Saturday, September 29, 2018

Fighting For a Good Curriculum

When parents send their precious children to school, they expect that they will be receiving a good education and learning about virtue, morality and striving to be academically excellent. 

The only problem is that in our American public school system, we are failing to teach our children virtues by exchanging morality for lessons on accepting deviant behavior.

I grew up mostly in the public school system and the garbage that I was exposed to in the curriculum makes me infuriated when I think of what children will be learning by the time my generation becomes parents. 

The literature that I learned in school, particularly high school, was geared towards learning about acceptance. We read books about the LGBT community, infidelity and books with graphic sexual descriptions.

 Instead of having characters that would allow students to learn lessons about being a good family member, we read about characters that rebelled from their families, had many affairs, struggled with gender identity etc. 

Do not even get me started on the health class curriculum. I think "health class" should be renamed to what it actually is- TRASH!!! 

"Health Class" in my school was a free-for-all. We spent little time learning about healthy eating or the systems of our body. Everything was about relationships. 

When I went to public school, we did not discuss chastity. All the teachers talked about was birth control. It was all about "being empowered" and students were taught it was acceptable to be in unchaste relationships as long as they used contraception.  

The lies we are telling our students makes me angry! I watched many of my friends from public school struggle in their relationships because the school system teaches that really anything goes and if you think otherwise you are just a judgemental person!

There have been many instances where parents are infuriated about children being taught deviant sexual behavior is ok. For example, some schools are now pushing for kindergarteners to be taught about transgenderism and parents are not the happiest.

We are not doing our children a favor by teaching them these things! We are ruining their innocence!

 Children have a right to be innocent. They should be outside playing hopscotch and going on bike rides, not in a classroom learning about AIDS in the 4th grade (Yes; I learned about this in public school in the 4th grade!).

Catholic parents need to be proactive in their child's education because I have seen many of my friends go away from the Church after being thrown into this jungle or moral relativism.

I suggest that if parents send their children to public school, to find out about the curriculum in detail and know their rights to opt out! I was able to opt out of my public school health class after the first year due to religious reasons.  Parents should also take a look at what their kids are learning in their literature classes and discuss that with them!

Our children are the future and we can not corrupt them by exposing them to scenarios they are too young to comprehend the morality of. 

Our curriculum should aim to teach students to strive for virtue and become the best versions of themselves.

Write to your Board of Education and see what you can do to change the curriculum your children are exposed to. We must act for the future of America!












Monday, September 24, 2018

How Catholics can be involved in the Pro-Life Movement

In today's society, there is a huge push from the left that if someone is going to be pro-woman they need to be pro-choice. They say that abortion is a woman's issue and every woman as the right to decide what she wants to do with her body.

Though the pro-choice rhetoric may seem convincing, it is absolutely crucial that Catholics spread the truth about the tragedy of abortion.

Many people that are for abortion may not realize the consequences of their actions. Life in the womb is incredible.

Did you know that at 18 days conception the baby's heart begins to beat? At nine weeks the baby has permanent fingerprints. At 12 weeks the baby can smile and suck its thumb.

These facts are amazing and many times people who say they are pro-choice do not realize the humanity of the child in the womb.

I spoke to one of my teachers in high school who told me that she was always pro-choice until she became a mother, "When I heard my son's heartbeat for the first time, my opinion on abortion changed," she said.

One crucial way for Catholics to get involved in the pro-life movement is simply by spreading facts about fetal development to show that the fetus is indeed a baby whose life is worth protecting.

The Pro-life Across America Campaign has printable fetal development cards which people can share with others. This campaign puts billboards around the country showing these incredible fetal development facts and many women have decided not to go through with abortion after seeing one of these billboards.

Another way Catholics can get involved in the pro-life movement is by volunteering at a pregnancy crisis center.

When I was in high school, I organized a baby supplies drive for my local pregnancy crisis center. This is a good way to encourage women to choose life by helping them both emotionally and financially during this time.

Many women choose abortion because they fear they can not provide for their child. If we step up as Catholics and help them out by giving them baby supplies, many of them would not feel so alone that they would need to choose abortion.

God has given us an incredible gift of life and it is important to uphold the life of every human being.

St Pope John Paul II said, "A nation that kills its own children is a nation without hope." We must advocate for life in our country by reaching out to those that are most in need.

Catholics can spread the pro-life message by attending the March For Life which is held in Washington D.C. every January. They can also contact their senators and representatives and plead for them to stop the tragedy of abortion.

In Evangelium Vitae, it says, "To claim the right to abortion, infanticide and euthanasia, and to recognize that right in law, means to attribute to human freedom a perverse and evil significance: that of an absolute power over others and against others. This is the death of true freedom: "Truly, truly, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a slave to sin" (Jn 8:34)."

God loves us all unfathomably and gave us each life for a purpose! It is our duty to protect the lives of others so God's plan can be fulfilled.

We must stand together and stop the greatest tragedy that is claiming our generation!




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Hello! I am Maria.  I am a double major in political science and communication arts at Franciscan University of Steubenville. I created this website to share my love of politics and the news with the world. I started becoming interested in politics when I was a little girl and my mother used to let me stay up late and watch debates with her. She would teach me about what was happening in the world  in ways I could understand. As I got older, I researched more about political issues and knew that this was something I wanted to study in college. 
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