is this OKAY?

Is it okay for a teacher to move from instructing in practical means of thinking and learning skills to teaching their own opinions????

So, in my readings today i have discovered that there are cases of parents being arrested for trying to be involved in their childrens' education. In Mass., USA there was a dad that wanted his Kindergarden child to NOT be taught about gay and lesbian lifestyles, and he choose NOT to leave a meeting with the school officials after they refused to let him take his child out of certain classes. THus he was imprisioned and tried in the court of law. The teacher involved seems to think, and also said, that since gay marriage was legal in that state, the parents had NO RIGHTS or reason to be informed of what was being taught!!!!!! (what?????)

He made a poor choice, perhaps, in his refusal to leave until something was done...but then, maybe it wasn't so bad. What is to be done when those in leadership over our children's education decide that the PARENTS don't know what is best for their own kids? and more than that, those same people decide that parents should have little to no say in curriculum content ??? I believe that we are in a sorry state when we trust government and school boards to teach our children more than we trust the parents. (especially in issues of lifestyle and social teaching, this isn't an essential part of instruction, it isn't required to go to college, learn to read, write or speak!)

I recently discussed with a mother why she decided to home school her children, since she is a teacher herself and in an area with decent schools i wondered what her reason was. Her response was this: When the teachers and principals stopped listening to her concerns and ideas the red flags went up. When the parent involvement was diminished to very limited influence over children's outcomes, this was when she knew it was time to take them home for a time, just a time.

Before this comes across as one of the "YOU MUST HOMESCHOOL" essays, i must clear the air: I don't believe homeschooling is for everyone. It isn't a biblical mandate, it isn't a sin to go to school. I come from a family of teachers, i went to public school. I am a little radical sometimes. oh well. The reason i talk about this topic soo much is that God has laid it on my heart so heavily! God gives each of us stronger convictions about different things, for me it is to provide a Christ-based worldview in the tender years of life. i don't know the what, where, or how, but i know the why. And we are just waiting to see where God leads, and what He desires for our future....because really, i have no clue. He is full of surprizes!

I just get so rippen' mad when i hear about school boards planning to teach our children "lifestyle lessons", that isn't their job. (teacher: one that imparts practical knowledge, such as learning and thinking skills.) i don't think so at least. As if they know what is morally best for my little J, or your little bobby to learn, that is what God made YOU for. Parents: they are given the Biblical responsibility for the teaching, training and direction of their own children. (Deut. 6:7, Prov. 22:6) (that can just mean knowing what they are learning in school, being involved there, and countering any untrue information they are fed there and giving them God's wisdom and truth at home.)

okay. that was my vent for the day. whew.