Comments on: School District Motto Contest

By: Richard Bentley

Richard Bentley — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:18:22 +0000

“Helping Those Parents Who Hire Us to Educate Their Children and Preserve the Republic”

1. ASD can only help those parents who choose to hire ASD. ASD has no jurisdiction over children who attend private schools, private tutors, home schools, or other alternatives to public school.
2. The motto ought to remind ASD to not interfere with any alternative to public school. The parents have the freedom of choice and are the children’s real “school masters”.
3. Students can best preserve rights and freedom if they know and understand the true nature of the republic set up by the Constitution.
4. My other suggested mottos were too long.

By: Richard Bentley

Richard Bentley — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:51:27 +0000

Here are my suggestions for a Motto.
I show several iterations that evolve step-by-step from false political ideas to correct principles.

“Educating All Students to Ensure the Future of our Democracy” (present motto)
“Educating All Students to Ensure the Future of our Republic”
“Educating Some Students to Ensure the Future of our Republic”
“Educating Public School Students to Ensure the Future of our Republic”
“Assisting Parents Who Choose to Hire us to Educate Their Children”
“Assisting Parents Who Choose to Hire us to Educate Their Children to Ensure the Future of our Republic”
“Assisting Parents Who Choose to Hire us to Educate Their Children and to Preserve our Republic”
“Assisting Parents Who Choose to Hire us to Educate Their Children in Order to Preserve our Constitutional Republic”
“Assisting Parents Who Hire us to Educate Their Children in Order to Preserve our Constitutional Republic”
“Supporting Parents Who Hire us to Educate Their Children in Order to Preserve our Constitutional Republic”

My Reasons.

1. ASD does not own all students.
2. ASD only educates students whose parents choose to enroll them in public school.
3. ASD is not the “master of the students”, but only “a servant to the parents in the district”.
4. Parents choose how and where their own children will be educated.
5. We do not want to have a Democracy. We do not want to ensure the future of democracy.
6. We want a Constitutional Republic. We want to ensure the future of our republic.
7. A written constitution is essential to preserve liberty and freedom in a republic.
8. A citizenry educated in morality, knowledge, and religion is essential to preserve a constitution-based republic.
9. ASD should only assist parents; parents are the ones who have the responsibility for the education of the children.
10. ASD should support and not undermine the parents of the children.
11. Parents have the right to choose whom they will hire to educate their own children.
12. Many parents choose to hire ASD. They may choose by default, but they have the freedom of choice nonetheless.
13. Students can best preserve rights and freedom if they know and understand the true nature of the republic set up by the Constitution.

Thank you.

By: Aarond61

Aarond61 — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:48:29 +0000

"Alpine School District acknowledges:
1. The God given rights of parents to teach their own children
2. They are only give their rights to teach the children by the parents
3. That the parents may take away ASD rights to teach thier children at any time for any reason
4. The property rights of the parents and will not violate them.

By: Debbie L

Debbie L — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:44:39 +0000

I like your longer version better than the shorter one because it leaves out a key component “the role of parents as moral advisors”. Morals are the foundation for all decisions. It is not the school's or district's responsibility to teach our children morals. If children are taught a strong moral base at home they will make correct political decisions so there is no need to add the “political advisors”.

By: Elizabeth Jeffrey

Elizabeth Jeffrey — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:00:27 +0000

Wow! I've been on vacation for a few days and come back to responses to my response….hmmmm. I agree with choosing sides, I agree for standing up for what is right and I agree with protecting our constitution. I do. I have homeschooled with a huge emphasis on teaching my children to memorize and learn the important founding documents, I have bored my children to tears with all my constant reiterations about politics and loving our country. My children KNOW what is right in the political sector. My friends all know my beliefs, my church friends all know what I believe, my community know what I believe because of my actions and my words. I stand up when it is time to stand. Obviously I know how to stand up because I have introduced an “opposing” view on this very focused blog:) So please don't missunderstand my desire to respect others as being spineless and afraid to stand up for morals. I just feel what I said before that we should respect all GOOD, law abiding citizens and be very careful about which lines we draw in the sand. A school district motto should be focused on a fantastic scholstic education. People who are too opportunistic about this motto contest will not be taken seriously and I WANT the district to take us seriously and I want everyone in the district to look at our ideas and say, “yes that is a better fit for me too”, not “well that's just taking the motto to the other extreme and I don't agree”. Anyway, that's just my opinion.

By: Karl Nunz

Karl Nunz — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:09:45 +0000

Elizabeth, you have to choose a side. You cannot have a society in which, every one is “respected”. Otherwise, I would suggest we respect criminals and let them do as they please. This is a family community. Those who disagree, must respect that. They have the choice of living in Las Vegas or here.

By: Karl Nunz

Karl Nunz — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:04:55 +0000

If you could add the word republic it'll be great. Teaching our children the Foundation of American “Republic” Heritage and Culture.

By: L Anderson

L Anderson — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:49:24 +0000

As parents, we have spoken out to remove the phrase with “political democracy”. I think this is a good choice for our “Republic”. Having said that, I don't approve of politics in education. Teaching our children about our country……..absolutely.

By: Lindy

Lindy — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:38:31 +0000

I agree with the principle of mutual respect. However, I disagree with the idea that just because a few people may disagree or take offence, everyone should automatically go to the lowest common denominator. When the minority rule, the majority suffer. While I agree that we can't be too small minded, it is also important to remember that all opinions are not necessarily of equal value. Some ideals are inherently more valuable because they uplift and inspire to a greater degree. If, however, we find that the majority does not uphold those same ideals, then at that point those “higher” ideals become irrelevant, and they should be conceded.

By: Jennrc3

Jennrc3 — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:38:54 +0000

This is my favorite so far. I do wonder if we should teach the children to have morals. When morals were take our of the schools, that is when our scores and quality of education began to plummet. We as parents have the primary responsibility to teach these things, however children spend so much time away from home in the schools that if it is not reinforced there, the children will behave however they want. Morals were never supposed to be taken out of the school in the first place.