PAY ATTENTION

I came across a standard bus form for Kickapoo Area Schools which states that your child maybe photographed or videotaped at any time while riding the bus.

DO NOT SIGN that form.

No one--certainly not the State--has the right to photograph or videotape your child without your written consent. If consent is a condition of riding a bus to a public school, refuse and be prepared to challenge it in a court of law.

If anyone tapes or photographs your child without your written consent, SUE THEM.

Your children are YOUR children. Not the schools children, not the State's children. YOUR children. It is an obvious sign of a fascist government to take control of your children at any time for any reason whatsoever.

Do you think governments kindly inform you if they plan to indoctrinate your child? No, they don't. Safety is always a good buzzword for stealing the rights of a free people. I have very little hope that America will remain even as free as it currently is for long, as we seem to just disregard our rights and merrily give them up for the mere asking.

Because safety sounds so good, doesn't it?

But America is not the land of the SAFE it's the land of the free. Or it was, once. And it might be again, but not if we don't pay attention and stand up for ourselves.

Your child is entitled to a free education. Is he getting one? How much money does it cost you to send your child to a public school? Who defines free and public? Is it you? If it isn't, why isn't it? Shouldn't it be?

Remember when schools were answerable to parents instead of the other way around? What happened? Why? Can you change it back?

No teacher needs to make a "home visit" as part of his curriculum. It's an invasion of privacy. Remember privacy? When what you did in your own home was your business? Remember when parents raised children instead of just handing them off to anyone who would keep them busy for eight hours or so?

This is how the Hitler Youth worked, remember? The State took over the education of children, pretty soon children were encouraged to tell all about their home lives. The children grew up very loyal to a lot of things and people that had nothing to do with their parents. And then they joined the SS. It was a natural progression.

Do your child's teachers limit themselves to their subject? Or do they manage to pass on a lot of opinions about morals, judgements, religious values or the lack thereof? Do they express political opinions or value judgements or make it clear whose dad is contributing money and is therefore going to have a happy school experience?

Nothing was ever perfectly fair, but we used to pretend it was. We used to give lip service at least to all men are created equal and that everyone had the same opportunities in our educational systems.

I already hear you calling me an alarmist and a lot of less pleasant things, and you're right. I AM an alarmist. Wouldn't you pull the alarm if the school was on fire? Even if people chose to believe it was just a warm day so they wouldn't have to drag out the hoses and actually do something?

WAKE UP. Ask questions, demand answers, threaten to sue, actually sue, question everything and don't assume the "school can do that" just because they say they can. Do you think they're going to admit they can't if they can bully you out of calling a lawyer?

At least LOOK. Pay attention. Document. Find out.

Or, if you can't do that, call me. I'm not afraid of anybody and I know the name of a good lawyer. Together we may accomplish something and raise an American or two and send them to an AMERICAN school and teach them some AMERICAN values.

And if you think it's unnecessary, I've got some people you can talk to. They lived in Poland in 1939. They didn't think it could happen, either. They'll be glad to tell you what they see happening here.