Ok, I know folks who home school or have home schooled their kids and they turned out just fine. However, just like churches, you always have a few folks who give the rest a bad name, or at least a weird one. I’m not into home schooling, but this home schooling doesn’t need.
When I found this, I just couldn’t resist sharing it it. I have altered names, the state and city where this happened, the Christian organization that was responding to this heathen event and let you read the rest.
Dear Parents
As some of you may know, xxxxx and I (for the first time) attended this year’s “Home School” formal dance held at the xxxxxx Banquet Hall on xxxxxx. Although there were many xxxx kids in attendance, this was not a xxxxx event and not sanctioned by xxxxxx leadership.
However, xxxxx and I were “aghast” at the rampant homosexual and heterosexual dance behaviors of about 20% of the teenagers at last night’s event. We were shocked at how the dance leadership refused to help stop the sexual dancing, even after many kids complained in great disgust. The only rule provided to the teenagers at the start of the night by the dance leadership was “no sex on the dance floor”. Unfortunately, even this rule was not enforced.
The dance leadership of last night’s dance had previously announced that this was their last dance. Therefore, xxxxx and I have the opportunity to take over the future dance formals and to change the nature and objectives of the dances. However, we need the help of all of the Christian families in the community to join us in redesigning the future dance events to promote God honoring behavior and to encourage the students to find fun in non-sexual dance activities. Parents already involved include the… However, we need a strong coalition of families to help us turn the tide and take back control of our Christian dance events.
Please join us for a community forum at our house to share ideas and reshape the mission of the next dance event. We need Christian families and your students to come to our meetings to help us take the lead in providing a safe and fun alternative to the illicit dance events of the past.
“No sex on the dance floor?” You need to announce that before a “Christian dance?” They don’t make that announcement at my son’s public high school here in the Chicago suburbs. His thought was that no sex on the dance floor or anywhere else in the school was pretty much a given. Must be some pretty pent up libidos to have 20% of your home schooled dancers having hetero and gay sex on the dance floor to Christian music.
Seriously, its sad to see letters like this, for a multitude of reasons.
Reason enough for a podcast, now that I think about it.
Tomorrow.
Consider this a teaser.
Where did you get that letter? It’s hilarious.
A home school group here in the Chicago area. We aren’t homeschoolers but my son is friends with several kids in the the group who got this letter.
so yes, its real.
I know it’s a real letter, unfortunately. My parents ran the dance. I was one of the kids accused of sexual misconduct and threatened with a lawsuit that would mark me as a child molester (which, needless to say, i am not). It wasn’t ever advertised as a Christian dance. Just as a place for homeschoolers to get a slice of ‘real high school experiences’.
Thanks for the podcast . . . it was really cool.
Wow. I never heard about any accusations or lawsuit. I’m sorry about what happened to you. It sounds like what came across as a letter laced with some silly (in my opinion) attitudes about what living like Jesus means, the outcome had a darker side. Very, very sad.
Glad you liked the podcast
why did you hotlink *MY* photo to discuss and rant about “sex dancing” in High Schools?
If you have witnessed this first hand…. why didnt you take YOUR OWN pics?
Brian,
My apologies. I used your photo as sarcasm. The party the letter was refering to was about as straight laced as could be – nothing at all like your picture. The parent painted it to sound like your picture – a wide open spring break party. It was a Footloose over reaction to the nth degree and not representative of where Christians like me are at.
Difference? Your pic is of adults having a good time and I have no problem with it. I went on spring break too when I was in college.
As I said, I was being sarcastic and your picture fit the bill. If you want me to take down the link, I’ll do so.
Grow up. As long as your kids have had enough sex-ed courses to know how to protect themselves, enough sociology courses to know how to handle the mistakes they might make, and enough intelligence/psychology study to know how to deal with their own emotions, leave them alone.
Dancing is an expression of the soul. People at clubs/concerts behave the way they feel.
I have been raised by Catholic parents; I’m not afraid to declare the behavior of Christians over the past several centuries disgusting and disgraceful.
Just because you couldn’t get a date in high school and you’re bitter doesn’t mean adults (because honestly, once you hit teens you basically are one) of the next generation should suffer.
Interesting that someone would talk about “growing up” and yet leave an anonymous name.
The irony is amazing.