safety taught in schools

[Tominator]

my kids are taught that too WTNhunt. sure is a good idea.

[markyj987]

Re: safety taught in schools

I think the self-righteousness of schools is sickening. Not all, but a good number of educators are liberals, trying to push a liberal agenda.

It is funny how schools just NOW are teaching that guns are dangerous, when they've been teaching children that immoral activity is perfectly acceptable for some time now.

Not only that, but it's no secret that a lot of teachers' unions are liberals--anti-gun, anti-hunting, pro choice lefties...

It's also sad that schools have to teach that. That is something that parents should be doing--and frankly a kid...I don't care if they're 6 or 16 should know better. When I was 6, I had TOY guns...and I knew they were TOYS. They weren't even the "revised" ones with the orange painted on the end of them. I knew that real guns were dangerous...

Don't get me wrong...there are excellent teachers out there, but the vocal minority of them are causing a huge problem. I was fortunate enough to come from a small town where the teachers actually taught--and didn't try to tell us right from wrong--that is a family responsibility.

I better shut up now...I'm about to go into a tirade about how schools now teach "Blame America History"

Okay, I'm done now....and I'm getting crabby..LOL

[ 12-05-2002, 06:34 PM: Message edited by: markyj987 ]

[Pinwheel5]

Re: safety taught in schools

Marky, maybe in some states, but not here in KY. One of my best friends is a 3rd grade teacher and loves to hunt and includes hunting in some of his lessons. There are also some teachers in here, Tominator for one. Here in KY we have a archery program that is very popular and headed by one of my friends. Several states are looking towards KY for guidance for starting their own programs.

I think that it is good that schools are taking an incentive to teach that firearms are a dangerous tool. In some cases ignorance is not bliss and lets face it, some parents are ignorant about guns.

I'm not getting in your face, I agree with some of what you say, that is just my take. I know that you and I will teach our children, it's the kids that have parents that could care less whom I'm worried about.

[Canuck2]

Re: safety taught in schools

Good topic and very thoughtful posts.

First of all, here in Canada, we have a huge movement afoot to continuously diminish ownership and use of firearms - but that's a different tirade.

I do agree with marky as far as it being parents' responsibility to teach their kids right from wrong. Unfortunately, a lot of parents these days seem to want to defer that responsibility to the education system, then complain like heck when their children aren't model citizens.

I'm also a teacher, and handling of firearms is not something that is covered formally in our classrooms. However, in our small town, several certified instructors (myself included) offer the province's mandatory hunter training program each year to any high school student who wishes to take advantage of it. The school district's superintendent, fortunately, is in this group, too. But we are in the minority, so it's a constant uphill battle.

Having said all that, I do believe that it's a good thing to teach youngsters about a whole range of safety issues in school whenever the opportunity arises. This can include drinking and driving, using crosswalks, staying off thin ice, what to do if you find a blasting cap, and so on. It's just that I don't think most teachers are qualified to speak in an unbiased and sensible fashion about many topics (read 'firearms').

[markyj987]

Re: safety taught in schools

pinwheel, it's great that Kentucky teaches that. If more places folllowed that example, it'd be great, but nationally it's not the case.

I don't anybody to misunderstand what I said about teachers. Where I grew up, the public school teachers I had were excellent. There wasn't anything on hunting, but many of them were avid hunters and fishermen. One class even taught you how to mount a squirrel.

Tominator's students are fortunate to have him as a teacher, but most students don't have that. The educational establishment is overrun by a vocal minority of left-wing anti's. By this, I mean anti-hunting, anti-gun, anti-God, antt-life, and anti-Americans.

On the bright side, I believe we are on the verge of a cultural reniassance--with basic family values once again being the driving force behind education. And by education, I mean learning from birth and up.

Maybe I was born in the wrong era...lol. But I sure hope I'm right.