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Seattle-area Eastlake High School is known for being controversial. <\/span>According<\/span><\/a> to talk show host Jason Rantz, the school has employed teachers who have put up posters \u201cdecrying capitalism as a \u2018death cult,\u2019 demanding an end to borders, and supporting Black Lives Matter.\u201d Shila Hodgins, who teaches humanities at Eastlake, has publicly <\/span>admitted<\/span><\/a> that Eastlake teachers \u201calways bring in our politics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But Eastlake teachers Jason Wessels and Michelle Okroy may have gone too far.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two science teachers are faculty advisers for a school program called Link Crew, which connects junior- and senior-class student mentors with incoming freshmen as a means of helping the latter adjust to the novel demands of high school. Student <\/span>mentors<\/span><\/a> are understandably expected to be \u201ckind, responsible, a positive role model, [and have] blossoming leadership qualities.\u201d But Wessels and Okroy tacked on additional, agenda-driven criteria, demanding that students pledge their support to left-wing ideas and groups<\/em> or they cannot participate in the mentoring program.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Parents were sent a Code of Conduct, which students must agree to follow. Students who do not follow through are removed from the program. Most of the items on the Code of Conduct are non-controversial and sensible \u2013 for example, students <\/span>agree<\/span><\/a> to \u201cbe positive role models, curtail bullying, and display a positive school attitude.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Pro-life club files discrimination suit against Las Vegas high school<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

However, the fourth category on the list included a politically motivated checklist, which students were expected to initial as a sign of their agreement. The following statements were included on the list: \u201cBlack Lives Matter, Love is Love, No human is illegal, Women\u2019s rights are human rights.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Taken at face value, these statements may seem inoffensive. But these are slogans used by people pushing a leftist agenda. \u201cWomen\u2019s rights are human rights,\u201d in particular, has been <\/span>co-opted<\/span><\/a> by the pro-abortion movement.\u00a0<\/span>None of these slogans has anything to do with mentoring younger schoolmates, and it is unacceptable that students be required to support <\/span>any<\/span><\/i> political agenda in order to participate in a public school program.<\/span><\/p>\n

With public schools increasingly resembling <\/span>indoctrination factories<\/span><\/a>, it is little wonder that an <\/span>increasing number<\/span><\/a> of families are choosing to homeschool. <\/span>According<\/span><\/a> to the National Home Education Research Institute, the homeschooling population was growing at about 2-8% per year, until the academic years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, when the numbers increased dramatically. As of 2021, 6-7% of school-aged children are homeschooled.<\/span><\/p>\n

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