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Public school culture is a culture fostered in public school,[1] especially in the most liberal of public schools, which is characterized by:
- complete censorship of any classroom prayer
- a lack of commitment to respect the religious civil rights of students has resulted in "religion-free zones." [2]
- sex education, homosexual curriculum and sexual abuse by school personnel has been referred to as a "red-light district" for students [3]
- a culture of incompetence [4][5]
- fashion that includes black (Goth) clothing
- facial piercings and rings, tattoos, and male earrings
- depressed demeanors (a so-called "emo" culture amongst some teens)
- an absence of objective morality; instead, a principal will say someone "made the wrong choice"
- a sense of hopelessness
- a lack of critical thinking about liberal indoctrination
- compulsive profanity
- general inability to look someone in the eye
- lewd behavior euphemistically referred to as "PDA" or "Public Display of Affection" [6]
- racial discrimination resulting from set cliques of racially homogeneous students [7]
- tolerance of homosexuality due to school-supported and funded groups [8]
- extreme anxiety
- feeling that it is funny to be dumb
- being so accustomed to censorship of ideas that there is genuine surprise when someone actually says something unfamiliar or politically incorrect
- lack of awareness that prayer is censored in public schools and that teachers' unions are very liberal
- alcohol and drug abuse
- disrespect for teachers
- bullying
- gang activity [9]
- lack of proper etiquette and manners
- glorification of certain groups such as athletic teams and outcast of others
- bitter hate for rival schools and their students
- corrupt and abusive teachers and school administrators[10][11][12]
- censorship of conservative sources of news and information
- violence and school shootings
- excessive network abuse
- complete lack of awareness or involvement by parents
- rampant cheating by students[13] and teachers[14]
- cross-dressing - in schools plays, boys wearing girl jeans, etc.
- special concessions for certain ethnic groups and religions while Christianity is ignored
- allowing students to opt-out of saying the Pledge of Allegiance
- pregnant students being accepted by school officials, and sometimes even pregnancy pacts[15]
- acceptance and sometimes even encouragement of abortion and birth control
- a lack of respect for public property and other people's personal property, as seen by vandalism (e.g. defacing and/or inscribing obscenities into desks, lockers, etc.) and high rates of theft
- disruptive pranks like false fire alarms have caused many schools to implement detection mechanisms such as surveillance cameras and tamper dyes.[16]
References
- ↑ Public schools are the government-controlled schools in the United States. In other countries different terms are used to describe the government schools.
- ↑ Religious Liberty and the Public Schools, Robert P. George, Catholic League, October 1999
- ↑ Public schools: The new red-light district?, Olivia St. John, World Net Daily, January 09, 2008
- ↑ POINT: A Call for Action, Rick Norwood, The Mathematical Association of America, Accessed May 4, 2008
- ↑ John Merrow, Mixed Results for School Reform Efforts in New Orleans. The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. PBS: July 24, 2008
- ↑ http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0523/p03s01-ussc.html
- ↑ http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/lifestyle/nearly-all-high-school-cliques-are-racially-divided-study_10025532.html
- ↑ http://www.gsanetwork.org/
- ↑ Gangs recruiting at middle schools, Diana Hefley and Kaitlin Manry, Daily Herald, April 27, 2008
- ↑ "School Says Official Embezzled Millions". Court House News. January 21, 2010.
- ↑ "National Media Largely Ignore Public-School Sex Scandals" Citizenlink. 01.26.2007.
- ↑ "Not the Catholic Church? MSM Mum About Huge L.A. School Sex Abuse Scandal". Dave Pierre. NewsBusters. May 19, 2008
- ↑ http://articles.cnn.com/2002-04-05/us/highschool.cheating_1_plagiarism-cheating-students?_s=PM:fyi
- ↑ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,992885,00.html
- ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/19/eveningnews/main4197525.shtml
- ↑ http://www.ahs.albany.k12.ny.us/AHS/misc/Hall_Sweeps_October_2008.pdf