It is mandatory by law that every child in this country receives an education. They must attend either a public or private school or be home schooled. They must attend until the age of sixteen or eighteen, depending on the state in which they live. The vast majority of our children attend public schools.
Drastic changes must be made in our publicly-funded educational system. During these past few weeks, America has witnessed an alarming increase in the number and frequency of grisly deaths of students across our land. This trend of violence should not be surprising; from kindergarten through high school, our children are exposed to a perverse system that no longer teaches right from wrong. Today's youth and young adults are turning on themselves and a society that they are obviously very angry with.
There have been 219 violent deaths in schools since the Columbine massacre in Colorado, including 99 shootings, 30 by stabbings, 12 by fighting, 35 suicides, 28 murder-suicides, and 15 other violet infractions. Many more incidents of violence go unreported.
The bullying and teasing factor some believe is "just part of growing up" can no longer be ignored or taken lightly. The behavior can cause deep depression, uncontrollable anxieties, and festering anger. It leaves scars that are often carried into adulthood. Neither the victims nor the perpetrators are given much attention in our inferior and poorly-run public schools. School officials must intervene.
Many of the murderers in highly-publicized spree killings were cruelly teased by fellow students. There is no closing the barn door after a student lashes out with such acts of violence. Too often, there is a pattern that stems from the ignored and unchecked improper behavior exhibited by troubled youth.
Excerpts from ABC News:
Oct. 5, 2006 — The oldest of the five Amish girls shot dead in a Pennsylvania schoolhouse is said to have stepped forward and asked her killer to "Shoot me first," in an apparent effort to buy time for her schoolmates.
Rita Rhoads, a midwife who delivered two of the victims, told ABC News' Law and Justice Unit that she learned of 13-year-old Marian Fisher's plea from Fisher's family.
What's more, Fisher's 11-year-old sister Barbie, who survived the shooting, allegedly asked the gunman, Charles Carl Roberts IV, to "Shoot me" second, Rhoads said.
"They were amazing," Rhoads said, 'absolutely amazing. There was a tremendous amount of calm and courage in that schoolroom."
For decades, progressives have turned our institutions into breeding grounds for generations of self-centered people who are more lovers of pleasure than lovers of God. They neither care nor try to understand the concept of becoming their brother's keeper.
We are witnessing the fall of a civilized nation, a nation that has strayed from its foundation of America's Judeo-Christian beliefs. We have allowed secular groups to toss us to and fro in this game of moral ambiguity. They want to remove the Lord from the public arena. Traditionalists are God-centered people. They are the only ones left to challenge and stop groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and not be intimidated by them.
Removing prayer from the classroom has emboldened the spread of the secular movement that prioritizes "Heather Has
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