Well actually I don't think it makes much difference in our public school system at this point. You don't even have to be able to read or do math to graduate these days as long as you go to class.
I was reading a National Geographic magazine at the doctor's last winter and the article was about the ivory elephant tusk murders threatening elephants to the point of extinction and zoologists discovered new baby elephants are starting to be born without tusks......that's a survival instinct morphing that is completely tied to evolution just as climate changes have been. In my view....a true miracle.
I raised my two step-daughters from ages 10 and 12. They both went to Centralia, WA public schools until we moved to Georgia. They both graduated from Atlanta area public schools. They're both since married and I have 4 grandchildren. They all live back in Centralia and my grandchildren are going to public schools there.
you said you've been married 5 years and your wife's children are grown .that would make them 15 and 17 now and they don't live with you .hopefully they didn't have children yet at that age giving you these grandkids...doesn't add up but fact is, you're not an experienced parent or public school student from your own admissions. I'm guessing their biological parents actually raised them..as many photos as you post, I've not seen the "family vacation" ones. Nor the grandkids ones either come to think of it....for all the trips you take, I'd say those "children and grandchildren" are missing out big time. Math....important stuff. I have seen your photos of your dogs though.
Yes, I have been married 5 years. My wife is a widow, and had no children. My 2 step-daughters are from a previous marriage.
I once lived with a woman who had two kids for a little over a year....wouldn't claim to have raised her kids though. Raising children is a very selfless commitment ..you don't visit it, you do whatever it takes to care for them. I have spent most of my adult life parenting though...24/7 so when someone who hasn't made that commitment talks about parenting as much as you like to, I consider the source.
Notre Dame, Yale, Georgetown among others teach a variety of viewpoints. Not everyone at Brandeis is Jewish; Angela Davis went there and I considered it before deciding on Cal. And they teach biology. It's only the low academic evangelical schools like segregationist Liberty that forbid other views.
If my kids were attending a public school and I found out they were being taught that evolution is the only answer to our existance, I'd pull them out in a heartbeat.
Bet they'd love to see Mexico, Hawaii, New York City and all these places.....a commitment is a thing of time and resources. Hopefully you actually do spend time with them. Your photos have not a crayon or toy in sight though...the photos of your family have been of your sister's kid....haven't posted one of your own. Anyway...this is all not important...I've made my point as a teacher and a parent. This was about education and parental teacher responsibility...I don't get any sense that you're experienced at either much..
You share more about your life than most people posting here....I know more about your history than I know about most forum members because you talk about it. You talked about your sisters kid for over a year in here....not one mention of your own step kids.. or step grandkids...tells me their mother is doing the heavy lifting. Nothing wrong with that....just don't visit parenting when it suits your politics....actually parent if it's in your interest to do so.
