Julia,
I was referring to the public school system that all of us - with or without children - pay taxes to support. I have no problem with home-schoolers if they are actually schooling their children - they are really the ultimate in involved education. And private schools are fine, too. As I recall it, the Roman Catholic church developed an excellent and expensive system of sectarian education just so that their faithful could follow their own lights; ditto various schulen that Jews developed for that reason.
But something like 90%-95% of parents with kids have no such choice available to them. Then, see what happens to you if you try and keep your child out of the system. The Amish in Ohio had a lengthy court fight to keep their young out of grades 9-12 and out of the clutches of the Ohio education cartel.
That's what I mean by having your children kidnapped.
Last edited by Ron G.; 04/08/08 06:15 PM. Reason: Typo
