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Public schools in the United States are liberal and atheistic government institutions that employ 3 million people and spend $411.5 billion annually at a cost of $10,770 per student.Spoken prayer, the Ten Commandments, and sharing of faith are expressly forbidden in public schools' classrooms during school hours, and teaching of morality is implicitly disfavored. Homosexual indoctrination is common as early as elementary school in more liberal states.
Public school students in America have these characteristics:
30% fail to graduate from high school,and more than 40% of minorities fail to graduate;the real drop-out rate may be 50%
Nearly 70% leave high school unqualified to go on to four-year college.
77% have used illicit drugs. Fatal overdoses are common but underreported; public schools are required to present drug "education" to kids
More than 60% of public school teenagers (in one regional study) watch more than 3 hours of television a day, compared with a national average of 35%
One in three teen girls in the United States is estimated to get pregnant at least once before age 20.
About 10% of the girls become pregnant in a typical school; about half have abortions, and about half give birth; public schools "educate" kids about sex
"About 160,000 students miss school daily because they fear being bullied," and in Hawaii students viciously fight each other and post videos of it on Youtube.com.
20% go on dangerous "binge drinking," and 50% drink illegally
10-20% become addicted to cigarettes[17][18]
35% are overweight
Nearly 10% have mental health problems
More than 10% of public high schools have a pro-homosexual student club
The majority of public school students are completely ignorant about the Bible, even as history and literature
California public schools, largest in the nation, now rank at the bottom in academic achievement.
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