1. This statement reveals the depths of one's lack of responsibility. It means you spend your life always on the hunt for and taking advantage of free stuff. Government programs included.
2. Just because it is free doesn't mean it's good. Sometimes things are given away because the are of substandard quality. In other words, companies have JUNK to give away and they give it to first come, first serve. Now you're stuck with the darned thing(s). . . . .
3. Things are free because someone has already paid for it. The free samples stores give away have already been paid for by the customers. Believe it or not stores and companies must BUY those samples FIRST before giving them away. Guess what, they use YOUR money to buy them with. . . . . . DUH!
4. Most times, free stuff comes with strings attached. I used to do online surveys, and in EVERY instance when something was offered for free (ex: Free I-pod) I was required to sign up for magazine subscriptions, or some such other crap. If I didn't, I wouldn't get the free item. Conclusion? The offer of the free I-pod was merely the "carrot" to draw you in to buy (what was in my opinion) junk. So in essence, it really wasn't free. . . . . .
Where are you going with this, Sista?
Public schools are free. Unlike private and parochial schools you don't have to pay a cent to enroll you child/children in them, don't have to pay tuition, for books, etc. They are convenient for cash strapped families who are on a budget and can't afford the above mentioned alternative.
However, the trend in public school has changed because some parents have become lazy and have allowed the schools to have more control of their children.
When I went to public school, they only provided school lunch. My mom was old school and believed in feeding her daughter a proper lunch. Since my school was two blocks away, I went home for lunch. As I got older I elected to stay and have lunch at school. The food wasn't bad, not Mom's home cooking, but not bad.
Now public schools are not only giving the kids free lunch, they are feeding them free breakfast. Reason? Parents were/are too busy to prepare a hot and nourishing breakfast for their children (because they work) so here comes the public school to the rescue. The schools do this because the wee ones can't learn if their tummies are empty.
Recently, a new program has started to feed children dinner. Dinner? Yes, dinner! Why? Because working parents come home too tired from work to slave at the stove and prepare dinner. So, supposedly children would either grab a pizza, or a peanut butter sandwich, or just go to bed hungry.
Clueless parents may take advantage of these programs because they are free, but wait a minute, they are not! Remember what I said earlier in point #3? Things are only free because someone else has already paid for them! Hard earned taxpayer money goes to pay for this!
Free is not necessarily good. I wonder if parents have even bothered to visit the schools to see WHAT their children are being fed? I say this in light of the following article:
Please click on link to read.
Food Police Confiscate 4 Year Old's Lunch
Suppose your child is allergic to certain foods? Suppose you child is a picky eater and doesn't want the trash the school is feeding them that day?
Remember #4? Free things always come with strings attached. So you send your child to a FREE public school where they are fed three FREE meals as well as being educated for FREE.
However, they are being taught anything but reading, writing and arithmetic. Recently a New York City school received a donation (from dubious sources . . . . eh-hem. . . . The Muslim Brotherhood) to teach mandatory ARABIC classes! This is in addition to the Sex Education classes will start as of this Fall (2012).
As far as the public schools (the educational system, unions and the government) are concerned, if your not responsible enough to feed and educate your own children, they will take over and feed and teach your kids whatever.
Unfortunately this may also mean teaching them how to say "Alu Akbar!" . How do they get away with this? LACK OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT! It's your right as a parent to be vigilant and let your school know you do not approve of such "dubious programs". Yes, that also means joining with like minded parents who also believe the same and are proactive.
A little history:
Back in Nazi Germany, Hitler had a program where he took all of the young children away from the parents and put them into "training camps". There they were taught that HITLER was The Fuhrer" (their father), and to serve only HIM. Parents were only allowed to visit their children for short periods if at all. When the tykes came home they had been brainwashed to spy on, and snitch on their parents if they did not toe the Nazi line.
Call me paranoid if you wish, but I see this same trend developing today. All because, people want things for free and don't see the dangerous strings attached.
