Public Schools: The Ideal Venue for the Promotion and Implementation of Humanistic Views

Charles F. Potter, a leading humanist of his day, wrote in the Humanist magazine during the 1930s that:

"Education is thus a most powerful ally of Humanism, and every American public school is a school of Humanism.  What can the theistic Sunday schools, meeting for an hour a week and teaching only a fraction of the children, do to stem the tide of a five-day program of humanistic teaching?"


Another leading humanist, John Dunphy, wrote in the Humanist Magazine in 1983:

"I am convinced that the battle for humankind's future must be waged and won in the public classroom by teachers who correctly perceive their role as the proselytizers of a new faith:  a religion of humanity... The teacher must embody the same selfless dedication as the most rabid fundamentalist preachers, for they will be ministers of another sort, utilizing a classroom instead of a pulpit...The classroom must and will become an arena of conflict between the old and the new - the rotting corpse of Christianity, together with its adjacent evils and misery, and the new faith of humanism."


Scary, isn't it?  But, there is hope.  Christian parents in America do not have to send their kids to public school to be indoctrinated with this garbage.  Homeschooling is the ideal option to combat the brainwashing going on in our public schools.  If, for whatever reason, parents feel that they just cannot homeschool, there is the possiblility of hiring others to do it for you.  This could be a relative, a friend, or another homeschooling parent.  Contact the Home School Legal Defense Association for more information about that.  They can supply you with a Power of Attorney form giving someone else the right to educate your child.  This form must be notarized to make it legal.  I will be using the Power of Attorney granted to me by my daughter and son-in-law to homeschool my grandchildren when they reach official school age / kindergarten.  (Currently, I am "pre"-schooling my 3 year old grandson.)



 

Homeschooling Using Tutors

In some states it is legal to use tutors to homeschool your children either in part or entirely.  Parents will need to sign a Power of Attorney giving the tutor  the legal right to educate your child during school hours (for example:  Mondays - Fridays, 9 am - 3 pm, Sept.-May of each school year, until the child reaches age 18 yrs. or whatever age you designate.)

More information about this homeschooling option may be obtained from the Home School Legal Defense Association.  http://hslda.org  They will send you a sample Power of Attorney form to use as a guide for writing up your own contract.  This form must be Notarized to become a legal document.

For added peace of mind, it would be wise to include with your Power of Attorney the right of either party (parents or tutor) to cancel the contract for any reason, and at any time through signed, written notification to the other party. 

I will be homeschooling my grandchildren using this Power of  Attorney (in Virginia).