tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5341387552436652040.post1294640752292402272..comments2023-08-23T08:38:39.866-04:00Comments on NECO DRACONES: Amateurs in EducationDubbahdeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5341387552436652040.post-62374867245854764602008-04-25T15:56:00.000-04:002008-04-25T15:56:00.000-04:00The United States Constitution binds the Federal G...The United States Constitution binds the Federal Government, empowering it to do some things, and preventing it from doing others. There should be no mention of parents. <BR/><BR/>The idea that the state must mention a role for it to exist suggests that the state preexists the role.<BR/><BR/>I would hope that the rules governing your local supermarket didn't mention parents, either. Nor do I think that people would stop being parents when they entered the supermarket just because they were not mentioned in the supermarket's governing rules.<BR/><BR/>Before I would ask what the state has a vested interest in doing with regard to the education of children, I would ask whether it has any rights in this arena in the first place.solarbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17506179756577015681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5341387552436652040.post-9182853052912277432008-04-19T08:57:00.000-04:002008-04-19T08:57:00.000-04:00"The ultimate responsibility for a child’s educati..."The ultimate responsibility for a child’s education lies with the parents." Do you intend this to be a personal point of view, as opposed to a legal right/responsibility provided in the New Hampshire Constitution? (BTW, I personally believe in this view).<BR/> <BR/>Your first statement, "The State has a vested interest in insuring the education of children" has been judged to be found in the New Hampshire Constitution, Section 38. However, I can find no constitutional role for parents. I can't even find parents mentioned. (I believe that the United States Constitution also contains no reference to parents.)<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid if an issue related to home schooling made it to court we'd find that parents do NOT have a legal right or responsibility to educate their children, and the only rights they have are those granted by the legislature (and delegated to the state Education Department.<BR/><BR/>TomBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5341387552436652040.post-52103629539806778072008-04-17T11:42:00.000-04:002008-04-17T11:42:00.000-04:00Here is my cheap shot for the day:You say, "The en...Here is my cheap shot for the day:<BR/><BR/>You say, "The end goal of education is NOT a productive taxpaying citizen" to which I may say amen! But I am not sure the public schools are even aiming at this. They seem to be aiming at COMPLIANT citizens more than PRODUCTIVE citizens. If students and parents can put up with all sorts of assinine rules to graduate, the school has done it's job. <BR/><BR/>Notice I resisted my tendency lately of calling them "government" schools?<BR/><BR/>RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com