Safe-at-Home School?

January 5, 2007 by Dr. Mc.

Some parents think because they place their children into private Christian schools or teach them in home school arrangements that they have sufficiently protected their off-spring from the “world,” and can ignore the culture wars others face. Please consider that the University of California system (10 very prestigious universities) recently decided that coursework completed using science and history books by such rogue publishers as A Beka and Bob Jones were unacceptable as college prerequisites. Does that affect Alabamians? The lawsuit is still in the courts. I recently had a conversation with a high school science teacher in rural Alabama who bragged, “I believe the Bible, and I teach whatever I want to in my science class.” He sees no reason to get involved in politics, or even learn what is legal or illegal. Christians who think they are safe from the world because they are currently allowed to do their own thing are about as safe as a kid hiding in a cardbord box on an interstate. They just haven’t been hit yet. Ignorance is bliss only for a little while. It’s everybody’s world problem.

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