anthems with our right hand
over our hearts, the words of the pledge of allegiance and national anthem and
the meanings of both, to be responsible for our actions (by way of rewards for
doing good things and punishment for doing bad things - but the bottom line for
punishment was with the parents), how to pay attention, how to plan, schedule
and organize our work by doing homework and projects.
We also learned: English
grammar, spelling, reading, printed as well as cursive writing, history (of the
United States and of the world - the unabridged version and political
correctness had nothing to do with it), mathematics (by the simplest methods
available - not by a common core of convoluted algorithms), sciences (without
political correctness interfering), that exercise was good for our health, that
teams sports were good, that competition was more than acceptable, that we
should all strive to do our best, that not everyone can be as good at something
as someone who is better at it yet we can strive to succeed - and a lot of
other things including respect for the law, for one another and for our elders.
Also, when I was a youngster, there was rarely (and I do mean rarely) ever a
teacher getting busted for using drugs, distributing drugs, distributing or
possessing kiddie porn, sexting students, having sex with underage students,
having sex with other teachers or school administrators in the school, using
the classroom as a political soapbox for their one sided beliefs, bashing our
presidents and political system, or teaching our kids that their religious
beliefs were bad. Nowadays, such behavior in schools seems to be rampant.
Any
teachers who think they have the right, liberty or responsibility to tell us
parents how to bring up our children (other than them asking us to help with
homework and tell them to act respectful in school) are way out of line and
striving to be a petty-tyrants in the lives of our children. If it was legal
and ethical, I would give a good swift kick, or three, to the arse of any
teacher who tried to tell me how to raise my kids and thus maybe knock some
sense into their brains (and please notice where I said I think they need to be kicked because many
have their brains located therein). It is not legal so I would only be able to
do so figuratively but maybe that would be enough if a large enough group of
parents did so to a sufficiently sized group of renegade teachers. Yes,
sometimes a good swift kick in the pants is what it takes to wake someone up
and make things better even if not a physical kick. Thus, if a figurative kick
in their arses is what they need, I think that is what we should give them. The
them to whom I am referring are any teachers who try to control us and our
children beyond the scope of what was and still should be the norm regarding
the scope of their duties as educators. Their duties do not include intruding
into, or interfering with, how we choose to bring up our children.
All the best,
Glenn B
