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"You're the only parent who ever complained." That's how most parents are brushed off when they go to a public school to complain about objectionable curricula. In a new book called From Crayons to Condoms: The Ugly Truth about America's Public Schools, you can read dozens of examples of parents who were told exactly that, after complaining about biased curricula, pornographic books, and privacy-invading surveys. Authors Steve Baldwin and Karen Holgate compiled dozens of authentic and often heart-rending testimonies of both parents and teachers who tried to resist unwanted psychological manipulation of students. School administrators often try to shame parents out of their efforts to improve the system. Students who raise objections end up ostracized by teachers. But as this book shows, you really are not the only one with complaints about what is going on in public schools. The book sets forth the real experiences of average people in average school districts, and reveals the extent of the problem and the families' frustration with the public school bureaucracy. Only a few of these stories have ever appeared in the media. One parent wrote: "I send my children to school for an education, not for social programs, risk surveys, or ‘preventive maintenance.'" While affirming that there are many good public school teachers, this book shows that others repeatedly infringe on the integrity of the family by taking over as amateur psychologists, preachers of a secular world view, and deciders of what children need to know about sex, death, suicide, and other sensitive topics. Legislators have given schools this power. They assume that, because of the breakdown of the family, all students are at-risk and in need of government intervention. Many legislators and educators believe that they are the ones who need to step in and make major moral decisions for all schoolchildren. The book concludes with a chapter on "What Parents Can Do." Especially useful is the "school checklist" of almost 100 questions to ask about a school's instructional practices and philosophy. This book is a must-read for any parent who sends his child to a public school. (WND Books, 2008, 293 pp, $25.95) |
These examples show how behavior modification and ideological indoctrination are imposed on public school students in every class subject, including history, civics, English, and even math. Students are promoted and given "A's" (to help their self-esteem) without being taught the essentials of American history, government, reading, and arithmetic.
