The Sugar Pumpkins will be cut in half (seeds saved) and baked. The baked pumpkin will be scooped out of the skin, pureed, and frozen for pumpkin pies, breads, etc. The Arkansas Black Apples will become an apple pie soon. The Roma tomatoes will be sliced and simmered into a delicious tomato sauce. The carrot will be chopped and added to a green lettuce salad today.
After decades of experience of working in the public school educational system, we have concluded that the typical public school student has missed a myriad of valuable informative topics. Today, students learn a lot of information with missing substantive value. Shortly after entering this Prussian modeled institution, joy for learning and natural curiosity for creation are quickly smothered. Recent studies are proving that sitting in a chair for 6 hours a day is not beneficial health-wise. After years of value based education, bullying continues on playgrounds and in the hallways. The moral decline of our society can be attributed to families’ neglect of a good education for their children. It is the parent’s responsibility to remain actively engaged in their children’s learning. Year after year, these young minds are fed many false presuppositions. For example, early education models in our country were centered around the family with the church enabling children to understand who the creator and king of the universe was. They learned multiple languages, reading from the Bible, composed writing that was meaningful, and valued hard, good work. Today, classrooms are filled with the philosophy that the government will take care of everyone’s needs and people are entitled to that help. The constitutional philosophy of working hard, persevering, and being individually responsible for one’s life and decisions are ideas of the past.
These days students are taught to look to government instead of Christ for life’s answers and needs. Problems like gum chewing and too much talking in class have morphed into drug abuse, sex abuse, loss of gender identity, and mass confusion. By making their own standards and turning from God’s standards, order has turned into chaos. Details about history are skewed in the government’s favor. In fact, students don’t learn much real history at all any more in the public school. The philosophical work ethic is based based on humanism instead of truth. The science curriculum is founded on the emptiness of evolution instead of the fullness of God’s creation. Grammar is taught without context. Language and literature are full of fluffy and meaningless fiction filled stories. Government is taught to be god. To rehabilitate this “empty set of education” we need to supply what is missing: Truth. History should be honestly taught in light of Christ’s purposes. The philosophy of work should be based on biblical principles. Science should be taught with the understanding that God is the creator and designer of all things, including knowledge. (Anything true taught in the public school comes from God). Math programs exclude logic and are taught without a growing foundation of number patterns and methods of practical applications to the real world. Now with Common Core, math has become even more illogical and difficult to understand, when it really is very understandable when taught with a foundation of logic like in the Saxon Math program. Instead of government usurping God’s authority, it is meant to be a servant of God (Romans 13). To satisfy these required topics in the present age education must be done with close parental monitoring in preferably a home guided education. It is worth the effort and is the student’s only hope. Corrupted minds need to be renewed with truth.
“Many public primary and secondary schools are dangerous places. The Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics show that in 2012, there were about 749,200 violent assaults on students. In the 2011-12 academic year, there were a record 209,800 primary- and secondary-school teachers who reported being physically attacked by a student. Nationally, an average of 1,175 teachers and staff were physically attacked, including being knocked out, each day of that school year. In Baltimore, each school day in 2010, an average of four teachers and staff were assaulted. Each year, roughly 10 percent of primary- and secondary-school teachers are threatened with bodily harm.
Many public schools not only are dangerous but produce poor educational results. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress for 2013, sometimes called the Nation’s Report Card (http://tinyurl.com/mn6snpf), only 33 percent of white 12th-graders tested proficient in math, and 47 percent tested proficient in reading. For black 12th-graders, it was a true tragedy, with only 7 percent testing proficient in math and 16 percent in reading. These grossly disappointing educational results exist despite massive increases in public education spending.
Many parents want a better education and safer schools for their children. The best way to deliver on that desire is to offer parents alternatives to poorly performing and unsafe public schools. Expansion of charter schools is one way to provide choice. The problem is that charter school waiting lists number in the tens of thousands. Another way is giving educational vouchers or tuition tax credits for better-performing and safer schools. But the education esablishment fights tooth and nail against any form of school choice.
Another viable alternative increasingly chosen is home schooling. In 1970, there were only 10,000 home-schooled children. In 2012, according to recently released data from the National Center for Education Statistics, there were about 1.77 million children who were being home-schooled (http://tinyurl.com/ooodba7).
Parents give a number of reasons for home schooling. Many want a safer environment for their children — away from violence, alcohol and other drugs, psychological abuse, and improper and unhealthy sexual indoctrination found in public schools. Some want to teach and impart a particular set of values and beliefs to their children.
