Analysts have warned that schools
across the nation will be impacted by the decision, since
textbook publishers must cater to their largest purchaser, which
often is
California, and they will be unlikely to go to the
expense of having a separate edition for other states.
The bills signed by
Schwarzenegger include SB777, which bans anything in public
schools that could be interpreted as negative toward
homosexuality, bisexuality and other alternative lifestyle
choices.
For those willing to subject
themselves to reading Zelda's legislation, please be aware
that WorldNet is writing about what the legislative language
can be used to do, not about the actual language of the
bill. So, for example, if you read the definition of
"gender" (Sec. 210.7) carefully, you will realize that it
brings under the protection of the bill just about any
sexual perversion or psychosis imaginable. Moreover, not
only does the legislation prohibit "discrimination" against
sodomites, multilated males and females (transexuals), it
also prohibits activities, textbooks, and materials that
"reflect adversely" on such wonderful folk.
Mind you, all of this is
written in mindnumbing prose, but through new school
policies and litigation the things discussed by WorldNet
Daily will come to pass.
While many public school
parents will dismiss Zelda's revenge as merely a
California phenomenon, it isn't. Every state has
curricula that seek to normalize homosexual sodomy and other
deviant sexual practices. Most parents just don't know it,
and most of those who do know it don't really care. Now that
California "educators" have come out of the closet,
Massachusetts,
Vermont,
Wisconsin,
Illinois,
Oregon,
Washington, New York, and
Michigan homosexual activists and "educators" will
start insisting that their states follow California's lead.
Now, here is an exercise you
can go through with
California pastors, Christian leaders, and parents:
Ask them whether this legislation is enough for them to
finally go to work on getting their children and other
children out of California's government schools. Because you
understand how the legislative language works, you will be
able to brush aside any response that argues that the
legislation doesn't do anything all that radical.
If, for example, a pastor
still thinks that Christian children need to be "salt and
light" in government schools or that the focus ought to be
on yet another round of "school reform", ask if there is any
line that the schools could cross that would move him to
recommend to parents that they give up their government
school habit. If indoctrinating children in a sodomite,
transsexual, transvestite, or bisexual lifestyle doesn't
move him, would school-promoted child sacrifice, polygamy,
group marriage, pedophilia, or zoophilia? How about ritual
cannibalism in the school lunch room? Would it matter to
pastors and parents who still want to defend their
government school habit if only someone else's children were
being eaten?
What does THE CONTINUING
COLLAPSE have to say to Governor Schwartzenegger? "Arnold,
you ignorant slut, we told you to promote homeschooling, not
homoschooling."
Homosexuals Are Just
Like Everyone Else...Really
So as government school become
more sodomite friendly, they are becoming vastly more
dangerous for children. Pointing this out may soon become
criminal "hate speech".
GOVERNMENT SCHOOL
"EDUCATORS" JUST CAN'T WAIT
TO START EQUIP
LITTLE GIRLS FOR SEX
Students who have parental
permission to be treated at King Middle School's health
center would be able to get birth control prescriptions
under a proposal that the Portland School Committee will
consider Wednesday.
The proposal would build
on the King Student Health Center's practice of
providing condoms as part of its reproductive health
program since it opened in 2000, said Lisa Belanger, a
nurse practitioner who oversees the city's student
health centers.
If the committee approves
the King proposal, it would be the first middle school
in
Maine to make a full range of contraception
available to some students in grades 6 to 8, said Nancy
Birkhimer, director of teen health programs for the
Maine
Department of Health and Human Services. Most
middle schoolers are ages 11-13.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1911867/posts
NOW, PUBLIC
SCHOOL PARENT, JUST WHAT WERE YOU ASKING ME ABOUT THE
SOCIALIZATION OF HOMESCHOOLERS?
Administrators in Argyle asked parents to meet Sunday
night to discuss the way students
were dancing together at a
recent school event....“These students are simulating
sex to the point that in some cases it constitutes
sexual assault.”
The district chaperones said couples had to be pulled
apart and the music had to be stopped several times
because of what some teens were doing on the dance
floor.
Some students said the district is overreacting, and
that only a few couples went too far.
“It’s just the way teens dance,” said student Morgan
Morrison. “It doesn’t mean anything.”
Parents have come down on both sides of the issue. Some
said it’s time for the sexually suggestive dancing to
stop. Others said the district is out of touch with the
times.
“When I was a teenager, my parents didn’t approve of the
way we danced and I’m sure their parents didn’t like the
way they danced,” said parent Samantha Barnes.
"Parents come down on both
sides of the issue.." ??? Yep, the children of those
parents who think there is nothing particularly wrong
with "dirty dancing" are just the kind of kids who make
government school socialization such a wonderful thing.
