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Monday, October 27, 2003
First, we had the gay and lesbian school in New York. Now we have the vegan school in San Juan. Now, let me preface my comments by saying that I have nothing against veganism, although... well, let's just say it's not for me. However, funding these sorts of fringe schools with taxpayer money is simply wrong. Taxes should be going to schools to educate kids, not to indoctrinate them, or lean them toward specific lifestyles. That's what this charter school aims to do:
The charter promises to promote "respect for humans, all species and the environment" and "the promotion of harmonious relations, kindness toward domestic pets and humane treatment of living creatures."
The charter model will "replace discipline based on rewards and punishments with one based on respect, responsibility and reverence." (As in: "Sierra, if you can't self-organize your workspace and continue to throw your math manipulatives at Conner, I'm not sure I can trust you with more tofu.")
In the meantime, discipline suffers, cognitive reasoning takes a back seat to "compassion", and society becomes one big "love fest".
Is it any wonder why California is so fiscally dysfunctional?
As the school district's attorney Diana Halpenny noted, charter applicants met all the qualifying criteria, so "there was no (legal) basis for the board to deny the petition"... It turns out that the law doesn't require charter-petition signers to live in the district or even near it. Teachers from Stockton, Manteca and Cloverdale and parents from Redding, Antioch and Modesto signed petitions stating that they were "meaningfully interested" in teaching at or sending their kids to the school.
So a very small minority gets this idea that veganism is sound educational policy, and, despite the fact that many of those endorsing the idea don't even live near the school, nor do they intend to send their kids to the school, it nevertheless, by way of law, becomes necessary to endorse, and validate the idea.
Absurd. One more reason that homeschooling is the best alternative to government schooling.
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Dave
10:47 AM
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