I am a mother of 3 children I have had my kids in the public
school system for years, however this past year my husband and I decided to do
the Florida Virtual School, mostly because we love having our kids home with
us, but also for the reason we didn’t like the way the school system has set
certain levels of learning for our kids.
Back when we were
in school starting out in kindergarten we had to know our ABCs and 8 basic
colors, our address. Now they have them learning to read by the end of the
kindergarten year.
One of my children
has struggled from the time he started school, I personally believe its because
they are requiring too much of him, the state says this is where he should be
and because he’s not at the level they require of him, he must have a learning
disability or ADD or ADHD.
To a mother of Faith and who trusts Gods word, He has the
mind of Christ, and he has wisdom in all things because that is what the Word
says. I refuse to believe anything but the word. Come on now let God be true and
every man be a liar.
Now in the 5th
grade they teach Algebra, Lattice Multiplication, Stem and Leaf Plot methods of
math. What parent out there hasn’t wanted to throw homework textbooks out the
window or seriously want to write the teacher a note saying the dog really did
eat the homework. And then it’s not enough after being in school all day, they
send them home with so much homework, I don’t know about you but after I work
all day the last thing I feel like doing is my job again.
My whole point in writing this is, if we
really studied American History we would see why education/schools even started
to begin with, Our Godly Founding Fathers of America passed The Ole Deluder
satan law, to teach our kids to read so they could fight off satan, by teaching
them to read the WORD of God.
In an attempt to preclude such repetitions
America, in 1642, those settlers passed “The
Old
Deluder Satan Act” -- the first public school law in America. That law
declared:
It
being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the
Knowledge
of the Scriptures, as in former time…
This
law acknowledged the fact that a primary intent of Satan was to keep people
Ignorant
of the Scriptures; to prevent this, American students would have a sound
Education based on God’s Word.
Interestingly,
colleges and universities then--just like now--not only had general
Educational
objectives, they also had specific student requirements. For example, at
Harvard
(the school selected by John Adams, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and other
Founding
Fathers), its declared educational purpose was clear:
Let
every student be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to consider well the
Main
end of his life and studies is to know God and Jesus, which is eternal life, (Jn
17:3),
and therefore to lay Christ in the bottom as the only foundation of all sound
Knowledge
and learning.
To
help students attain this general goal, Harvard instituted specific practices.
For
example:
Everyone
shall so exercise himself in reading the Scriptures twice a day that he shall
be ready to give such an account of his proficiency in them.
At
Harvard, all academic endeavors were built upon the foundation of Biblical
principles:
the
primary educational objective was to know God and Jesus Christ and each student
therefore
was to know and study the Scriptures.
Yale
was another popular school of the day, attended by William Samuel Johnson,
William
Livingston, Noah Webster, and other prominent Founders. Yale, which declared
itself
a college “for the religious and liberal education of suitable youth,” had
specific
requirements
for its students:
Seeing
God is the giver of all wisdom, every scholar, besides private or secret
prayer
… shall be present morning and evening at public prayer … shall be
present
morning and evening at public prayer.
Yale’s
philosophy of education was openly religious, placing a strong emphasis on
student
prayer--private as well as public!
Princeton
produced more of the two hundred-plus Founding Fathers than any other single
school;
its alumni included men like President James Madison and signers of the
Declaration
Benjamin Rush, Richard Stockton, and John wither spoon. The educational
philosophy
of Princeton University (founded in 1746) was made clear by its first
president,
Jonathan Dickinson, who declared:
Cursed
be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ!
So tell me why I do I have to teach my kids
all of these state required subjects, when originally schools were set up to
teach kids how to read the Word so they would have revelation of the wiles of
satan. If we would study the Word more we would find out what our true purpose
of life on this earth, we would find out what God original intend is for our
lives, We would know satan came to kill, steal, and destroy but Jesus came that
we might have life and have it more abundantly to the full till it overflows.
John 10:10
And isn’t that what satan has done.
We have all these ‘College Educated Grads”
with their degrees and because they’re so smart, they voted to take prayer out
of schools, and then wonder why we have school shootings, bombings. Satan is
killing and destroying families, he has these so called SMART educated people
passing laws saying kids need to be in school all day and then both parents
work so they can pay for the kids college education, they never have time
together to sit around and read the Word of God.
So why not go back to the basics of teaching
our kids the Word of God and watch this next generation of kids rise up in the
Word and change this world for the Glory of God.
The Educational System of the
United States
--It’s Nature, History and
Aims
Fr. Bill McCarthy, MSA
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