The most frightening sentence this side of a Stephen King novel

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39. Too Late!

[font size=5 color=firebrick]"and have the purpose of challenging the student's fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority." [/font]

That cat is out of the bag,
and he ain't going back inside.

I live in a very rural, conservative area (West/Central Arkansas),
and the churches and older parents are complaining that THEY have "lost control" of the kids!

...but it isn't the schools that have caused this.
It IS the Internet and Sat TV.
ALL "the kids" are connected,
and while the Internet offers content of questionable quality,
and it is easy to find rigid, conservative content,
it DOES provide a wide diversity of thought and exposure to a wide variety of cultures.
This has greatly reduced the cult like control of the parents and the church over the indoctrination of the youth in this area.

I am delighted by the kids in this very rural and traditionally backward area!
Some of them have chosen to follow in the closed minded paths of their parents,
and others have opened their eyes and witnessed the World outside thanks to the Internet.
The point is that they NOW have that choice.

Before this, there was ONLY the Parents, local and tightly controlled teachers, the Church, Commercial TV that HAD to be viewed in the parents living room, and Jesus Radio.