http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2007/10/27/skulls-full-of-mush/ Conservative group weblog that publishes daily commentary on political events and topics affecting Canada, the United States and the world. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:20:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2007/10/27/skulls-full-of-mush/#comment-170747 cherenkov Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:34:39 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2007/10/27/skulls-full-of-mush/#comment-170747 The quote is fundamentally flawed, in that it presumes that educating a kid is as easy as feeding or clothing a kid. It's not. Not all parents are qualified or capable of educating their child to the standard required to be a productive member of society. Home school should be an option, but there's no question that it's in the best interest of the state for kids to have a proper education, otherwise they will be more likely to turn into welfare bums and so on. With that in mind, you may ask: is teaching about same sex marriage or intelligent design part of a "proper" education? Neither is necessary, in my opinion, but I can't say if they are damaging or counter-productive. I would prefer if both were left out of my kid's education. The quote is fundamentally flawed, in that it presumes that educating a kid is as easy as feeding or clothing a kid. It’s not. Not all parents are qualified or capable of educating their child to the standard required to be a productive member of society. Home school should be an option, but there’s no question that it’s in the best interest of the state for kids to have a proper education, otherwise they will be more likely to turn into welfare bums and so on. With that in mind, you may ask: is teaching about same sex marriage or intelligent design part of a “proper” education? Neither is necessary, in my opinion, but I can’t say if they are damaging or counter-productive. I would prefer if both were left out of my kid’s education.

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