This is the kind of school indoctrination that Republicans support

[Alexander Hamilton]

To all the people who are getting hung up on the Negro thing, even ignoring that, the speech is still not something the President should be saying to schoolchildren.

I will agree. Schools should be free from indoctrination.

Public schools are entirely indoctrination. My children will never attend.

[Alexander Hamilton]

While private schools aren't much better, at least they provide a better education and pay attention to the concerns of parents and students. I am done with the public school system.

[Alexander Hamilton]

There are good public school systems out there though.  Not all of them suffer from the major problems often associated with public schools...but they all suffer from the minor problems that public schools can't avoid.  (like dumb kids, bad kids and "special" kids)

How about extremely incompetent staff that refuses to work with students/parents because they are "overworked and underpaid" yet they are eligible for the most bullsh**t government program ever created (3 at 50).

[Alexander Hamilton]

While private schools aren't much better, at least they provide a better education and pay attention to the concerns of parents and students. I am done with the public school system.

I'm not saying that there aren't some very valid reasons to avoid public schools, but how do you square the idea of avoiding "indoctrination" with education?

Well it depends on what specific types of indoctrination we are referring to. Public schools I have attended have done things such as pressure kids into "talking to their parents about voting to give the schools more funding" and have been quite anti-religious (despite the school board wasting millions on "In God We Trust" plaques).

[Alexander Hamilton]

While private schools aren't much better, at least they provide a better education and pay attention to the concerns of parents and students. I am done with the public school system.

I'm not saying that there aren't some very valid reasons to avoid public schools, but how do you square the idea of avoiding "indoctrination" with education?

Well it depends on what specific types of indoctrination we are referring to. Public schools I have attended have done things such as pressure kids into "talking to their parents about voting to give the schools more funding" and have been quite anti-religious (despite the school board wasting millions on "In God We Trust" plaques).

Not sure about the anti-religious part, but definitely agree with the whole "vote for school money" part.

The teachers here tell kids (as young as 9) that God is as real as Santa Claus (I've had at least 7 instances of this occur). While I agree, it is wrong for the school system to allow this in a public system.

[Alexander Hamilton]

Wow...that's as wrong as telling them that god is as real as me or you.  god shouldn't be brought up outside of a class on religion, history or culture and even then there shouldn't be any pro or anti god opinion coming from the teacher or the text books.

It's too bad we don't live in a perfect world....probably be boring though.

For the record, I attended Bakersfield, CA public schools- I believe it has the most churches per capita in the entire world, and consistently elects religious nut jobs to the school board. I can only imagine how bad it is in more "liberal" areas.

[Alexander Hamilton]

I try to be as unbiased and fair to everyone as possible, whether it be politics, religion, etc.
I disapprove of most forms of indoctrination, of course, that is only possible to an extent. Some organizations have no place exploiting biases to use as indoctrination, however. The public school system is one, law enforcement is another.

[Alexander Hamilton]

Wow...that's as wrong as telling them that god is as real as me or you.  god shouldn't be brought up outside of a class on religion, history or culture and even then there shouldn't be any pro or anti god opinion coming from the teacher or the text books.

It's too bad we don't live in a perfect world....probably be boring though.

For the record, I attended Bakersfield, CA public schools- I believe it has the most churches per capita in the entire world, and consistently elects religious nut jobs to the school board. I can only imagine how bad it is in more "liberal" areas.

I'll help you out here.

It isn't a problem.

I know the same problems exist in San Diego, CA and New Jersey, so, way to be an idiot again. No surprise, of course.