education

Why we are doing what we can

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A religious elementary school
Wokeness As Social Disease: Charlottesville Schools Edition

It’s seldom that I will re-blog another’s post. But, this particular post requires as much attention as possible. The behavior described is merely a microcosm of what is happening in far too many US public (and, no doubt, some private) schools.

The time for re-sets and “fixes” has long past. Our education system is broken and has been for some time. It is time to rethink what type of educational system we want and need and then start over.

There are numerous private schools being started throughout the country. Many are faith-based since, without a deep and sincere knowledge of who and what we are – children of God – there can be no real learning. If you have such schools near you, please get to know them and, if possible, support them in any way you can.

In our little corner of Virginia, we have begun just such a project – a true labor of love – for God, our children and our Country. You may follow our work at: http://www.stmarysschoolva.com

Something’s not right!

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What’s Goin’ On??

Have you ever thought that something has gone terribly wrong…but you can’t quite put your finger on it?

Have you ever wondered how an entire generation has come to think genders are “fluid” and the previous generation is encouraging that thinking?

Have you ever wondered why the “Leaders” in the education industry refer to parents (regardless of which ethnicity or race they are) as racists when they only want a decent education for their children?

Have you ever figured out why so many businesses can’t find people to work?

Have you ever wondered why a “barista”, working 40 hours per week pouring coffee, earns more income and benefits than a small farmer working over 70 per week?

Have you ever wondered why the learning levels of our school children are going down, yet many schools have stopped giving homework – because it’s not “equitable”?

Many colleges are no longer requiring SAT or other learning proficiency scores for admission.  Why?

Have ever wondered how electric power is generated?

Have you ever thought what is going to happen to all the electric car batteries 10 or so years from now?

Have you ever wondered why so many people have stopped wondering? Who would have thought!

A Time to Turn

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If you’ve ever wondered how we all have gotten to this place in time, a time in which nothing much makes sense and everything seems turned upside down, you might have an idea of what’s been churning in my noggin’ for the past several months.

We have stopped watching “news” on television. Our once, mostly reliable, favorite station and their News website have descended into a similarly tawdry version of their British tabloid cousin. It has also proven the broadcaster, Megyn Kelly, correct in stating that, no matter what source you rely on for news or what slant you prefer, the “News” has one job: Scare you and keep you scared. They just keep talking. Click link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IgjUYrDbWI

But, there is something more happening. Something that started out as disliking ourselves and descended into a near hatred of mostly everything else: the inability to see ourselves and others as creations of God. Nothing else can account for what is happening now.

It’s enough to make one throw their hands up and say, “I give up, there’s nothing that I can do.” But, maybe there is another way. A friend recently said, “We’re all here just to help each other walk home.” If we believe that, then we must ask: where is home, who told us we must do this and, finally, how do I do this?

One doesn’t need to be a Biblical scholar to appreciate the profound message in John 13, 34-35: “I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also must you love one another. By this, all shall recognize that you are my disciples: if you will have love for one another.” If we recognize the Author of that quote for who and what He is, then we have the answer to the first two questions. But, going about doing it … now, that is the question! Some, volunteer their time at various charities. Others go about doing “random acts of kindness”. Still others donate money to worthy causes that help the less fortunate. All that is good. But, for some, there must be another way. Which brings me to this.

There are six of us. We are not crusaders or “do gooders.” Our backgrounds and experiences are very different. Yet, we do have in common several things: Our belief in the words of Jesus, as quoted in John 13, 34-35, that we must love one another. We also believe, quite unexpectedly, in the truth of Vladimir Lenin’s words: “Give me just one generation of youth, and I’ll transform the whole world” and “Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” We each also believe that the time for hand-wringing and wishful thinking is long gone. We believe that we must do something to help in the reversal of the moral and spiritual decline and lack of knowledge that has plagued our nation for too many years. Lenin asked that he be given four years or one generation of our children. It seems he was given that several times over. We pledge to give Jesus even more.

We are starting a school. A school based on love of God, love of one another, teaching and learning the Truth and helping, with God’s Blessing, generations of children on their walk Home.

To learn more about our school and its progress, please click here: http://stmarysschoolva.com

I’ll see you all back here soon.