In terms of academic achievement, home-schoolers beat out their public school counterparts. In reading, language, math, science and social studies, the average home-schooler scores somewhere near the 80th percentile. The average public school student taking these standardized tests scores at the 50th percentile in each subject area. Home-schoolers also tend to score higher than their public school counterparts on college admittance tests, such as the ACT and SAT.
Home schooling is not without its critics. Some of it is ludicrous, as shown in an excellent article in City Journal titled “Homeschooling in the City,” by Matthew Hennessey. Stanford University political scientist Rob Reich has called for tighter regulation of home schooling to ensure that “children are exposed to and engaged with ideas, values, and beliefs that are different from those of the parents.” My question to Reich is: Whose ideas and values should children be exposed to? Georgetown University law professor Robin L. West worries that home-schooled children grow up to become right-wing political “soldiers” eager to “undermine, limit, or destroy state functions.” West would like to see home schooling more highly regulated and home-schoolers subjected to mandatory testing and periodic home visits in order “to give the state a window into the quality of home life, and a way to monitor signs of abuse.”
Home-schoolers have a defense against this sort of meddling. The Home School Legal Defense Association is a nonprofit organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children. The National Home Education Research Institute provides educational resources and research for home-schooling parents. Its founder, Dr. Brian D. Ray, recently published “African American Homeschool Parents’ Motivations for Homeschooling and Their Black Children’s Academic Achievement.” His findings are proof that home schooling is effective for not only white youngsters but black youngsters, as well.”
Dr. Walter E. Williams
While teaching kindergarten, I was required to study in a program called Reading Recovery with our school site’s designated reading coach. I was skeptical at first, and honestly did not want to participate in the program. I am thankful that I did. Our reading coach did an amazing job and her enthusiasm for teaching reading transferred to me. While studying at UCLA, I had the opportunity to volunteer to teach reading to inner city students at a local middle school. I was 19 and enjoyed my brief interactions in the classroom. This would be the beginning of my journey into reading education. These are the primary skills that I learned from the program:
The first European families to settle in America educated their children at home. Later, families had the option to send their children to educational institutions set up by the local churches. By 1837, the local government began schooling kids. Eventually, it grew to the state and local government. In 1867 the federal Department of Education was established. The department has continued to extend its power over the last 146 years. Today, with Common Core, education has gone global and is now linked to the United Nations. Within this time period, the United States has moved from a #1 ranking in education to 14th in reading, 25th in math, and 17 in science. It is obvious that the loss of local control in education has also decreased the effectiveness of school systems. My superintendent told me during a meeting that he could not change anything in our district because “his hands were tied” and he had to do whatever the state told him to do via the school board. My solution to this problem is to make education local by establishing schools within their own cities/towns. Have a board of parents/volunteers that oversee each school. Have a general board (perhaps elected or appointed by the city council) that oversees all those schools within the city.
We have struggled for years to grow carrots. They grow and taste amazing, but had an odd shape. We harvested a large purple and another orange earlier this summer. Our neighbors received a welcome home gift bag from us last night that contained an average sized yellow and a pinkish carrot along with other garden goodies. We have a few others growing in our carrot patch that we will harvest in the next week. We attribute our success to the soil (which was stirred compost so that the soil was loose). We sprouted the seeds and transplanted carefully into holes in the soil so that the root was straight. The carrots seemed to enjoy growing during the summer next to the cantaloupes. We believe this environment kept the temperature right for the carrots. Finally, the seeds we used are the best we have ever had. We purchased them on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Seeds-Things-Organic-Carnival-Carrot/dp/B003UXEQ86/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1440686648&sr=8-2&keywords=carnival+carrots+seeds+organic
Harvested in late July, this beet was delicious. Photographed over “mommy’s garden” where rainbow carrots are flourishing and the cantaloupes have dominated.
Cantaloupes harvested this morning. Absolutely delicious and worth all the effort keeping our raccoon raiders away.
July 2015 has been the month that government continues to turn against the people–on both sides. Some examples are from Republican representatives like Ken Calvert and Mimi Walters who both voted “aye” on HR 6 21st Century Cures Act and HR 1599 Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015. Both bills are deceptively titled to sound like they are for the people. HR 6 is backed by the pharmaceutical companies and the FDA. According to NVIC, this bill “compromises the integrity of the vaccine licensing process”. HR 1599, which passed with a vote of 275 to 150 blocks states’ 10th amendment right to label GMOs. Both Walters (who states that she intends to balance the US budget) and Calvert, voted to grow government and reduce liberty. I am citing two, but Congress is full of hypocrites like these. Musician Neil Young speaks out using his musical talent to communicate these injustices against America and the world.
