So here is one important difference between my "Thus says the Lord,"
and the "Thus says the trained professional" of the government educators: when
you differ with what I say you don't get a bill in the mail for tens of
thousands of dollars anyway.
Oh, baloney, Douglas. When you differ with what I
say, you still get a sizeable monetary subsidy in the form of tax-exempt
status for your religious institution.
This is the thing that makes the
"back off, man" of the government educators so offensive. Money is coercively
taken from us "for the kids." If parents try to take advantage of the
"benefit" paid for by this money, enroll their kids in the government schools
and then try to exercise any parental influence by volunteering in the
classroom (let's say), they are routinely told that their presence
there is unnecessary and unwelcome. Their money is essential, their kids are
grist for the mill, but their presence and input is summarily rejected.
Baloney again. My children attended public schools in the
Moscow School District, and I found that my ideas and volunteer help on behalf
of my own children and others was both solicited and appreciated by the
teachers and the schools.
Mary
Jo Hamilton
Moscow