God still speaks to us through our children. I pulled my son out of a Magnet math and technology public school, and put him into a Charter school that is housed inside our church. Originally I wanted to wait until the school year was over, but they only had 2 seats left for next year (thus, this year), so I had to come in this year so that I didn't lose next year. My hand was forced. I only wanted to put him in this Charter school for the 6th grade because he doesn't rotate classes and with his ADHD it would give him time to settle down before high school.
Today was his first day at the new school. Yesterday was the last day at his old school, and he had a half day warning that he was leaving. When I picked him up, it seemed to go well enough, but things fell apart after we got home. He complained to me for a half hour about how horrible this new school was. He's in the top 1%, and was immediately labeled as weird. Apparently it's small enough that his IOWA scores got out and they knew he was smart...or it just shows, one or the other. But, after 30 minutes of hearing how I'd ruined his life, I couldn't take it and my heart broke. I burst into tears.
As I'm sitting there tears running down my face I'm remembering my own experiences of being transferred in the 2nd grade 2 weeks before Christmas break from a city school in Cape Girardeau to the "country" school. When I graduated valedictorian in the 8th grade, I was still the new girl to some. And as I was sitting there and put myself in my son's shoes watching his mother cry, I still couldn't stop myself. He tried to back-peddle...."It's OK, Mommy, there's lots of nice things about the school."
All the things I had planned to say to him about buck up, be brave, etc. melted off my lips. I told him it was a decision I couldn't reverse. This is the best thing for him. I was thinking to myself, I know you're terribly disappointed because it didn't turn out like you'd hoped, but this really is the best thing for you.
And then the Holy Spirit tapped me on the shoulder. Well, not literally, I'm not crazy. But the correlation was there. I have been praying for what's best for our nation for a really long time, for over a year now. Sunday I felt such disappointment that I even took it to God. How could you do this? This is not what I expected. How could this possibly be good? When my son was faced with the tears on my face, he started looking desperately for the good things about this new school. I started doing the same thing. Is it possible, I'm faced with the tears on my Father's face? I'm sure he's been in my shoes of feeling my pain.
We, as rational people reacted in a rational way. We sought law suits to fight this outrageous bill. What do you think would have happened had the bill gone the other way? Do you think a nation of have-nots would have reacted the same way? If the 30% that I've heard quoted had not gotten their entitlement "free" health care on Sunday, do you think it's possible they could have turned their anger to the streets? Washington could have burned. Of course we'll never know. Maybe this will give it time to cool down. Maybe if we can reverse it, it won't go so badly when that does happen.
There's another possibility as well. When all these things start kicking in that we the conservative bloggers have warned you about for the past year, more people will wake up. That 30% will shrink. The numbers who are Patriots will rise. We will learn that this was possibly the best thing for us. Now, the insurance companies are being forced to carry a 85/15 debt to coverage ratio. In the past it's been 65/35. Have you heard of any business being able to operate when 85% of their business is debt? All the insurance companies will go bankrupt. It's a government take-over of the insurance companies. We're headed toward single payer. Don't say we didn't warn you. We have a Liar in Chief. If you tell a lie often enough, people will believe you. Hitler was a socialist, too.
The result of my son not switching classes yesterday? He just spontaneously checked for his homework...for the first time this year. It appears to have been the best thing for him after all.
I'm a Patriot, and always will be. Until they come to take me away.
Lori Ann Smith
Screaming from the Ramparts
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