| What are prisons? They are places where people are | | | | and put under the control of teacher-wardens who |
| locked up against their will for crimes they have | | | | may not love them, care for them, or simply even |
| committed. | | | | have the time to pay attention to them. They are |
| What is life like for a prisoner? The warden and prison | | | | stopped from being a free and free-spirited child. They |
| guards, in effect, take away the prisoner's life and | | | | are told to keep quiet. They are told to obey the rules. |
| freedom. They force a prisoner to live in a small cell he | | | | They are told to march from classroom cell to |
| doesn't want to live in, eat food he may hate, work at | | | | classroom cell every 50 minutes to study different |
| a job he detests, associate with other prisoners who | | | | subject that may mean nothing to them. |
| may be dangerous, and remove him from everyone | | | | Parents, if you don't think this is harsh punishment for |
| and everything he loved in the outside world when he | | | | your innocent child, ask yourself this. When your |
| was free. | | | | spouse pressures you to attend some event you hate, |
| So why have we put our children into educational | | | | whether a ballet, lecture, or football game, how do you |
| prisons called public schools? What crimes have they | | | | feel? After sitting at that event for only an hour, how |
| committed? Why do we condemn almost 45 million | | | | do you feel? You are probably angry, irritated, and |
| innocent children to this punishment? Do I exaggerate | | | | frustrated. You squirm in your seat or doze off. You |
| by calling these schools "prisons?" Well, let's compare | | | | can't wait to get out of there. You can't wait to get |
| prisons and public schools. | | | | back to your life and doing the things you love to do. |
| Like prisons, public schools impose their will by force, | | | | Well, millions of kids, and probably your child, must sit |
| by compulsion. Local governments force parents to | | | | through this agony of boredom or frustration for 6 to 8 |
| send their children to public schools just as the police | | | | hours a day for 10 years in public-school classrooms. |
| drag convicted criminals into prison (even though many | | | | Yet, to repeat, what crimes have your children |
| parents are not aware of this and voluntarily send their | | | | committed to warrant this horrible punishment? |
| kids to these schools). A parent can be convicted of | | | | In fact, they have committed no crime whatsoever. |
| alleged child abuse and sent to prison if she disobeys | | | | They are simply innocent victims of local governments |
| the school authority's order to send her child to the | | | | and public-school authorities who think they own your |
| local public school. | | | | children, who think they have the right to put your |
| Local governments then force parents to pay school | | | | children into education prisons for 10 years for "their |
| taxes for these education prisons. If they don't pay | | | | own good." |
| these taxes, their local government will foreclose on | | | | Parents, if a rogue cop came and took your child to |
| their home and throw them out on the street. | | | | prison for no reason whatsoever, except for saying it |
| School authorities force children to stay in school until | | | | would be for your child's "own good," would you not |
| they are 16 years old or graduate high school (these | | | | fight to the death to stop him? So why do you let |
| age limits vary by state). In effect, most children get a | | | | school authorities take your innocent children and |
| 10-year education prison sentence if they start school | | | | punish them for ten years? |
| at age six. | | | | Parents, if you thought you had no choice, you are |
| School authorities force millions of children to sit in | | | | wrong. Happily, you can homeschool your child or give |
| boxes called classrooms with 20 other | | | | your child a fun, quality, rewarding, low-cost education |
| children-inmates for six to eight hours a day, five days | | | | with Internet private schools. You have many |
| a week, for up to ten years. The children must obey | | | | education options. If your child hates school, listen to |
| the adult education wardens (teachers and principals), | | | | him or her. Don't let school authorities put your child in a |
| who they may fear or dislike. They must study | | | | public-school prison for ten years. You have a choice, |
| subjects they may hate or that bore them to death. | | | | and your child's life is at stake. |
| They must associate only with other children their | | | | You can find out about all your education options in |
| same age who may be bullies, violent, or emotionally | | | | Joel Turtel's book, "Public Schools, Public Menace." |
| disturbed. They must do homework and study for | | | | Please take advantage of the Resources in this book, |
| tests they must pass or be left back in school. | | | | for your children's sake. |
| The children are removed from their loving parents | | | | |