Public Schools

As I was pulling up to the intersection of Eau Gallie and Croton, on my way to work this morning, there was a cop watching traffic to make sure that drivers were abiding by the school zone speed limit. He was good at what he did. He was barely finished writing a ticket for one driver, who was probably unaware of the school zone, when he jumped out into the road pointing vigorously to another passerby directing them to pull over.

Man, such care taken to protect our children from being smashed on their way to school. Impressive isn't it? Not really...It makes me angry. Our society is quick to convict 5 miles over the intended school zone speed limit to "protect" our youth but don't care to raise them to respect authority, love one another and believe in God enough to have any kind of morality to guide their conscience.

My sister, Sheree, is a teacher for the Criminal Justice Center at Palm Bay High School. Just the other day she gets to school and the entire school had been vandalized. The doors to the Criminal Justice Center were spray painted with the words "666 I will die here." Yeh, I think that says it all. Our American youth have lost all sense of respect and morality. And I blame the parents who don't believe in God or allow God to make any difference in their lives. Without faith you have nothing to believe but your own definition of morality which can be anything. Who teaches our youth right from wrong? It seems nobody does!

When I talk to my sister about being a teacher at Palm Bay High, I get the impression that it is just a high level baby sitting job. Everyday she has to deal with rude, disrespectful and lazy students. It is a very hard job with little money and little success in truly educating the next generation. They won't listen and many of them could not care at all about you. This stems from the lack of training and care from many parents. They don't know their right hand from their left. There is nothing that they believe in and so have nothing to pass to their children.

At this point I will not let my kids go to public school. I want my kids to know morality and to actually know what the Constitution is and who the presidents are and why we fought the wars we fought. I don't want them looking over their shoulder wondering if they will get beat up or shot at, which by the way is one of the major concerns students have in my sister's classes.

When will we wake up and see how we are raising the next generation of Americans?