Virtual Christian Education

Virtual Christian Education . . . In Times Like These

Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. (Deuteronomy:11.18-21)

Sampling of Movies Hinting Trouble in the American Classroom

Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

Stand and Deliver (1988)

The Substitute (1996, 1998, 1999)

Sampling of Events Involving Lethal Violence in Academia

University of Texas Tower (1966, 14 deaths, 31 injured)

Kent State (1970, 4 deaths, 9 injured)

Heath High School (1997, 3 deaths, 5 injured)

Columbine High School (1999, 13 deaths, 21 injured)

Red Lake High School (2005, 10 deaths, 5 injured)

Virginia Tech (2007, 33 deaths, 23 injured)

Sandy Hook Elementary School (2012, 28 deaths, 2 injured)

Umpqua Community College (2015, 10 deaths, 8 injured)

Sampling of Events Dispatching Armed Soldiers to Academia

University of Mississippi (1962: 31,000 National Guard)

Alabama Public School Integration (1963: 17,000 National Guard)

Kent State (1970: 1,000 National Guard)

Youth Crime

Youth Violent Crime: 92/1,000 (3X adult rate)

Military Youth

2% of high school graduates join the military

Death Rate: 122/1,000 Marines

Injury Rate:1,600/1,000 DoD

Military training casualties 4X higher than combat casualties

US Death Rate: 8.6/1,000 (7% of Marine Rate)

US Injury Rate 34/1,000 (2% of DoD Rate)

American Family Synopsis

Average US family:

Size: 3.24, 79,200,000 families, 73,800,000 children (32% single parent)

Abortion: legal 1973, 12/1,000 abort, 50,000,000 abortions (3,000/Day)

Divorce: 4.3/1,000 marriages (US ranks first)

Age at first marriage 30 years, 6.5/1,000 marry, marriages last 8 years

60% of freshly adult children continue to live with parents

20% of middle age children return to parental home

Sub-populations not naturally reproducing (estimates low):

Homosexual: 14% Lesbian: 5% Bisexual: 4% LGBTQ: 4.5%

Military (historically male-only service): 6.1% LGBTQ

Music (potent social leverage): 20% LGBTQ

Singles: Love-eclipsing trend towards single life:

Marriage Rate: 6.5/1000 and declining

Married: 56% Single: 35% Divorced: 50% Widowed: 8%

And the LORD God said, It is NOT good that the man should be alone. (Genesis:2.18)

American Work-Wealth-Food-Homes

Jobs last average of 4.6 years

7 career changes during work life

40 million Americans (12%) live in poverty

37 million Americans are food insecure

11 million American children are food insecure

25 million Seniors (48%) are economically insecure

Retirees lose 35% of household income upon retirement

47% of retirees sell their family home

U.S. Compulsory Education Synopsis

Busing:

Desegregation School Busing (1954)

26 million students bus

480,000 buses @ 5 mpg (1.2 Quads/Yr) & 50% utilization

347 million busing miles/day

Busing Expense $943/Student

Aggregate US Busing Expense $53 billion (7.5% of total ed cost)

Schools:

Number of Schools K-12: 130,930

Typical Sq Ft/School: 100,000

Total Sq Ft: 13 Billion

Sq Ft/Student: 255

Average High School Size: 752 Students

Average Class Size: 26 Students

Graduation Rate: 85%

Size Extremes:

Public Magnet Schools:

3,421 schools, 2.6 million students, 760 students/school

Mega Schools (1,000 to 800,000 students)

Private Schools:

Average Private School Student Body: 175

Shifting Values:

Bible Reading (banned 1962)

Prayer (banned 1962)

Pledge of Allegiance (selectively banned 2004)

Deity Reference in Textbooks: just about zero

Student Health:

Overweight 33% Obese 17% Bullied 49%

Teen Pregnancy 57/1000, 5% of all births (world max)

Disease: 25% of teens contract an STD every year

Covid-19 Pandemic quarantine closed schools for 3 months so far in 2020. Travel-motivated other-continent diseases are overpowering U.S. domestic immune system. Frequency of super-killer diseases is increasing. Expect an epidemic every few years.

