at one time, I gave GED testing (for high school diplomas) at a local College. it was an eye-opener to find out that those who generally scored the highest we're homeschoolers who needed to have their graduation diplomas. my conclusion was that they tried more and studied harder because they wanted to be sure they were keeping up with what the kids who attended High School learned. In truth, the homeschoolers went above and beyond what the high school attendees learned.

I think of all those years of schooling, the many hours of evening homework, and the skills that could have been learned in preparation for the real world. What a waste. On top of it, exposure to troubled kids that are not removed for the sake of all the others. Fund raising has become popular. LOL

I stopped working to finish schooling and raising my children. NOW, I do it for my grandkids. Im exhausted, but WILL see it thru. (I worked in pharmacy and saw all the hypocracy!) Easy to walk away!

Very easy. I like my little garden and my small peaceful space at home. Still paying off my house but not saddled with tons of debt.

You just stick to your guns and do what you think is right. I know it's not easy weathering people's opinions in regards to education, but at this time, homeschooling is your BEST option. We are dealing with a nation full of children that have been raised in public schools and we're seeing he results. I resigned last month from teaching. I can't do it anymore. And the NEW plans for the near future in the classroom aren't good ones. Children are being tracked from cradle to the grave. Their future is literally being planned for them: little worker bees, completely devoid of thought, feelings, or caring for others.
There's a reason people don't care about the fraud or the vax dangers you describe in your comment. THEY WERE RAISED IN THIS FLAWED SYSTEM. A system designed to dumb children down from the moment they enter school and it continues throughout their college years to reprogram their minds, hearts and feelings.
I know it's tough. You just keep doing what you're doing.

I 100% agree with you. I no longer homeschool as my kids are now in college, but they are sadly experiencing the communist agenda of the universities. It is degrading and disappointing for them. They are too smart and creative for it. My oldest is considering dropping out and doing trade school if they require the vax. I'm sick and tired of the BS and wish that people would wake up already. It is blatant and in our faces, but I guess easier for us to see because we avoided much of the media anyway.

Right now they are arrogant and ignorant, and cruel. Right now they are acting like mask nazis. I know it is hard, but find new friends. Every time a door closes, another one will open up. Sounds like your manager is a corporate douchebag by suggesting you need corporate re-programming. BEWARE OF THIS PERSON, BUT KARMA ALWAYS CATCHES UP. YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO DO A THING.

My best friend of many years is now a mask nazi and she goes up to complete strangers in the store and yells at them to put on their mask, and if they have a mask that she thinks they are not wearing properly, she yells that them for that. I will not talk to her any more because she laughed when Trump was kicked off Twitter and censored. She said I had to wait until 2024. No, I am NOT waiting until 2024 to fix a STOLEN FRAUDULENT ELECTION. I want it fixed NOW!!

I got rid of a mask nazi friend for that reason! He thought he was some kind of alpha male for saying "six feet, please!" and "wear your mask properly, I don't want covid germs on my food!" and "I'd feel a lot more comfortable if you would put your mask over your nose." IDIOT. I had talked to my mgr back in December, prematurely giving her credit. I labeled her that day a threat to myself and conduct myself very carefully now. This is local government, by the way, and I get sick to my stomach whenever I get emails about the "pandemic" and how everyone is being "courageous and strong" during this "difficult time". I now see VERY CLEARLY that the local government is infiltrated. I am trying to hang in there for just the remaining 6 months until I vest and then I am leaving the govt job. I knew it was bad before, as I see so much cheating, fraud and waste going on just in my department, which is a sham dept. They hire kids with no knowledge at high salaries not seen in private sector.

It just occurred to me now.. Everyone asks me at work why I am so quiet. It's because I can't talk to anyone. It feels threatening when so many people are hostile to people who think like me.

I have had jobs like that. I kept my head down and worked my bootie off, and decided to be successful. I do not ever let co-workers sidetrack me with their bullshit, especially when they ask me too many personal questions that have nothing to do work. I work with them, but do not want to know them that well. If you find someone at work you trust, that is rare. I do not like nosy questions. Those people side-track to disguise that they are not doing what they should be doing. Minding their own business, haha.

lol. As a teacher, I hear you. It's not easy working in an environment where so many are completely brainwashed and taking their little vaccines. And they bait you with questions so they can gossip, and take your conversations totally out of context. You know what??? I don't care. I stayed in teaching as long as I could but it was the hateful rhetoric, the demand for vaccine cards, and the constant badgering from school officials because I wasn't mask compliant or willing to "voluntarily" submit to vaccines before they imposed them anyway that ended my teaching career.
Yeah, I kept to myself, but that's what they didn't like. Actions speak louder than words (good or bad). When you don't go with the flow, they have to guess what you're thinking, but when you refuse masks and vaccines, you must be a Trump supporter. They can't have that.
Let the DEAD bury their DEAD. I will not comply with masks or vaccines.