So last night there was a heated discussion about private schools vs. public schools after bible study. Sujin was upset about the fact that the pivate school was too expensive to send her kids. She brought up a book called "Christian Manifesto" by Francis Schaffer.
According to the book, Sujin said that "We are trusting our kids to these people for 3/4 of the day to teach them these non-Christian views of this world." She was disapointed at the public schools around and was sad that she couldn't send them to a wonderful Chrsitian private school she visited. Though I sympathized with her on not being able to send her kids to private school, I don't think that sending them to public school will be that bad.(of course I shared this with the group yesterday) Oh boy.... I did not expect emotions to be showing up like it did last night. May be I should have been more sensitive or may be I could have been more careful. But I said that "I did not think that sending kids to public school or private school is really an issue." I can see that Sujin was diapointed with the quality of public schools. But my intention was to say that it really depends on the child and parents to develope them in to Christians, Lord willing. Since I don't have any kids, I am not as concerned as the Chongs might be. But Education is something that I take very seriously. Cause one day, I too am gonna have kids and be sending them to schools, once again Lord willing. I might even send them to a private school. Who knows? But I truly feel that grace of our Lord will provide for those of whom He Chooses. As a parent, I am certain that you want to provide the world for your children. But overwhelming amount of families in America cannot send their children to private schools. But that does not mean that we don't have options for kids in public schools. There are plenty of parents who become room moms and what not to have interactions with there children. I truly feel that we cannot and should not shelter our kids from the reality of this terrible world that we live in. Of course you don't want to expose kids to terrible things that they should not be exposed to. It's all very sensitive. I know that kids are very impressionable. But what we want for our kids and what they get are two different things. I too hate seeing kids who get exposed in this world. And I have all the sympathy in the world for kids going into an environment that might not be Christ centered. But that is the real world. Besides, we have Church, Sunday schools and home for teaching our kids the Christian life. There are plenty of Christian parents that send there kids to public schools. There are actions that you can take. I went home last night and tried to reflect upon the discussion. Only thing I did was prayed for Phoebe and Chloe. That where ever they are end up in school that God watch over them. You see, that is the only confidence that I have in this world. Prayer to and reliance upon the Lord. Everything else is up in the air. Not to say that the Chongs were disagreeing with that. Of course there is a sense of responsiblity that the Chongs have now that I won't truly fully understand till my time comes. My real purpose of my stetement "I did not think that sending kids to public school or private school is really an issue." was my weak attempt to comfort the Chongs. But obviously it did not come out that way. Like I said on my last post, I have a long way to go. But my final statement is that we should all pray for kids in our ministry and I will try my best to be a brother in Christ even to little children.