By the way, I found this
story about "dirty dancing" on a forum that allows
comments. Here's what one teacher had to say in
response: "
I’m a middle school teacher and I
flatly refuse to “chaperone” any more lunchtime dances,
because they aren’t dancing. They simply line up and
grind their hips against each other’s butts. In large
groups. It’s the creepiest thing I’ve ever seen. And you
can’t really stop them because they are ALL doing it.
It’s the ONLY thing they know how to do. It’s horrible.
I can’t stand to watch.
Australia's Education
Establishment
is More Candid than Ours
IN her address
to her union's conference in 2005 the
Australian Education Union president Pat
Byrne openly acknowledged the ideological
bias that dominates the school system. As
she put it: "We have succeeded in
influencing curriculum development in
schools, education departments and
universities. The conservatives have a
lot of work to do to undo the progressive
curriculum."
This bias is
the consequence of historical factors
originating in the politics of the 1960s
that led to a domination of school
curriculums by the ideology of the
politically correct Left.
But, of course, the
American government school establishment
is different...They don't gloat in public about how they
are able to pursue their agenda with such ease in the
public schools.
The Associated
Press On Passing the Trash: How Public School Children
are Endangered by a Desire Not to "Disparage" a "Vital
Profession"
Sensational cases make headlines, but the scale of
sexual misconduct by teachers in America's schools
gets little attention. The Associated Press has
spent months digging through public records to
document the problem in every state, revealing a
disturbing national picture....Students in America's
schools are groped. They're raped. They're pursued,
seduced and think they're in love...
Most of the abuse never gets reported. Those cases
reported often end with no action. Cases
investigated sometimes can't be proven, and many
abusers have several victims.
And no one - not the schools, not the courts, not
the state or federal governments - has found a
surefire way to keep molesting teachers out of
classrooms....
The AP discovered efforts to stop individual
offenders but, overall, a deeply entrenched
resistance toward recognizing and fighting abuse. It
starts in school hallways, where fellow teachers
look away or feel powerless to help. School
administrators make behind-the-scenes deals to avoid
lawsuits and other trouble. And in state capitals
and Congress, lawmakers shy from tough state
punishments or any cohesive national policy for fear
of disparaging a vital profession...
They point to academic studies estimating that only
about one in 10 victimized children report sexual
abuse of any kind to someone who can do something
about it. When it is reported, teachers,
administrators and some parents frequently don't -
or won't - recognize the signs that a crime is
taking place....
Another problem: Because teachers are often allowed
to resign without losing their credentials, many
never show up on the list....
It's a dynamic so common it has its own nicknames -
"passing the trash" or the "mobile molester."
Even in this story the
Associated Press is tip-toeing around the magnitude of
the problem. As I pointed out in The Harsh Truth About
Public Schools, the problem of sexual abuse of
children in government schools is probably vastly
larger. A Hosfstra professor did a study and estimated
that at least 10% of public school children are sexually
abused or harassed by school employees sometime between
kindergarten and 12th grade. A Winston-SalemState
University professor has found that 12.5% of girls
reported having had sexual intercourse with teachers.
NOT AS GOOD AS
YOU THINK
The Pacific Research
Institute has done a favor for those
tired of smug suburban parents and pastors who like to
claim that "our schools are different". In its recently
published study, Not As Good As You Think, PRI
shows that educational achievement in high wealth school
districts is not quite what people assume:
Not as Good as You Think: Why the
Middle Class Needs School Choice... found
that in nearly 300 schools in middle class and affluent
neighborhoods, more than half of the students in at
least one grade level performed below proficiency on the
2006
California Standards Test (CST)—the statewide
test that assesses student grade level knowledge. Many
of these schools are located in
California’s most affluent areas including Orange
County,
Silicon Valley, and the
Los Angeles beach and canyon communities.
Studies show that parents are
willing to purchase houses well beyond their means
for what they believe is an opportunity to send
their children to "good" public schools. Not as
Good as You Think shatters the myth that buying
a home in an expensive neighborhood also buys a
"good" public school.
"While many middle class
parents recognize the need for reform in schools
located in poor, urban neighborhoods, they are often
under the mistaken impression that because they live
in safe, well-to-do suburbs, the schools attended by
their own children are very good," said Lance T.
Izumi, director of Education Studies at PRI and
co-author of the book.
The authors defined a "middle
class" school as one in which less than one-third of
the students qualify for
California’s free or reduced lunch program.
