Mine and Not Yours.

[LouNY]

Indoctrination is not education.

Yes, the Public schools have been attempting to Indoctrinate our kids for years.

 

[Diggin It]

Maybe if indoctrination and education are mutually-exclusive, so "not really" most of the time. Working alone I taught my son right from wrong, to have a conscience, and to treat others well. I left his religious and political indoctrination to him and the public school World he grew up in.

We have to give kids credit where due for learning some things at their own pace, and show patience when they appear to digress form our norms and personal teachings.

Something along those lines.

 

[two_bit_score]

I was prejudiced against home schooling. I would not want to do it and thought most parents would muck it up. I met several parents whose homeschooled children did very well. One went to the Air Force academy another to an Ivy league school. Others were were polite and well behaved. Now I think they might be performing better than the average student.

At least 99% of the ones I know do.

 

[beowulf]

Interesting story about neighbors. Thirty four years ago and a few days after we moved from LA to our 90 acres in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Central California, a guy came over, introduced himself, and explained that the former owner let him hunt pigs on the property and he would like to continue to do that if it was okay. He lived a couple of miles up the mountain. We chatted for awhile, he explained his pig hunting exploits, etc., and anyway he seemed like a nice guy so we said it would be fine. We required, however, that he let us know in advance when he was coming to hunt and let us know when he came on to the property and when he left.

He did that each of the three times he hunted - got a large wild pig each time. He always called in the evening and only when it was raining and that was when he hunted - night time and in the rain, and always alone. After he got a pig he would call friends to help him get it out as it was usually in rough terrain.

Then a few months later a pickup pulled up with two guys in the front with long guns and two guys in the bed with long guns. Looked like a posse to me. I asked them what was going on. The driver said "we're here for the pigs". What? He said that (name of the guy that I let hunt) told them that they could hunt pigs here. Well, I told them no, that was not going to happen, and I called the hunter-neighbor guy back and told him the pig hunting was over - he could no longer hunt here. And we got a locking gate and appropriate signage.

 

[the old grind]

Reminds me of hunters given permission to hunt private land then trying to police adjoining properties as though permission included all he could see.

One guy asked me WTF I was doing hunting 'there' .. in my own back yard. He was a pal of my neighbors BF and not from around here either. He wasn't wearing hunter orange and I told him he looked more like a deer every time I saw him without it. (just that once) He hasn't been back.

 

[MossRoad]

See, that is the problem. It's OK for your personal beliefs to be taught with no respect for others personal beliefs. Maybe I don't want my children believing the same as your children.

That's the rub. My kids weren't "indoctrinated" at college. They were "indoctrinated" by all of their life experiences, just as I was. There comes several times in an adult's life when they should question their experiences, what they believe in, what they don't, what they should stand up for and what they should condemn. Then they should adjust their behavior as necessary.

 

[MossRoad]

And that is different than my children how? I'm a firm believer in God, yet my children never saw the inside of a church. When they saw me reading the Bible and asked a question, I gave them my opinion. When we moved to South Carolina and they had never seen a black child before, we taught them they were the same as them. When they went to college for "higher education", that is exactly what they received. Our children were raised to question, learn, and find their own truth; much like what you just described. I would never imprint my own beliefs on them. And don't think they don't get the old man's advice often.. But, I certainly hope and pray they find the happiness in life I have.

Are you somehow construing that I'm arguing with you???

 

[ultrarunner]

Closing threads is respectful to those that posted as opposed to Deleting threads...

TBN is generous when it comes to expanded discussion and often makes for interesting reads...

 

[MossRoad]

you dance just like my granddaughter does.....

Unfortunately, that little dancing guy is better at it than I am. :laughing:

 

[the old grind]

When I dance, I might as well dress in full Bozo. The adults don't notice me and the kids giggle.