Public Schools:

98,158 schools 50.8 million students 90% of all students

Charter Schools: 3.1 million students 6.2% of public-school students

Private Schools:

5.7 million students 10% of all students

Catholic Schools:

2.1 million students 37% of private education 3.7% of all students

Non-Religious Schools:

1.4 million students 24% of private education 2.4% of all students

Unaffiliated Religious Schools:

855,000 students 15% of private education 1.5% of all students

Christian Schools:

684,000 students 12% of private education 1.2% of all students

Other Religious Schools:

627,000 students 11% of private education 1.1% of all students

Home School:

1.7 million students 3.3% of all students

Private School Situation

City: 43% Suburbs: 40% Rural: 11% Town: 7%

Education Overseers & Financial Outcomes

Public School Teachers:

3.2 million, 77% women, average salary $57,900, 70% union

Public School Principals:

90,850, 54% women, $98,300 average salary

K-12 Education Cost $708 billion

$13,3011 per student per year

$159,612 to Graduate

Median Income of High School Graduate $27,708

Education Energy Management

Total U.S. school energy use $7.5 billion/year (0.75 Quads)

Median School Electricity & Natural Gas Energy Use 68,700 BTU/Sq Ft

Natural Gas: $75/Student Electricity: $130/Student

Typical School:

100,000 Sq Ft uses 6.9 billion BTU/Year @ 100,000 BTU/$

This energy cost is about 36X higher than the going rate

Average Price of Natural Gas

$2.88/MCF (thousand cubic feet) or $0.00288/Cu Ft

Natural gas has 1,037 BTU/Cu Ft or 1,037,000 BTU/MCF or 360,000 BTU/$

It is conceivable that schools are consuming more energy than they say, 27 quads at the extreme. Busing consumes 1.3 quads hosting the student body a few hours each school day. School buildings accommodate students 7 or 8 hours daily, but “breathe” expensive HVACL seven days/week. Energy use between 9 and 27 quads perhaps brackets academia’s true energy draw.

Higher Education

5,300 U.S. Colleges & Universities (4% of Compulsory)

38% Public 39% Private Non-Profit 23% For-Profit

19.9 Million Students Enrolled (40% of Compulsory Ed)

Estimate $520 Billion Annual Revenue

484 Building Sq Ft/Student (46% More Space Than Compulsory)

60 Students/Building

Campus Construction $200/Sq Ft

Campus Land Area/Building Area Ratio 69

Campus Land Area/Student 135,132 Sq Ft (not city campus)

Average Tuition/Yr: State Colleges $10,230 (non-residents $26,290)

Private Tuition $35,830 (3.5X Above State Colleges)

Enroll Direct from High School: 70%

Matriculation: Public: 60%, Private Non-Profit 66%, Private For-Profit 21%

Average Debt Upon Graduation $30,000

27% of US at Least One Degree, 13% Master’s Degree, 2% Doctoral Degree

Median Income College Graduate $53,091 (92% above High School)

Religious Higher Education & Graduate Religious Practices

980 US Colleges (1.5% of All Colleges) Have Religious Affiliation

66% of College Graduates Report Christian Faith

36% of College Graduates Attend Church Weekly

51% of College Graduates Pray Daily

31% of College Graduates Read Scripture Once a Week

Church & Sunday School Education

27% of USA Attends Church Weekly

18%-20% of US attends Sunday School (2/3 of Church Attendees)

Heaven Time vs Earth Time in Education Life Hangs in This Balance

Public School (35 Hours/Week) vs Sunday School (1 Hour/Week)

Work Time (40 Hours/Week) vs Church Time (1 Hour/Week)

Phone Time (23 Hours/Week) vs Prayer Time (1 Hour/Week)

Screen Time (70 hours/week) vs Divine Vision Time (Probably Very Low)

Where there is no vision, the people perish (Proverbs:29.18)

Group Time (35-40 hours/week) vs Family Time (7 hours/week)

In This Busy, Engaging World

If God is NOT Getting Equal Time in Your Life

The WORLD Owns You!

