When I was a child, my parents told me about parents in the Soviet Union who had to re-teach their children when they returned each day from government indoctrination at school. As an adult I have studied this in greater detail and learned that, not only were the schools indoctrinating the children, but they were also demanding that the children inform the authorities if their parents taught them differently at home. Some children did this, thinking they were serving the greater good, causing their own parents to be hauled away and tortured. Many times they didn’t return.
Could this happen in the United States of America?
http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2013/201302110.asp
About Kristen Chevrier
Kristen Chevrier is married to Brian Chevrier. They are the parents of five awesome children. Kristen began researching home schooling twenty-two years ago, when her first child was six months old, and fell in love with the idea. Kristen received her MA in English from Brigham Young University. She has taught Freshman English at BYU and has taught Theater, History, English Literature and Composition for private schools and groups of home schooled teens. Most of all she enjoys being with her family. She is very comfortable with home schooling, but blogging is a new adventure.
I must say that for years, no decades, I really avoided politics. It’s just not inherently interesting to me. I wanted to research candidates, vote wisely, and have those other people take care of things.
Big mistake. As you point out, our liberties are at risk and we all really need to wake up and take action.
It’s the sad truth, Alison. I would much rather put my head in a good book or go on a picnic than spend my Saturday at a Central Committee meeting. But whether I take an interest in politics or not, it is going to take an interest in me.