The study provides school-by-school data on the
percentage of students that performed below
proficiency in the CST English, elementary math,
algebra 1, geometry, and algebra 2 exams; the median
price of the homes in the neighborhood; the
percentage of parents who attended college; and the
percentage of teachers who have full teaching
credentials. For example:
- In Orange County,
California—where home prices range from $600,000 to
$1 million—in more than a dozen schools located in
areas such as Newport Beach, Capistrano, and
Huntington Beach, 50% to 80% of students
failed to test proficient in math at their grade
level.
- In the Grossmont area of
San Diego—where the median price of a home is
approximately $500,000—in seven high schools, 50% to
70% of students failed to test proficient in English
at their grade level.
- At
Prospect High School in
Saratoga California—a
Silicon Valley community where the median
price of a home is $1.6 million—less than half of
10th and 11th graders scored at or above proficiency
in the CST English exam. Only 12% of students taking
the CST algebra 1, 23% of students taking the CST
geometry exam, and 37% taking the CST algebra 2 exam
scored at or above proficiency.
College Readiness
The authors also compared
proficiency rates on the 11th grade standards tests
with the California State University system’s 2006
Early Assessment Program (EAP). The EAP is a
voluntary exam taken by 11th graders designed to
assess their readiness for college-level English and
mathematics. The impetus for this part of the study
was to understand why a very high percentage of
freshman—up to 60%—entering the California State
University need remedial courses. In many "middle
class" schools, the gap in what the state considers
"proficient" and what Cal State University deems
"college-ready" is more than 40 percentage points.
"The disparity between the two
tests underscores the failure of schools to prepare
students for higher education and suggests that an
alignment of standards is necessary to close this
gap," said Mr. Izumi. He added, "Parents at these
schools have no problem paying for a college
education, whether the kids can succeed past
freshman year is the bigger question."
For example:
- Only 24% of 11th graders
at Newport Harbor High in
Newport Beach,
Orange County, tested college-ready in
English on the EAP, even though 52% scored at or
above the proficiency on the CST English exam—a
28-point difference. Newport Harbor High was
designated a California Distinguished School in
2007.
- Only 28% of 11th graders
at Dos Pueblos High School in
Santa Barbara tested college-ready for
English on the EAP, even though 59% of the students
scored at or above proficiency on the CST English
exam—a 31-point difference.
- Only 23% of students in
San Marin High School in
Marin County tested college-ready for
English, even though 47% of students scored at or
above proficiency on the CST English exam—a 24 point
difference.
http://special.pacificresearch.org/pub/sab/educat/2007/Middle_Class/index.html
FINALLY, THE
CONTINUING COLLAPSE WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO YOU SOME
OF THE THINGS CHURCH LEADERS CURRENTLY FIND REALLY
IMPORTANT
(Hint: It has
nothing to do with how we train up our children)
Having correctly discerned
that men tend to be repelled by the effeminate brand of
Christianity most churches are peddling these days, our
fearless Christian leaders do what they do best -
implement preposterous "solutions":
Imagine you are a man who
hasn’t attended in church in years. You enjoy such
activities as golfing, hunting and fishing on Sunday
mornings. You think it’s more beneficial to spend time
outdoors with a few of your closest friends than it is
to be cooped up in a church building.
Now imagine that your wife has asked you to try going
back to the local Southern Baptist church one more time.
Do you think the average worship experience will entice
you to come back?
Upon entering the service, worshippers sing what sound
like sappy love songs to Jesus. The lyrics say things
like, “Hold me close, let your love surround me,”
“Jesus, I am so in love with you” and “I’m desperate for
you, I’m lost without you.”
After the singing, church attendees hold hands for
prayer and hear a sermon emphasizing concepts such as a
“personal relationship” with Jesus, having “intimacy”
with God and “sharing” their feelings with other
Christians....
Never fear, we have
solutions. Christian fishing trips and redecorated
restrooms...
Sagemont strives to gear
evangelism and discipleship programs uniquely to
men.... A recent fishing tournament was designed to
reach lost men and served as an entry point through
which at least one lost man started attending the church
regularly. Sagemont has even decorated its men’s
restrooms according to themes that might interest some
men—including bass fishing, duck hunting and golf....
[Perhaps the Christian
fishermen were singing Christian fishing hymns (you
know, like "Fishing for Jesus", sung to the tune of
"Living for Jesus)]
Glenview Baptist Church in
Fort Worth ...In addition to Men’s Fraternity,
the church tries to make sure some of the congregation’s
décor is friendly to men. When a deacon recently
enlisted his wife to help decorate the men’s ministry
bulletin board, Kendrick objected, telling the
deacon the
bulletin board needed to be designed by a
man....Ridgewood Baptist Church in
Port Arthur averages 180 in worship and has
launched a thriving men’s ministry....
Taking a page from Sagemont, Ridgewood is remodeling its
men’s restroom in a Western theme.
This is one small step we’re taking right now to make it
feel more manly.”