“Mothers want to know what they feed their children…” N.Y. +Promise of the Real
Yes, “GMO Free” moms want to know.
Animals given the same vaccine schedule as children show that brain development is steadily destroyed according to Dr. Blaylock. Most people who are vaccinated have been affected at some level. Dr. Humphries questions the safety, effectiveness, and harmlessness of vaccines. Vaccines continue to be experimental as there have not been studies done to compare vaccinated to unvaccinated people. There is not enough research on vaccines. In the past, the live polio vaccine spread the disease. Live vaccines spread the disease they are supposed to stop. The science in vaccines is very limited. Vaccines wear out. Thirty percent of the measles cases at Disneyland had already been vaccinated. People that have compromised immune systems are not protected from getting sick, even if they are vaccinated. All future doctors are taught in medical school that vaccines curb diseases like small pox and polio. “In fact it has never been proven that the smallpox vaccine has been proven effective at all” (http://cure-guide.com/books/the-vaccine-guide/smallpox-vaccine-does-it-work/). This statement is in response to the fact that cowpox is used to prevent smallpox. Vaccines contain contaminants that are bacterial and viral. The viral contaminants are common in vaccines and have the potential to destroy brain cells. China has now become the leading manufacturer of vaccines. Do we trust a country with our vaccines when their baby formula was found to contain plastic particles that harmed and killed babies? The FDA is limited in their oversight of Chinese vaccine manufacturing. According to Dr. Blaylock, SIDS death follow the DTaP vaccine by 3 weeks of 70 percent of the SIDS cases. Vaccines can suppress the immune system and increase the risk of other infections or even the disease that is trying to be prevented. Dr. Blaylock believes that the MMR and Hib vaccines do suppress the immune system. He believes that there is a strong association with asthma, childhood diseases, autoimmune disorders, and neurological disorders due to vaccines and their additives and ingredients. Dr. Blaylock stated that diseases from vaccines can persist in the body for a lifetime. Measles has been found in 20 percent of the brains and 45 percent of other tissues in the elderly. Because every human is unique genetically, all people should have a right to informed consent. The government should not put all of us in the same box or mandate vaccines for all children. The parents who know the medical history of their families should have the right to choose what is best for their children. Thank you for honest doctors who have shared their research in this article.
Dr. Blaylock (a doctor who tried to save his parents from Parkinson’s Disease using conventional medicine and failed. He looked deeper into the root of disease, something he was not taught in medical school.) http://www.blaylockreport.com/
Dr. Tenpenny http://drtenpenny.com/
Dr. Humphries (a kidney specialist who noticed her patients having kidney failure after certain vaccinations) http://drsuzanne.net/dr-suzanne-humphries-vaccines-vaccination/
Barbara Loe Fisher https://nvicadvocacy.org/members/Home.aspx
Dr. Mercola http://www.drmercola.com/
Legislatures should be recalled for acting unconstitutionally and unethically in their recent votes for SB277. Their votes put families and parental rights at risk. It is interesting to note that in 2011, Governor Brown vetoed SB 105, a bill requiring helmets on skiers under 18. He was quoted as stating, “While I appreciate the value of wearing a ski helmet, I am concerned about the continuing and seemingly inexorable transfer of authority from parents to the state”. “Not every human problem deserves a law. Parents have the ability and responsibility to make good choices for their children.” Injecting medications into children’s bodies is not the state’s decision either. Why did Brown flip-flop on this? Could it be that the pharmaceutical companies donated about 2 million dollars to help pass this bill?
California Recall Process from http://sb277recalls.com/
“Here is a brief overview of the process:
1. A constituent decides they want to pursue a recall effort.
2. They must gather approximately 60 signatures for a “Notice of Intent to Recall”. The signatures must be from registered and verifiable voters in the district.
3. A copy must be served on the lawmaker.
4. The original must be served on the state.
5. The entire document must be advertised in a newspaper in the district (this will cost a lot of money!).
6. The lawmaker has seven days to respond.
7. When the state gives the recall effort the green light, you must prepare a Recall Petition, which must then be approved by the state.
8. Once approved, you have about 160 days to gather the petition signatures.
9. If you are successful, a recall election will be held.
10. Once the election is held, it is then determined if the lawmaker has been recalled or not.”
A little effort goes a long way when there is unity.
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