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	<title>Comments on: Christian School</title>
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		<title>By: Doc37172</title>
		<link>http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2009/07/christian-school/comment-page-1/#comment-118646</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re right...many, many public schools do suck...but so do many of the small fundy Christian church schools this post started on.  The fact is, most people in this county are educated by the public school system and arguably the US is still chugging along.  Obviously, you can pay several thousand dollars to a private school(not a little fundy church school) and receive a better opportunity for a superior education.  I say opportunity because at the end of the day you can&#039;t force a kid to value his educational experience no matter where he is...especially if parents do not equally value it and stay involved.  Also, thanks to Hazrod, we can now add public schools to the long list of conspiracy theories...and why does this blog bust on fundies...because many (or perhaps most) here strongly believe that their brand (to them other views are not acceptable) of Christianity continues to mislead and hurt others...all in the name of Christ</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re right&#8230;many, many public schools do suck&#8230;but so do many of the small fundy Christian church schools this post started on.  The fact is, most people in this county are educated by the public school system and arguably the US is still chugging along.  Obviously, you can pay several thousand dollars to a private school(not a little fundy church school) and receive a better opportunity for a superior education.  I say opportunity because at the end of the day you can&#8217;t force a kid to value his educational experience no matter where he is&#8230;especially if parents do not equally value it and stay involved.  Also, thanks to Hazrod, we can now add public schools to the long list of conspiracy theories&#8230;and why does this blog bust on fundies&#8230;because many (or perhaps most) here strongly believe that their brand (to them other views are not acceptable) of Christianity continues to mislead and hurt others&#8230;all in the name of Christ</p>
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		<title>By: Doc37172</title>
		<link>http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2009/07/christian-school/comment-page-1/#comment-118638</link>
		<dc:creator>Doc37172</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe it would help if you stopped viewing public education as &quot;government&quot; schools and starting seeing them as community schools to be shared by members of the community - both Christian and unbelievers.  It seems that many fundies feel uncomfortable in their &quot;unsaved&quot; communities...except of course for banging on doors of strangers...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe it would help if you stopped viewing public education as &#8220;government&#8221; schools and starting seeing them as community schools to be shared by members of the community &#8211; both Christian and unbelievers.  It seems that many fundies feel uncomfortable in their &#8220;unsaved&#8221; communities&#8230;except of course for banging on doors of strangers&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Mandy</title>
		<link>http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2009/07/christian-school/comment-page-1/#comment-110386</link>
		<dc:creator>Mandy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think finding the real motivation for starting/maintaining a Christian school is probably the most telling when trying to decide whether its good or bad. 

A Christian school whose true aim is to provide a well-rounded, good quality education from a Biblical perspective is likely to be a good school (I realize all Christian schools claim that this is their aim). 

Its the ones whose real aim is to isolate the children from outside influences who might dare to make them question the ideas and opinions of the pastor/church that give such a bad name to all other Christian schools.

I think that Christian parents should try to have their children educated in a Christian environment, but not all parents are able to because of time or finances (mine for example). Nothing wrong with that, kids can go to public schools without turning into godless heathens.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think finding the real motivation for starting/maintaining a Christian school is probably the most telling when trying to decide whether its good or bad. </p>
<p>A Christian school whose true aim is to provide a well-rounded, good quality education from a Biblical perspective is likely to be a good school (I realize all Christian schools claim that this is their aim). </p>
<p>Its the ones whose real aim is to isolate the children from outside influences who might dare to make them question the ideas and opinions of the pastor/church that give such a bad name to all other Christian schools.</p>
<p>I think that Christian parents should try to have their children educated in a Christian environment, but not all parents are able to because of time or finances (mine for example). Nothing wrong with that, kids can go to public schools without turning into godless heathens.</p>
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		<title>By: Notswallowingthekoolaidbutstillin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Notswallowingthekoolaidbutstillin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You make some very good points, Jessica.  Life is complicated for sure.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You make some very good points, Jessica.  Life is complicated for sure.</p>
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		<title>By: Notswallowingthekoolaidbutstillin</title>
		<link>http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2009/07/christian-school/comment-page-1/#comment-85877</link>
		<dc:creator>Notswallowingthekoolaidbutstillin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I totally agree with you Lisa.  Unfortunately we have to always be aware of who is dealing with our kids and let them know they can and should come to us with anything that happens at school that made them feel uncomfortable, etc.  I have told my kids, I WILL believe you when you come to me with anything, just don&#039;t ever let me catch you lying to me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I totally agree with you Lisa.  Unfortunately we have to always be aware of who is dealing with our kids and let them know they can and should come to us with anything that happens at school that made them feel uncomfortable, etc.  I have told my kids, I WILL believe you when you come to me with anything, just don&#8217;t ever let me catch you lying to me.</p>
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		<title>By: Notswallowingthekoolaidbutstillin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Notswallowingthekoolaidbutstillin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post, thanks for your input. :smile:</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post, thanks for your input. <img src='http://www.stufffundieslike.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':smile:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Notswallowingthekoolaidbutstillin</title>
		<link>http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2009/07/christian-school/comment-page-1/#comment-85871</link>
		<dc:creator>Notswallowingthekoolaidbutstillin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well said! :grin:</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well said! <img src='http://www.stufffundieslike.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':grin:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: RobM</title>
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		<dc:creator>RobM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s hoping they all go out of business.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s hoping they all go out of business.</p>
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		<title>By: Natalie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As someone who went to a Christian school and someone who holds a &quot;Bachelor&#039;s of Science in Sacred Education&quot;, I&#039;d rather put my child in public school.  

And, let me tell you, I got job offers for a YEAR after I graduated college. Those schools are hard up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As someone who went to a Christian school and someone who holds a &#8220;Bachelor&#8217;s of Science in Sacred Education&#8221;, I&#8217;d rather put my child in public school.  </p>
<p>And, let me tell you, I got job offers for a YEAR after I graduated college. Those schools are hard up.</p>
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		<title>By: pastor's wife</title>
		<link>http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2009/07/christian-school/comment-page-1/#comment-25359</link>
		<dc:creator>pastor's wife</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;s why I hesitate because while I know I&#039;d do fine preparing my kids in English and history, I don&#039;t enjoy math or science, and I&#039;m afraid I wouldn&#039;t do a good job in those areas.  

There is a sweet young woman in our church who was homeschooled.  She recently wrote me, and her note included run-on sentences and wrong punctuation.  I winced when I read it.  She&#039;s a lovely girl, but her education is sadly lacking.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s why I hesitate because while I know I&#8217;d do fine preparing my kids in English and history, I don&#8217;t enjoy math or science, and I&#8217;m afraid I wouldn&#8217;t do a good job in those areas.  </p>
<p>There is a sweet young woman in our church who was homeschooled.  She recently wrote me, and her note included run-on sentences and wrong punctuation.  I winced when I read it.  She&#8217;s a lovely girl, but her education is sadly lacking.</p>
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