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I don’t think that this has anything to do with changes for homeschool. Most homeschool parents already expect their children to do school at least until they are 18 or until they graduate. If the child graduates before they turn 18 then they have already fullfulled what the president was talking about in this clip.

Same thing in my state as in Michelle’s, but even if it weren’t, this statement disturbs me GREATLY!. This is a state and a parent issue-not the Federal gov’t. Just another usurpation of power towards more centralization and coming from a President who, within the same speech, says that he wants “The executive branch also needs to change. Too often, it’s inefficient, outdated and remote. That’s why I’ve asked this Congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal bureaucracy…”, that’s requesting a change in the actual Constitution regarding the Executive branch!

It’s true; dictatorships are far more efficient than a Constitutional Republic…though they definitely aren’t smaller in size; but the ruler can make things happen as they don’t have to deal with pesky checks and balances.

We should all be quite worried and call our Representatives and pray like crazy. Do you think that, if given this new authority that that’s the only thing regarding education and parental rights that would come down from the “consolidated” federal power structure? I could imagine the appointed, unaccountable “education Czar” as having a hand in future mandates, too if these things continue to move in the wrong direction.

Rachel

I know Christine and I don’t want contention; I brought it up because I really do think that it’s truly related. It puts his mindset about power into proper context.

He stated that about an education view that he has currently. What view will he have later?  Okay, what if the Congress rejects it? He’s stated multiple times-including last night-that he will do what he thinks is right for this country “with or without Congress”.

How many of his ideas about education will he go around Congress to implement if they don’t give him what he thinks are reasonable requests?

Please contact your Reps and encourage them to stand firm no matter what and be obvious about it.

Rachel

ps. I”ll try to contain my being livid about the whole thing so as not to hijack your thread and the important topic you brought forth. I tried to post the HSLDA alert that I received and wasn’t able.

LOL, SARA!  I’m trying to keep my mouth

I just wanted to add that at this point it is much less about political parties and much more a direct hit to the Consitution and the checks and balances system.  We have to be diligent and active about protecting both the Constitution and our rights.  Agree with all posts above.  😉

Christine, we may have a sensitivity to freedom, because of our experiences, because like you I have experience of the loss of freedom. My mother is German and when the Russians took over their sector a good portion of my mother’s relatives were on the Russian side in the East trapped until the wall came down. I too have visited the relatives there before the wall came down, and I too know the horrors of the communist system….it is frightening. I spent many years in Germany and of course was born in England, so the things I see happening here set off huge alarm bells for me – I am willing to say that this country is heading in the wrong direction in the worst possible way and it worries me a lot – the freedoms are taken a little at a time so that people sleep through the changes and don’t notice until it is too late. I too am on high alert……I am sorry to say.