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. Little children, it is the last time [days]: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time [days]. Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. . . Continue in the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. (1 John:2.15-25)

Increasingly Interconnect Homes of Christian Families & Teachers of Allegheny County via Internet for Mind-of-Christ Education at All Degree Levels. No Brick & Mortar Expense, No Utilities or Maintenance Burden, No Transportation Burden, No Social or Health Hazards, No Injuries. Preserve & Promote Love, Marriage, and Family Formation. Preserve Original Husband & Wife Roles Amidst Birth Family Home Environment. Especially Prepare Couples for Oneness and Self-Sufficient Green Lifestyle, like Original Paradise (Garden of Eden), Now Globally Replicable. No More Hunger, Unemployment or Career Dislocation. Eventually Tax-Free, War-Free, Crime-Free Living in the Will of God.

Local Statistics

Allegheny County (730 Square Miles)

Population 1,215,000

1,148 Churches (1.6/Square Mile)

1,058 Residents/Church

300 Members/Church

344,400 Church Members (28% of Population)

Evangelical Opportunity 72% (Each Believer Obliged to Convert Two)

Church Intensity Identifies Region as a USA Spiritual Center

Christian Schools: 20

Enrollment: 4,113 (1% of Church Membership)

Average Size: 206 Students

Catholic Schools: 51

Enrollment: 16,710 (4.9% of Church Membership)

Average Size: 328 Students

County Christian Education Opportunity: 88%

Christian Higher Education

Schools: 2

Enrollment: 11,061 (3% of Church Membership)

Average Size: 5,531 Students

County Christian Higher Education Opportunity: 96.6%

Present Academic Portfolio:

Public, Parochial, Christian, Home School, Charter School

Vision of the Future:

Virtual Christian Education: Preschool Through Graduate School

Locate Conveniently in Region to Preserve Regional Families

Students Remain Home Among Maximally Positive Love

Family Environment only 12% of Academic Classroom Environment

Span of Control (Measure of Manageable Supervisory Responsibility)

Home: 2:1 (best) Business Organization: 1:7 Academia: 1:26 (worst)

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (Psalm:22.6)

Virtual Christian Education Benefits:

No Violence No Bullying No Social Disease No Unwanted Pregnancy

No Obesity No Sports Injury No Energy Burden No Facility Burden

No Travel Hazard, Injury, or Death No Cults No Gangs No Rape

No Teacher Attacks No Student/Teacher Massacres or Deaths

Learn Without Fear Learn In Peace & Quiet

Perfect love casts out fear. (1 John:4.18)

We beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. (1 Thessalonians:4:10-12)

Let the whole world be silent before me.

More Virtual Christian Education Benefits

Top Christian Educators & Curriculum

Christ-Centered Training: Heaven & Earth

Web Affords Continuous Instruction (24/7/52)

Draw from Local, National, or Global Talent

No Faculty Travel Hazard or Expense

Web Faculty Teaches from Home Safety & Comfort

Use Less Expensive Keep-Return E-Books

Use Mail-Return Lab Kits

Use Affordable Scholar Home Station

Prime Goal: Love-Marriage-Family Reform to Self-Sufficient Full Joy

Parents Model Love Relationship Child Must Develop (Love God & Each Other)

Student Influence Array (112 Waking Hours/Week)

Is Mother & Father or Husband & Wife Relationship Modeled?

Teachers - No

Coaches - No

Administration – No

Cafeteria - No

Busing - No

Radio & TV Media - No

Recreational Events - No

Home – Yes

Home-Center Education to Restore Marriage & Family Core Values

Secondary Goal: Houses-Land-Garden-Aquaculture-Animal Husbandry

Parental Home Furnishes Learning Resources (No Taxpayer or Church Cost)

En Situ Power Self-Sufficiency (Wind Turbines & Solar Panels)

No Education Debt

Homestead to Which Children Train Pays for Itself (5-Year Mortgage)

No Male/Female Academic or Workplace Competition

Boy & Girl Taught Differentiated God-Given Roles

God's Design Preserves Love, Bonding, Oneness

No Busing No Staff Commute

No Academic Facility Investment or Energy Consumption

No Global Warming No Traffic Accidents

No Taxes (Self-Sufficient Families Unburden the State)

