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Entry: Taking Back Our Children Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/taking_back_our_children#4500 Post contents: <<Sure, children did not like going to school. But, later on they saw that the good jobs went to those who knew how to read and write, and a bit more besides.>> I see. Teaching a child to read and write takes about twelve months at a couple of hours per day, tops. Teaching a child formal grammar to complete mastery takes three or four years, tops. Assuming a child with adequate intelligence, of course. The real problem is, as your master of language Mark Twain put it, the knowing of so many things that ain’t so. In other words, your “and a bit more besides” is where most of the trouble starts. The debate begins with defining one’s objective. The objective of public schooling is the elimination of religion and the homogenization of the citizens. This programme is sold to unsuspecting parents by dishonestly pretending that the objective is to provide children with the capacity to live better lives. The objective of real education is to develop the character of the child in accord with the laws of nature and of divine revelation. Home-schoolers generally home-school precisely because they become aware that there are no schools available which understand and pursue this true education of the child. Sent at: 2008 10 12