Homeschooling Protects Children from Violence and Marxism

[Suzanimal]

Homeschooling Protects Children from Violence and Marxism

written by ron paul
monday june 4, 2018


The February mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida prompted many parents to consider homeschooling. This is hardly surprising, as the misnamed federal “Gun-Free Schools” law leaves schoolchildren defenseless against mass shooters. Removing one’s children from government schools seems a rational response to school shootings.

School shootings are not the only form of violence causing more parents to consider homeschooling. Many potential homeschooling parents are concerned about the failure of school administrators to effectively protect children from bullying by other students.

Of course many parents choose homeschooling as a means of protecting their children from federal education “reforms” such as Common Core. Other parents are motivated by a desire to protect their children from the cultural Marxism that has infiltrated many schools.

The spread of cultural Marxism has contributed to the dumbing down of public education. Too many government schools are more concerned with promoting political correctness than ensuring that students receive a good education. Even if cultural Marxism did not dumb down education, concerns that government schools are indoctrinating children with beliefs that conflict with parents’ political, social, and even religious beliefs would motivate many families to homeschool.

Even when government schools are not intentionally promoting cultural Marxism or other left-wing ideologies, they are still implicitly biased toward big government. For example, how many government schools teach the Austrian economics explanation for the Great Depression — much less question the wisdom of central banking — or critically examine the justifications for America’s hyper-interventionist foreign policy?

Parents interested in providing their children with a quality education emphasizing the ideas of liberty should consider looking into my homeschooling curriculum. The Ron Paul Curriculum provides students with a well-rounded education that includes rigorous programs in history, mathematics, and the physical and natural sciences. The curriculum also provides instruction in personal finance. Students can develop superior oral and verbal communication skills via intensive writing and public speaking courses. Another feature of my curriculum is that it provides students the opportunity to create and run their own internet businesses.

The government and history sections of the curriculum emphasize Austrian economics, libertarian political theory, and the history of liberty. However, unlike government schools, my curriculum never puts ideological indoctrination ahead of education.

While government schools — and even many private schools — pretend religion played no significant role in history, my curriculum addresses the crucial role religion played in the development of Western civilization. However, the materials are drafted in such a way that any Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or atheist parent can feel comfortable using the curriculum.

Interactive forums allow students to engage with and learn from each other. The forums ensure students are actively engaged in their education as well as give them an opportunity to interact with their peers outside of a formal setting.

Concern about the safety of students in government-run schools is one reason many parents are considering homeschooling, but it is not the only reason. Many parents are motivated by a desire to give their children something better than a curriculum that has been dumbed down by federal initiatives like Common Core. Other parents do not wish to have their children indoctrinated with views that contradict the parents’ political, social, or even religious beliefs.

I encourage all parents looking at alternatives to government schools —alternatives that provide children with a well-rounded education that introduces them to the history and ideas of liberty — to go to RonPaulCurriculum.com for more information about my homeschooling program.

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[Anti Globalist]

One of my neighbors has a kid whose been homeschooled his whole life. I'm glad he doesn't have to worry about all this crazy stuff going on in schools.

[euphemia]

Yeah, having one's children alive at the end of the day is not a moral victory.

[Ender]

I was "unschooled" which is a homeschool program of letting the student follow their deepest interests, instead of being forced to learn a certain curriculum.

Once a child becomes good at one thing, their interest becomes broadened and they begin to explore everything.

[Anti Federalist]

Both of my kids have been homeschooled from age 6.

My son has his diploma already, my daughter will have hers next year.

Best thing we ever did.

[jllundqu]

My two children continue their homeschool journey, even while their mama undergoes treatments for this god damned leukemia... they love it. We love it. There isn't a soul on earth that could convince us that homeschooling isn't THE best option to educate your children. We began to homeschool as a DIRECT RESULT of Ron Paul's campaigns, which led to my journey into libertarianism/anarchism.

Thank you, Dr. Paul. You've changed our lives, and the lives of our children. In effect, you've changed the course of the future for my posterity in the most positive way.