Home Schooling: Chuck Norris Approved!

Chuck Norris weighs in at TownHall today on homeschooling and a recent California state appeals ruling against it.

The reason government courts are cracking down on private instruction has more to do with suppressing alternative education than improving educational standards. The rationale is quite simple, though rarely, if ever, stated. If one wants to control the future ebbs and flows of a country, one must have command over future generations. This is done by seizing parental and educational power, legislating preferred educational materials, and limiting private educational options. It is so simple any socialist can understand it. As Josef Stalin once stated: "Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."

Is it merely coincidental that home schooling was outlawed by the Soviet state in 1919, by Hitler and Nazi Germany in 1938, and by Communist China in 1949? Will California be next? America? Will we yield control and our educational rights as parents? Such would not only be an American travesty but also a human disgrace.

He's got some great circle-kick-ass ideas on fighting socialists, including:

-- Whether you home-school or not, support an organization such as Home School Legal Defense Association, which protects families who do.

-- Oppose bad or unconstitutional rulings. Petition the Supreme Court of California to depublish the case, which would restrict it from being applied by other California courts to more families. And don't forget to appeal to my old buddy the Governator. Tell him to flex his muscle on this appellate motion, or Texas might have to export a ranger to get 'er done!

-- Petition your representatives to support a constitutional amendment protecting the child-parent relationship from unreasonable government intrusion.

Read the whole thing.

Today's Chuck Norris Fact: Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.