Dear Elder Snell,

We are grateful this Thanksgiving season that we still have the freedom to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.  (A of F 11)  

Highlights from an Agency Based Education Conference (scriptures added):

Niel Flinders: Between 1880-1920 there was fiery debate about whether the foundation of educational philosophy should be Reason (secular) or Revelation (sacred) and the latter lost.  Moral context (God's law) was replaced by ethical context (social relativism) leading to custodialism (forced caretaking) in place of personal responsibility.

Nephi:  O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish.2 Ne 9:28

Mark Cluff:  How do we adequately prepare students for the 21st century with a 19th century education system?

Teacher: "Can someone give me a sentence using the word 'archaic' in it?"
Student: "We can't have our archaic and eat it too."

Senator Margaret Dayton quoted Reagan:  "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.  We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."  We don't hear much about Jonathan Dayton, the youngest signer of the Constitution, but his voice was needed, he was there, and he voted.

John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Mary Biesinger (homeschooling mother of 10+):  Her goal was to help prepare her children for their unique missions such as feed the hungry, liberate the captive, clothe the naked, comfort the lonely, teach the ignorant, create beauty, preach the Gospel, & heal the sick.

You, Sweetheart, are providing the most important education on earth.