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- 98023
- Phone: (253) 874-5554
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I was raised in a home where education was emphasized. My father, all four of his brothers, my Grandmother, and Great Grand Mother were all school teachers. As you would expect, our home was a place of education. We learned to speak properly. Pronunciation was exact. I don't remember learning the rules of grammar, poor grammar just sounded funny. We played all kinds of games. My oldest brother was extremely bright. He loved math and science. In the 1960s and 1970s we would have contests to see who could calculate the exact time, duration, and thrust required for a lunar modal to make the softest landing on the moon. My oldest brother, Larry, always won. He went on to become a math teacher. He taught AP calculus in high school. While we were a family of educators, we were also very religious. My father was a lay minister in our church. We were always very concerned about the influences one might expect to receive from the public schools. The purpose of the schools here in America used to be to educate the soul first, and the mind second. They taught the virtues, and built character. As time went on, the social engineers took over. They knew that "the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world," and oh how they jockeyed for position. My wife and I knew that we could overcome almost any social engineering, or other bad influence from the schools with the teachings in our home. It was academics that pushed us over the top. We have six daughters...