When will they ever learn? You may be able to force people to associate with different races and “cultures” in the workplace, especially government workplaces, but you can’t force people to play PC games with their children.
Reasonable parents in Lexington, Nebraska, are snatching their kids out of government schools there and enrolling them in schools farther away. Why? Because poor and poor English-speaking students are driving down academic standards. The article isn’t explicit, but it doesn’t take a Ph.D. to figure it out. Liberal superintendent Dick Eisenhauer is wringing his hands over such non-politically correct (rational) behavior:
Dick Eisenhauer is tired of watching white families take their children out of the schools in his Nebraska district and enroll them in smaller, outlying ones where there are virtually no poor or Hispanic students.Like many of Nebraska’s school systems, the Lexington district where Eisenhauer is superintendent has seen an influx of Hispanics, largely because of jobs at the meatpacking plants, and an accompanying exodus of white students to public elementary schools just outside town.
And there is nothing Eisenhauer can do about it. Nebraska law allows students to switch schools without giving a reason. (Source)
So what does our government do in order to coerce its citizens into doing what they don’t want to do? Create another law, of course!
[T]he state Legislature, which is considering a bill to thwart what some say amounts to legal segregation in the schools.The proposal would force the outlying elementary-only schools to merge with larger kindergarten-through-12th-grade districts. That could mean the closing of the smaller schools. (Emphasis added)
This is why I strongly encourage people who care more about their children’s education and less about charges of “racism” and what others think to take their kids out of government schools now.
Do what you have to do. Sacrifice whatever it takes to send your kids to private schools or homeschool them yourself. You cannot win in this scenario. Government has been exercising and abusing its raw power since forced integration was codified into law 40 years ago.
Right-thinking families continue to flee government schools when the concentration of low achieving students (in this case, poor English-speaking) becomes too great. Known as “white flight,” this phenomenon is frowned upon, and as usual, liberals think coercion is in order.
I don’t blame these parents one bit. The only problem is that if you send your kid to a government school, you’re limited in what you can change. Government social engineering is ingrained; it knows no other way to operate. You’re better off surrendering and sending your kids as far away from the fray as you can get. If you can’t afford private schools, opt for homeschooling. The most frustrating part, I imagine, is that homeschool and private school parents still pay for government schools.
If you want to know what I think of “integration,” read these posts: The Unconstitutionality of Brown v. Board of Education, The Irony of Brown v. Board of Education.
People may be shocked about my opinions on this topic and express confusion (dismay?) that a black person would have anything positive to say about “white flight.” In supporting these families’ decisions to seek higher-performing amd better schools with little or no Hispanics or low-achieving students, I’m hoping to send a strong message.
I don’t think anyone should be forced to experiment with their children’s education to satisfy the misplaced guilt of liberal white social engineers, especially the ones who send their own kids to private schools.
Update: Homeschooled kids beat Oxford Brits.
