Each year before school convenes, teachers seek
to become reinvigorated through summer workshops, summer planning, and even summer
vacation. I believe that this 2015-16 school year will prove as a crossroads in
the educational systems of the United States of America. With the astounding
civil rights actions that have recently become the law of the land, followed by the civil
rights educational curriculum mandates being implemented in the state of
Virginia; as eighth grade students will be learning about oral sex and anal sex,
I am responding by calling for a prayer rally for all concerned. Matters of gender identity
are also being forced on parents as the current trends in our society are going
against the very foundation of what we have known as right in the eyes of God
and society.
The torrent of the societal issues have confounded many, as changing the decisions of our supreme court are improbable. The new
laws of the land have provided a portal for inclusion of what has been called
civil rights into the educational curriculum for American children. For many,
the proposed changes in school curriculum will create unrest and a need to
continue to maintain perspective in one’s own homes. The educational truths regarding
history of racism and slavery in America, matters regarding man and woman and
gender identity as we have known, are being greatly altered and will leave the
American society vulnerable and our children quite confused. For those offended
by the funded civil rights curricula, school then becomes as a mandated
cesspool for their children to attend each day. Their children must learn to receive
training and mastery in matters that question their very existence.
I believe we are in a strategic crises and as we plead
for God’s intervention, then we will see his mercy and his grace. We as educators are compelled
to provide a well-rounded and rigorous curriculum for our students, but when
faced with issues that offend or even challenge our own credence, then we know that
this road ahead will not be easy. Therefore, I am calling all of you to pray
for the education in America and to seek God each day regarding the many issues
which are forthcoming this school year.
I am also laying aside August 29th as a day of prayer for
education in America, and I invite you to join me. I would like us to rally at
a designated place in Philadelphia to show our concerns for American education.
Although many express acceptance of the new agenda for education, many also oppose
the direction for education. Educators must be able to exist and fulfill our
roles as our families must function in society in the midst of change, as the torrent of
this age is moving in another direction. If you desire to join me for the
prayer rally, please email me @Americaneducationandpolicy@gmail.com. I will
know how I should plan based on your response.
Sincerely!!
Leah Spencer Hopkins
