School closed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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It is awkward to advocate for reopening the public schools. Why? Parents have lost control of their children’s education, a column by Everett Piper, explains. Here is how it begins.
Ever wonder how we got to this point? How did a nation that defined itself with the superlatives, “land of the free and the home of the brave,” “America the Beautiful“ and “one nation under God” turn into a broken culture with no boundaries, no borders, no law, no order and no soul so fast?
How did we lurch from being the United States into a divided people so quickly?
Where did this all come from: the vitriol and vice, the anger and hatred, the looting, the riots, the destruction, the nihilistic confusion, the science-denying gender-bending sexuality, the suicidal infatuation with socialism, the adolescent whining for safety rather…
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Citizen Tom 
Our children are in school. They do have the option to go on-line. I saw a school bus full of children going past my house yesterday. But my advice to the parents of those kids would be to home school if they want them to get an excellent education.
@Mel Wild
Homeschooling is not easy. Some parents would also be lousy teachers. Still, given the choice between a secular education and one that acknowledges the existence of God, I have to agree.
True. That’s why school vouchers are so important. I certainly wouldn’t want my kid indoctrinated with some of the kooky stuff that passes as public education.
Less and less.
Our second son just started at a top tier University.
His “English” class is entitled:
Writing the new international: Black Lives matter in global context.
I’m guessing last semester the title was different.
BTW, his “in class” courses are him, in a classroom with other students, all with laptops skyping the class.
Out of state tuition for this school is 50k a year.
@Liz
50K a year? Ouch! Hope he is getting a medical or technical or some such kind of degree. Basket weaving sure is not worth that kind money. It is just paying to be instructed by people with ideas that don’t work.
Well, he gets in state tuition thank goodness, so for us isn’t that high.
No degree should be that expensive, IMO. Maybe actual medical school.