Yet another religious cult raided

[Occhidiangela]

OK, Kandrathe, you don't want to reply to me. That's fine. But I want you to know that I feel your statements about public education in America are far, far out of line with what my experience has been. Quite frankly, I'm currently busting my ass to provide a good education to students who live in a highly religious, conservative town. So, it's frustrating to come home after working a 12-hour day and hear that I'm actually part of a secret plot to push through my liberal agenda. I do encourage my kids to develop their critical thinking skills, if that's what you mean. But we *want* them to do that, right?

Gris, teachers come in all shapes and sizes. Not going to defend K's broad brush remark.

As a parent, I've met all sorts of educators. By and large, the teachers my kids have had do a decent job, for low pay.

My personal beef with educators tends to be with two sorts:

School administrators, not teachers. No further comment.

Demagogues masquerading as teachers and professors.

Not quite the majority, IMO, but when they show up, these activists really stand out.

Best teacher my son has had so far is a retired DEA agent: ninth grade government class, and a retired Army sergeant math teacher in seventh grade. They both excited the learning instinct, curiosity, in him like no other teacher had.

We moved my son and daughter out of a "progressive" school system for a variety of reasons about five years ago. "Progressive" was a smoke screen for something I'll not drag into this conversation.

Occhi