Counterfeits: What does it mean to be "educated?"

   As I have pointed out earlier, the word "education" is used to sell a whole mixed soup of government programs designed to usurp your decisions about teaching and raising your kids.  These run the gamut of "teaching" children all about relationships with other children, their parents, their community and the world.  The problem with all of this is that no education takes place at all but rather a carefully constructed world view that effectively robs many of our children of the necessary intellectual tools to be financially successful when they become adults.
   The process starts out with the teacher.  Teacher "qualifications" are carefully designed to require "certifications" by various groups who have, as their main purpose, the promotion of certain philosophical positions.  The teacher must prove that he or she has received a thorough training in areas of "sensitivity."  These run the range of sexual orientation, race, body weight, bullying, dietary issues, outcome based competition exercises. and a host of other sub-corollaries to these areas.  A teacher who can show that he has received all of this training is then said to be "certified" to teach our children.  Proficiency in subject material such as math, reading, history,  writing, geography, etc., etc. is secondary to "sensitivity" training.
   Consider now  the 5 year old child who come to class from a home where there is no father, where English is not spoken, where no home environment exists for the quiet contemplation of ideas, and where he is exposed to neglect and anger.  Can the teacher, with all of her "sensitivity" training do anything for this child?  Probably not.
   There are teachers who mentor their students and make some attempt to give the child the nuturing that he does not get at home.  These teachers are heroes, but they will not be able to overcome the influence of the home in most cases.
   The definition of education as some level of certifiable training, then, falls short of the true meaning of education which has as its core the aquisition of usable skills and knowledge about the world which equips the student to find a useful niche and to grow up with a constructive attitude about his own life.
   Seeker, you must give these things to your children.  If you don't they will never become "educated" and may well wind up on the trash heap of life as adults with no hope and no building blocks to become happy and independent. "Life, liberty, and happiness" are our God-given rights, but they must be carefully taught to our children.  There are no "certificates" for this process.