It is MY responsibility to instruct MY children in religious matters, not a public school or public school teachers.
I personally think the problem isn't the schools so much as it is parents who aren't taking responsibility for raising their children.
And, yes, I am a Christian . . . born and raised United Methodist.
But this topic has drifted a bit.
I agree with what you say, it's sad that a lot of parents aren't teaching their children the right thing though. I know that it's probably going to sound odd what I am about to say, since I am a female, but... I think that the feminism movement ruined everything in the country.
Men won't man up (not all of the time, but some of the time) and let their wives stay at home and raise the children while they get a good job. It's fine that some ladies want to be career women or whatever, but really there needs to be someone at home to take care of the kids. If you'll notice, the quality of the childrens lives seemed to go downhill a while after all of that hullabaloo started.
All of the hippies in the 70's and children basically being alone all of the time, nobody to talk to and teach them the right thing. That's why the children shoot up the schools nowadays, nobody is there to watch them and tell them what to do. People are so concerned with the trying to make ends meet thing that it's difficult for them. Now if only 50% of those people were working, there wouldn't be as much unemployment as there is right now.
I have some crazy ideas sometimes, I blame it on my mental illness, but if you really think about it- it really does make
sense. My friend was luckily able to have a father who went to college and worked when he was a baby. (His father got a degree in Biology and has had a very nice job since then) His mother never had to work, she didn't work until her kids were all grown up. And my friend has one of the best sets of morals and decency that I have ever seen. And I contribute that to his mother always being there to take care of him and his younger sister.
Sorry if I have offended anyone with my hypothesis on the matter, but I'm pretty open with my crazyness and like to share ideas that maybe other people haven't even thought about before. To all of those career women out there, good for you. I am not saying that everyone that has a family of two working parents are bad parents, please do not take it that way. Some people turn out alright no matter what, but I think that in general, the problem is that the kids don't have anyone to watch them or talk to them.
I have lived with my grandmother all of my life since my mother is... well, she's... she has issues. My grandmother kept me on a very short leash all of my life, even after my grandfather died when I was 10 years old. However, by the time he started to get really ill, she was able to quit her job and be on retirement, as well as his retirement. So she has always been here for me to watch me.
My brother however, lived with my real mother 100 miles from here. My mother has not worked a lot of her life, due to a rare kidney disease, but she has been sick and wasn't able to watch my brother as close as she should have. Anyway, he died a few years ago at age 31 or around that, from a drug overdose (in her residence). It just shows you that not having that parent there to pay attention, talk to you, and watch over you can lead to very bad things.
