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No, the purpose of public school educators is to EDUCATE. Disclosure of such information is NOT required for the educational process. These attempts to improve the process by probing and influencing behavior outside the classroom grossly oversteps appropriate boundaries. The information being demanded (and, where possible, anyone advocating not complying is being punished) is subject to naive, ignorant, bigoted, and biased interpretation by people not trained, hired, nor authorized (by parents) to interpret that information, yet those same people are empowered to act on their interpretations with severe consequences up to and including "reprogramming"[1], expulsion, and prosecution. Some of the information revealed seems persuasively permissible ("are you currently a user of illegal hard drugs?"), but many are subject to gross misinterpretation of answers ("have you ever consumed alcohol?" "yes", not explained as in fact a tiny amount a few times during Communion at church). The context is inappropriate and veiled, the answers viewed without parental permission, a permanent record is made, and "anything you say can be used against you in a court of law". tl;dr - none of their business. Teach the subjects assigned; don't pry unless there is objective reason to do so. What my kid is doing outside the classroom is my problem. [1] - someone taught my niece that "gun" is a "bad word". She won't fess up to who, and I have reason to believe it's her "educators". In a culture where owning & using them is common family recreation & survival, this crosses the line. |