| Democracy and Schools |
| *Sigh*
And you know what? I don't know why I just typed that. I guess I was just inspired... Or something. Well, break has been pretty good, though not free from "rantable" material. Therefore, I think I may do that at some point. But, first, the basic overview. Came home, went to Caroling Party. Probably most fun I've had at the Annual Caroling Party yet. Really good group. Of course, it helps when the host and hostess invite their friends from the church choir. Haha. Saturday, got up early, went cross-state to have Christmas with my Dad's side. Pretty fun time. Met a couple of the cousin's boyfriends. Kind of odd. Not them. The fact that they came. I guess my immediate family tends to be of the opinion that "significant others" should not be taken to family functions until there is some sort of commitment made. AKA they're engaged. Good boys, though, from what I can tell. Then, rushed home to go to a party. Will talk more about that in rant to come. Sunday, woke up and had immediate family Christmas. Good time. No church, but oh well. Good day overall. Monday and Tuesday, didn't do much. Glad of that. Wednesday, went to Grandma's (mom's side), had my mom's immediate family for lunch, my mom's extended family for dinner. Christmas, had Santa presents. Yeah, my sister and I are a Sr. in high school, and a Jr. in college. But, hey, Santa still brings good stuff even if you don't believe he exists. Then, had mom's immediate family (minus my cousing the Fireman) for lunch again. Then, went to visit him at the Fire Station. They got called out as we were visiting. Friday, had to wait for van to get fixed so we could come home. Yeah... Something shorted. But, got fixed pretty quick, so we made it home. Huzzah! Since then, not much of note, really. Except of course, for the fact that I will NOT be working over break. Kind of surprised by that. Mildly disappointed (VERY mildly), and also mildly pleased. It's good to see that they finally realized that they don't need to keep hiring every half-qualified person that comes along. I've known for awhile... They don't need more workers!!! Still, it's nice to get a paycheck from them. Haha. Okay, rant time. So, this party the Saturday after I got back... Well, when I first got there, there were maybe... 7 people there or so... Including my sister and I when we arrived. Yeah. Very small. And it was good. A couple of my friends from high school that I actually enjoyed spending time with. Fun discussion. This lasted for quite a while. Then, three other people showed up, and the conversation took a turn for the worse. I mean, crash and burn. True to my subtlety, I describe it this way: "The humor was mostly below the belt." Specifically, in the frontal pelvic region, if you catch my drift. Well, my sister and I suffered through that for a half-hour or so, until we finally seized upon an opportunity to escape. Now, I'm going to get up on my elitist soapbox. How could I expect anything different or better from these people? No, really! When our colleges are embracing the postmodern relativism that is the fad du jour, how can I expect people to think of anything higher than libidinal instincts? If higher, absolute truth flat out does not exist, then how can I expect people to be thinking about it? How can I expect people to think about whether or not our government is leading us down a road paved with good intentions (and we all know where that road leads) when they are taught nothing more than that those that hold to absolute truth are extremists and should be rejected? How can expect my friends that don't like George W. Bush (by the way, I'm not his #1 fan, either!) to actually give me a reason when they're not taught to actually THINK about things or REASON their way through problems? When one is taught that the most reliable thing that man has is his FEELINGS and PASSIONS and MOMENTARY INCLINATIONS, how can we expect an actually INFORMED citizenry? Democracy has failed us. Hoppe was right. Democracy IS the God that failed. What did it give us? Democracy gave us a public education system. It was designed originally to provide "readin', 'ritin', and 'rithmetic", so that the populous, ultimately, could choose their leadership wisely. But, what has happened? The system has expanded greatly. Rather than teaching simply the basics needed for survival as a simple citizen, it teaches all sorts of subjects that, in fact, are a waste of many students time and energy (and taxpayers' money besides). And, on top of that, it is failing in providing the core that it was intended to. And, moreover, it is failing MISERABLY at providing a good citizenry, capable of being informed and thinking about the problems of the day. Rather, we have created a primary and secondary education system that is incapable of providing any form of meaningful discipline, which is, in fact, more important to good citizenship than any number of memorized chemical formulas. Eliminating God from the public schools is one thing (that actually, I don't disagree with. Frankly, I don't TRUST the public school to present God properly). But, with God we threw out morals and with morals, rules, and with rules, boundaries as a whole. On top of that, we have provided a state higher education system that is a firm supporter (if you can actually say it's "supporting" when the thing being supported is emptiness) of the lack of truth. Students graduating from college carrying nothing more with them but a piece of paper carrying the appropriate letters "BS" on it, and an addiction to alcohol that will leave their children unnecessarily and tragically handicapped. But, not to worry, for they will have no problem with walking down the street and keeping that baby from being born alive. After all, man has no soul, so even if the unborn IS a baby, does it really matter? Don't get me wrong, I graduated from a public school. I had a good experience. However, I understand that this is the EXCEPTION rather than the rule. And it HAS to be. The purpose of government officials is to maintain the status quo. AKA, to keep the power that they have. And, therefore, they will intellectually incapacitate the populous so that they will accept anything as good enough, and fear any change because the results "can't be known". This is the necessary result of a state-run school system where the statesman are dependent on the votes of the people to maintain their power, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. |
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