EDUCATION IN AMERICA

Continued from 07/02/2020 The theft of education.

"The printing press was the internet of the eighteenth century.  Farm children were homeschooled in their letters and numbers once the cows were bedded down and a fresh supply of wood stood by the hearth.  Reading and writing were considered a basic part of woman's domestic responsibilities; they often became teachers once the day's chores were done.  By the revolutionary period, many colonial women also had a literacy rate of 90 percent.  Bibles traveled with families from the old country, and churches offered schools to learn the eccentricities of their new life and language."

"As early the seventeenth century, New England, for example, passed an "Old Deluder's Act", requiring the establishment of grammar schools to thwart "one chief product of that Old Deluder, Satan to keep men from knowledge of Scriptures.  See that all youth under family government be taught to read perfectly in the English tongue"  To these colonists, the written word seasoned their daily work with with ideas than inspired discourse and, when the time came, joined a diverse people people into a common purpose."

Now, a few things stand out to me: 1: Literacy was highly sought after and revered.  2: Words and numbers were taught by mothers and fathers in the home.  3: The bible was the main source book for teaching.

The problems in American education today are 1: The government took over education.  2: The home has been destroyed by no fathers in home, mothers who can barely read and children kicked out into the street to fend for themselves.  3: Government has chosen to take all religion reference from the schools.  This has allowed "The Old Deluder" to take charge of our children's minds and very souls.

The "HOME and FAMILY" is the source of true literacy, honesty and faith.