-Caveat Lector- ------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "Cindy Sewell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date sent: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 22:30:08 -0400 Totalitarianism for Tots? DC to Make School Attendance Mandatory for Three-Year-Olds The following Washington Post article on mandatory school attendance for three-year-olds foreshadows a dark future for the next generation if we do not take the time to find our voices and speak up for the natural right of parents to direct the education of their own children. If we want the government to raise our children, all we need do is remain silent and ride the national tide. Georgia is already in the surf having both lowered to six(Gov. Barnes tried for age five) and raised to 18 the compulsory attendance age in the first session of Governor Barnes' term, with barely a peep from the people. Consider these words of Warren Burger, "The statist notion that governmental power should supersede parental authority in all cases because some parents abuse and neglect children is repugnant to American tradition." May the repugnancy and absurdity of D.C.'s attempt to supervise the lives of all three-year-olds spur us to action. - Cindy Sewell HEIR Chair 00-01 www.heir.org Here's the link to the Washington Post article and excerpts: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16066-2001Jun18.html "D.C. Council member Kevin P. Chavous (D-Ward 7) plans to introduce a bill today that would lower from 5 to 3 the age at which schooling is compulsory, part of a push among school and elected officials to expand early childhood learning. The bill would require a child to be enrolled in a public, private or parochial school or in "private instruction" if the child turned 3 before Dec. 31 in that academic year. Chavous, chairman of the council's education committee, said that home schooling by parents would qualify as private instruction. But it is unclear in the bill what guidelines stay-at-home parents would be required to follow and how they would document those efforts to the school system... Chavous said his proposal is consistent with national efforts to lengthen the school day and the academic year and with research demonstrating the cognitive benefits of early childhood intervention. "It would force the school system to take charge and responsibility for every 3- and 4-year- old in the city to make sure they are prepared for kindergarten," he said... The information about the article was posted on NHEN(National Home Education Network) and forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To research this issue further try this resource: Website for the DC city council: http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/ Need research on why it's important to keep young children out of government institutions? Try Teacher's College Record, Research and Common Sense: Therapies for our Homes and Schools by Raymond Moore, Volume 84, Number 2, Winter 1982, ISSN-0161-4681 reprinted and published by Columbia University, NY ------- End of forwarded message ------- -- Best Wishes To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, 'Our Country, right or wrong,' and urge on the little war. Have you not perceived that that phrase is an insult to the nation? - Mark Twain <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
