We're not a democracy! We're a Republic! You can't use the two in a comparison like this.
Further, the only thing making our Constitution "antiquated" is the foolishness of our leaders and society. The Constitution doesn't give us our freedoms it merely guarantees that our freedoms won't be trampled on by a tyranical government. Our freedoms actually come from God.
Knives, fist fights, and the like are all we had until recently, too. In the worst schools you would hear of a gun or two showing up but rarely would it be used.
The Australian school system is a kettle about to boil over just like here. They're system of "teaching" is no different nor the content. When kids get board trouble starts. When teaching ceases to capture a student's attention and have anything meaningful or depth, the student gets board!
Today, if a student gets straight A's and speaks properly and shows initiative, that student is singled out and tormented. If a student picks on or bullies another student he is patted on the back. This only instills a desire to increase the torments for more gratification. Soon, however, the bully has reached a point where he is a part of a dangerous outsider group. The only way to increase the feeling of belonging and getting more pats on the back is to escelate the bullying. This continues until you get a Columbine reaction. The student has become so disliked that he has built up an incredible level of hate for anyone connected with the school.
Then, boom.
But instead of looking for those types, the feds look for people with thought.
Woaaa! Take a breath and relax. Clear your head so you can think clearly.
Now. First of all, you're going to a Catholic school so you should know the Ten Commandments. Never, and I mean NEVER go against those. You'll learn as you get older that when you break a commandment it will come around eventually and bite you in the butt! God gave us those rules to live by. He designed the universe and these are His only operating system rules for it!
Besides, so far the feds can't impose this evaluation on private schools. If and when they do, just keep your nose in The Book. You'll find all the answers you need.
I just wanted to comment on one of your statements. That being about cults and cultists.
According to Janet Reno when interviewed on "Sixty Minutes" (6/26/99):
"A cultist is one who has a strong belief in the Bible and the Second Coming of Christ; who frequently attends Bible studies; who has a high level of financial giving; who homeschools for their children; who has accumulated survival foods and has strong belief in the Second Amendment; and who distrusts big government. Any of these may qualify a person as a cultist but certainly more than one of these would cause us to look at this person as a threat and his family as being in a risk situation that qualifies for government interference."
It just so happens that I match every single one of these. If this is how our government viewes the adults of this country how could it be any different for the kids?
The rest of their profile stinks of treason and a precursor of a very heavy thumb.
Slappy is right on the money, here. I can't say any more than that, but you can find this out for yourself by doing some research. It's all public domain and can be found through various Internet searches and visits to the library.
First, God never created a gay person therefore there are no gays and no gay rights. There are, however, those who have been duped into such a lifestyle and have allowed themselves to believe a deadly lie.
Second, the gun control to which I refer is the illegal gun control legislation we have in this country and that which is being attempted. I've been a combat arms instructor for many years and agree that some people are not mentally equiped for such a tool. However, these control legistlations are not for that. They, instead, are taking the defense mechanism out of law abiding hands while not being able to take them from the criminal. I could go on but we're getting off the subject.
Thirdly, the income tax was originaly designed to be a voluntary program to help fund the war. It, instead has turned into a mandatory taxation which is illegal by definition of the Constitution.
To get back to the subject at hand, though, government intervention has done little GOOD for anyone. Further intervention into our lives will only make matters worse. Government is made up OF the people not in spite of the people.
That's the kind of "thinking" that really scares me. It is NOT alright to set-up a generic profile system to be used as a judge for individuals. Each individual must be KNOWN by other individuals and understood.
When I was in the Air Force that mentality ran rampant. If you weren't an exact carbon copy of what the chain-of-command wanted, you were targeted and "beaten" with letters of counceling and worse. You were also branded as a loser and one who refuses to "run with the program". I was the best in our little world of communications but because I wouldn't suck up, or volunteer for "Airman on the Month" I was obviously a trouble maker.
Things are no different in school or in society, in general. When you use a generic tool like this you get a scewed result and good people get hurt. I hate to go down this road but the subject requires it.... Hitler did the same exact thing with the Jews. A generic test that got innocent and good people killed.
We're quickly going down that same slippery slope with the "gay rights" (there's no such thing), "gun control" (which is illegal), "separation of church and state" (it has never existed), "voluntary income tax" (just try to not volunteer), and many other lies. When a society allows such things to happen and looks the other way instead of saying "HELL NO, THAT'S NOT RIGHT AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN" we allow ourselves to be chained to wall with our mouths taped shut and a gun at our heads.
No, it's not ok to use our schools as a killing field. It's also not ok to use them as testing fields for societal control tools.
My wife and I saw this kind of garbage coming long ago and pulled both of our kids out of public school. We home school them and their grades have soared! We have a lot of fun as a family and have seen an incredible change in their attitudes. EVERYONE can homeschool. Our 9th grade son does 98% of his school on the computer while our 10th grade daughter does all of her schooling with books. We can tailor their education to whatever works best for them and we can teach them truth instead of the garbage floating around the public school system.
As the government becomes more and more intrusive we'er going to have to find new ways to protect our kids and our society. For now, homeschool is working great.
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You've noticed the difference, too?! Well, at least we're paying attention!
Personal experience and faith have a BIG influence on a person's perspective of any subject. I can see, too, that ours are very different.
