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Category: Book
Authors: Steve Baldwin, Karen Holgate
Publisher: WND Books
Studio: WND Books
Manufacturer: WND Books
Label: WND Books
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 293
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0979267110
Dewey Decimal Number: 370
EAN: 9780979267116
ASIN: 0979267110
Publication Date: June 3, 2008
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What's really going at your local public school? In From Crayons to Condoms: The Ugly Truth About America's Public Schools, Steven Baldwin and Karen Holgate let parents, concerned teachers and students speak for themselves about the dismal state of government education in America today. The conclusion? Today's schools are laboratories for disaster, where failed methodologies and policies continually find new life thanks to bureaucracies more interested in maintaining power than in educating. Lavishly armed with your tax dollars, government at every level encourages mass social experimentation on our kids - success optional. In From Crayons to Condoms you'll discover... * The lesbian gym teacher who hands out a paper called "101 Ways To Do It Without Going All The Way" in every class.
* The "Inventive Spelling" curriculum which demands of parents that they "avoid giving in to our natural desire to correct the mistakes" because it's "harmful to the children"
* The "innovative name-calling" program for kindergarteners and first graders that teaches new words and concepts like "dyke" and "faggot."
* The required courses in "death education" that actually encourage teen depression and suicide.
* The math classes in which students write down how they "feel" about math problems...as opposed to learning fractions, algebra and multiplication tables. Today's public schools are not just rife with bizarre, inaccurate textbooks and failed teaching practices - they encourage classroom activities that produce dangerous, even deadly, results. Can our schools be saved? Yes say the authors, but only if parents are informed and ready to fight for their children every step of the way. The stories in From Crayons to Condoms: The Ugly Truth About America's Public Schools are sure to horrify and energize anyone concerned about today's kids - and our nation's future.
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 Must Read for parents! November 24, 2008
This book is an eye opener to me, unfortunately not in a good way. This is a must read book for parents, the stories might, as some reviewers mention, just individual incidents, but it does reflect that some really ugly activites might be going on in your children's school, and it tell us where we should look into to avoid it happens to your child.
 If parents want to micromanage what happens in schools, then get a degree November 11, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
As someone with a very high interest in educational policy, this book was frustrating on many levels. Firstly, the stories are mostly by parents. That's all well and good. I understand that there are times when a teacher or school does not do the right thing and the parent has every right in the world to complain. My parents certainly stepped in when they had to, and they were both teachers.
My problem is with the overall tone of the book. It pushes a very, very narrow-minded agenda. One parent complains about her child having to learn about evolution in a science class. Imagine that! Learning SCIENCE in a SCIENCE class. The parent said that such teachings "contradicted their religious beliefs."
There's a reason schools don't teach Creationism in science classes.
I found myself laughing at the one parent who complained about her 7th grader having to read "The Giver." Apparently this book could influence support for euthanasia. Funny, I read that book in 7th grade and thought it was a brilliant work of satire. I wasn't aware that someone who has no formal background in English/Literature education is better equipped to decide what should and shouldn't be in a curriculum. The people in this book are laughable.
The later chapters in the book were perhaps the most troubling. It's no surprise that racism and bigotry continue in this country. When parents refuse to allow their children to be exposed to realities that exist outside of the family's bubble, it's hard for anyone to become truly tolerant of anything. Granted, there were stories in the book that certainly went over the line and the parents did the right thing by complaining. It's the constant under-lying hatred that is troubling.
The only people who will enjoy this book are those who already detest the public school system and are already considering private schools or homeschooling. If you have a bad temper or a weak stomach for close-mindedness and masked bigotry, don't bother reading. It's only going to irritate you.
There's a reason Dr. Laura endorsed this book. After reading about 5 pages, you'll know why.
Why was this book ever published? September 4, 2008
2 out of 17 found this review helpful
I'm in school to become an elementary teacher and I accidently picked up this book at the store. I returned it about 10 seconds after I realized what it really was: a disgusting and closed minded book from disgusting, close minded people. I can happily say I "survived" the public schools. To all the "conservative" parents out there, the public schools are in no way trying to "push the homosexual agenda" like this book claims they are, they're just preparing your children to be better and more understanding human beings (unfortunately it seems you missed out on the "how to be a better human being" classes). On top of that it is absolutely necessary that schools teach sex ed, we've seen from countless cases that abstinence only teaching does not work (ex: Bristol Palin anyone?). Public schools are not trying to dumb down your children, turn them liberal, or even gay they're simply trying to teach them what will prepare them for the rest of their lives. If you want to read trash like this book and cover your children's eyes and "protect" them from the big bad liberals and gays go right ahead, but seeing as how it's 2008 and not 1908 you might want to consider moving ahead with the times, and let the education system do its job.
Gut wrenching August 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a must read for anyone sending a child to public school. It is mind boggling what is forced down the throats of our children, and what the school system feels is important to teach and what crutial education they leave out. There is a definite "dumbing down" agenda and promotion of perverted sex agenda that doesn't need to be in our schools.
A strong choice for conservative parents. August 7, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
What is going on in the classrooms of America? "From Crayons to Condoms: The Ugly Truth About America's Public Schools" is an examination of America's public school system and the problems with its education outside of the academic curriculum. Written from a strict Christian perspective, "From Crayons to Condoms" speaks on the subjects of multiculturalism, sexual education, evolution, religious tolerance, and more, and explains why certain topics may be objectionable to parents and students. Arranged in a story by story, case by case basis, "From Crayons to Condoms" is a strong choice for conservative parents.
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