How do you feel about Universal Pre-K?

Jennifer Smith · Postby **Jennifer Smith** » March 18th, 2008, 2:04 pm

The move we are heading for now is toward mandatory Pre-K, across the board for all US children.. how do you feel about it?

BTW, H. Clinton is pledging big $$$ towards it..

Does that influence you?

MrDanger · Postby **MrDanger** » March 18th, 2008, 2:08 pm

Whoever is against or for something never influences me.

I am against it.

Postby **Shellie** » March 18th, 2008, 2:08 pm

100% in disagreement.

I HATE, HATE, HATE the interference in the raising of our children.

I, and I alone, will decide where my child is at 3 and 4 years old.

Brenda · Postby **Brenda** » March 18th, 2008, 3:34 pm

I have 2 grandchildren that went to pre-kindergarden. They enjoyed it. They were not pressured by the teacher to learn a subject as they are in first grade. Or even in Kindergarden. It teaches them to interact with other children.
But looking back on my youngest son, (their father) he wasn't ready for kindergarden when he started; being shy of being 5 by one month. Maybe its because he was the baby of the family. But he was a very shy child the type that would almost hide behind me if he was among strangers.
I think its up to each child and his or her groweth.

Full Quiver · Postby **Full Quiver** » March 18th, 2008, 3:51 pm

and after that comes pre pre-K

Tracy · Postby **Tracy** » March 18th, 2008, 3:55 pm

It is a crazy idea. I am against it completely.

Postby **Pastor Gary** » March 18th, 2008, 4:10 pm

Full Quiver wrote:and after that comes pre pre-K

Mandatory intra-uterine pre-education?

dolfan · Postby **dolfan** » March 18th, 2008, 6:11 pm

They'd pry my kid from my cold, dead fingers to put her in a mandatory school of any kind. We'll make that choice, public, private or homeschool.

pastorables · Postby **pastorables** » March 18th, 2008, 6:51 pm

Hillary is Universal everything!

forestwalker · Postby **forestwalker** » March 18th, 2008, 9:29 pm

The proposals in your all states require enrollment in pre-school? The proposals that have been tried here (and failed) would have just make it available to whoever wants it.

TW · Postby TW » March 18th, 2008, 9:42 pm

The cradle to grave mentality strikes again. Let's hear it for Big Brother! :lol:

TW

Paully_44 · Postby **Paully_44** » March 19th, 2008, 4:04 am

Both of my sons went thru 3 years of preschool at the local Lutheran Christian school, the last year being a Pre-k curriculum. I thought it was really good for them, getting them ready for more of a school setting, interacting with other kids & teachers.

Postby **Shellie** » March 19th, 2008, 4:07 am

Paully wrote:

Both of my sons went thru 3 years of preschool at the local Lutheran Christian school, the last year being a Pre-k curriculum. I thought it was really good for them, getting them ready for more of a school setting, interacting with other kids & teachers.

Yes, but it was your choice AND it was a biblically based doctrine. The public pre-K would not be.

Pastor Bill · Postby **Pastor Bill** » March 19th, 2008, 7:53 am

My oldest two both were in day care (where my wife worked) from early on, and both completed a pre-K program at the Christian Daycare she directed at that time, since then we moved, and she is a stay at home Mom, keeping our youngest and her brother's 2 year old. We're undecided on Preschool yet, it can be a BIG help, but every child is different and has different needs, as well as every school being different (this time it would be a public school, but it's a small rural community and we know the teachers).

Her brother's little boy may also go (they will take them at 3, if they test that they need some extra help, and it might be good for him, his verbal skills aren't anywhere near where our kids were, but then our kids are related to me!).

This should really be available to all, but it's still a parent's choice.

fezzik · Postby **fezzik** » March 19th, 2008, 10:13 am

I am against more government infringement on how I raise my child. If I want pre-k, I can do it now freely. Mandatory pre-k is just another step toward the socialist republic that we appear to be developing. God help us all.

Jude 2