That doesn't mean we can't talk, though!
Woaaa, Nellie!
We're not a democracy! We're a Republic! You can't use the two in a comparison like this.
Further, the only thing making our Constitution "antiquated" is the foolishness of our leaders and society. The Constitution doesn't give us our freedoms it merely guarantees that our freedoms won't be trampled on by a tyranical government. Our freedoms actually come from God.
The sort of profiling that is necessary has been around since Adam and Eve. It's called common sense.
Knives, fist fights, and the like are all we had until recently, too. In the worst schools you would hear of a gun or two showing up but rarely would it be used.
The Australian school system is a kettle about to boil over just like here. They're system of "teaching" is no different nor the content. When kids get board trouble starts. When teaching ceases to capture a student's attention and have anything meaningful or depth, the student gets board!
Today, if a student gets straight A's and speaks properly and shows initiative, that student is singled out and tormented. If a student picks on or bullies another student he is patted on the back. This only instills a desire to increase the torments for more gratification. Soon, however, the bully has reached a point where he is a part of a dangerous outsider group. The only way to increase the feeling of belonging and getting more pats on the back is to escelate the bullying. This continues until you get a Columbine reaction. The student has become so disliked that he has built up an incredible level of hate for anyone connected with the school.
Then, boom.
But instead of looking for those types, the feds look for people with thought.
Woaaa! Take a breath and relax. Clear your head so you can think clearly.
Now. First of all, you're going to a Catholic school so you should know the Ten Commandments. Never, and I mean NEVER go against those. You'll learn as you get older that when you break a commandment it will come around eventually and bite you in the butt! God gave us those rules to live by. He designed the universe and these are His only operating system rules for it!
Besides, so far the feds can't impose this evaluation on private schools. If and when they do, just keep your nose in The Book. You'll find all the answers you need.
I just wanted to comment on one of your statements. That being about cults and cultists.
According to Janet Reno when interviewed on "Sixty Minutes" (6/26/99):
"A cultist is one who has a strong belief in the Bible and the Second Coming of Christ; who frequently attends Bible studies; who has a high level of financial giving; who homeschools for their children; who has accumulated survival foods and has strong belief in the Second Amendment; and who distrusts big government. Any of these may qualify a person as a cultist but certainly more than one of these would cause us to look at this person as a threat and his family as being in a risk situation that qualifies for government interference."
It just so happens that I match every single one of these. If this is how our government viewes the adults of this country how could it be any different for the kids?
The rest of their profile stinks of treason and a precursor of a very heavy thumb.
Slappy is right on the money, here. I can't say any more than that, but you can find this out for yourself by doing some research. It's all public domain and can be found through various Internet searches and visits to the library.
That's OK. I'm not out to impress anyone. :)
First, God never created a gay person therefore there are no gays and no gay rights. There are, however, those who have been duped into such a lifestyle and have allowed themselves to believe a deadly lie.
Second, the gun control to which I refer is the illegal gun control legislation we have in this country and that which is being attempted. I've been a combat arms instructor for many years and agree that some people are not mentally equiped for such a tool. However, these control legistlations are not for that. They, instead, are taking the defense mechanism out of law abiding hands while not being able to take them from the criminal. I could go on but we're getting off the subject.
Thirdly, the income tax was originaly designed to be a voluntary program to help fund the war. It, instead has turned into a mandatory taxation which is illegal by definition of the Constitution.
To get back to the subject at hand, though, government intervention has done little GOOD for anyone. Further intervention into our lives will only make matters worse. Government is made up OF the people not in spite of the people.
That's the kind of "thinking" that really scares me. It is NOT alright to set-up a generic profile system to be used as a judge for individuals. Each individual must be KNOWN by other individuals and understood.
When I was in the Air Force that mentality ran rampant. If you weren't an exact carbon copy of what the chain-of-command wanted, you were targeted and "beaten" with letters of counceling and worse. You were also branded as a loser and one who refuses to "run with the program". I was the best in our little world of communications but because I wouldn't suck up, or volunteer for "Airman on the Month" I was obviously a trouble maker.
Things are no different in school or in society, in general. When you use a generic tool like this you get a scewed result and good people get hurt. I hate to go down this road but the subject requires it.... Hitler did the same exact thing with the Jews. A generic test that got innocent and good people killed.
We're quickly going down that same slippery slope with the "gay rights" (there's no such thing), "gun control" (which is illegal), "separation of church and state" (it has never existed), "voluntary income tax" (just try to not volunteer), and many other lies. When a society allows such things to happen and looks the other way instead of saying "HELL NO, THAT'S NOT RIGHT AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN" we allow ourselves to be chained to wall with our mouths taped shut and a gun at our heads.
No, it's not ok to use our schools as a killing field. It's also not ok to use them as testing fields for societal control tools.
My wife and I saw this kind of garbage coming long ago and pulled both of our kids out of public school. We home school them and their grades have soared! We have a lot of fun as a family and have seen an incredible change in their attitudes. EVERYONE can homeschool. Our 9th grade son does 98% of his school on the computer while our 10th grade daughter does all of her schooling with books. We can tailor their education to whatever works best for them and we can teach them truth instead of the garbage floating around the public school system.
As the government becomes more and more intrusive we'er going to have to find new ways to protect our kids and our society. For now, homeschool is working great.