Marriage Early (Teenage Years):

Prevent Prostitution Prevent STDs Halt Pandemics

No More Single Moms No More Loveless Abortions

No More War No More Military Service

No More Terrorism No More Crime

Safely & Affordably Vacation at Homestead Family Pool

Equip for a Global Mission

New Generation Conducts Christ’s Mission to The World

Missionary Service Safely from a Validating Home Base

Finally Bring World Peace and Divine Providence

Fulfill Jesus’ Great Commission

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. Matthew:28.19-20

Safely Rediscover & Retrain for Lasting Relationships

God is Eternal. His Presence Seals Christian Marriage

Internet Simulation Opportunity:

Walk Together Date Dine Together

Dance Together Physical Fitness Together

Conversation Courtship

Use Anime to script & enact courtship thoughtfully, spiritually, patiently. De-emphasize early physical intimacy to give Spiritual forces fuller sway.

Internet Simulation Opportunity:

Home Life Using Personal 3D Animation

Develop Interpersonal Skills & Test Relationship at a Safe Distance

Potential mates can “Play House” via Personal Anime,

Evoke & validate heavenly satisfaction with home-centered living

Home Architecture: Forever Yours

Design Home & Property Virtually as Shared Vision for Married Life

Safely Simulate Living Together

Get used to working together on your dream home & family

Virtuality Value

Gradually Open Door of Marriage to God-Chosen Partners

Couples Drawn from a Wider Circle of Candidates

Vast Internet scope increases your exposure to and search for the Perfect Mate. Remember, our Perfect God joins man & wife together, even as He perfectly brought Perfect Eve to Perfect Adam. God makes all things beautiful (Ecclesiastes:3:11). Adam and Eve were “Perfect Tens” before the Fall. In the presently unfolding days of Heaven on Earth, all God’s Children will be restoring to Perfect Ten Handiwork of God.

And Adam gave names [naming confers authority] to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him [no perfect helper]. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman [notice Adam named her], because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. [God drew Eve from Adam’s body; marriage brings the woman back to the man’s body with matchless intimacy, restoring Perfect Oneness in Perfect Love ordained by God] (Genesis:2:21-25) [my comments in brackets]

A husband supports his wife for a lifetime in marriage, choosing her from among many prospects in a now-filled Earth, yet giving God full sway (He sees through man’s eyes and confirms union via ALL senses). Even as man is the “apple of God’s eye” (Psalms:17.8; Zechariah:2.8), so is a wife the “apple of the husband’s eye.”

The head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God (1 Corinthians:11.3)

A courted woman has the right of marriage refusal, that love’s volition grace the relationship. Potential wives naturally work to be seen (encountered), desired, and chosen by the right man. (Song of Solomon: 3.1-5)

Video Calling . . . Towards Continuous Togetherness

Utilize Safe, Affordable Skype Calling & Emails

Share Personal Words, Pictures, Videos

Recite Poetry Sing Love Songs

Serenade Your Beloved on a Musical Instrument,

Acquaint with Respective Family Members, Relatives, Dear Friends

Pandemic Moment . . . Spiritual Retreat in Disguise

There hath no temptation [trial] taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted [tried] above that ye are able; but will with the temptation [trial] also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. (1 Corinthians:10.13)

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans:8.28

The recent history of pandemics indicate they are arising more frequently. Global quarantines, rather than immunizations, are likely to remain the prescription. However, the world cannot afford to go dormant economically or fail to educate the next generation. The COVID-19 pandemic might be seen as a compelled retreat, a pause ripe with Spiritual potential. You might read about the Old Testament Nazarite Vow, God’s prescription for dealing with Spirit-robbing times and circumstances (Numbers:6). Perhaps you can turn this unprecedented COVID-19 calamity into a positive moment of Spiritual Revival and Redirection. Repurposing the family home for both self-sufficient work and God-centered education will anchor dearest loved ones more securely under the love of God, who heals all diseases.

If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. (Exodus:15.26)

Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. (Psalm:103.1-6)

Future Progress

Design a Home Scholar Station appropriate to modern Prince-of-Peace Training. Some features for elaboration are listed below. This preliminary list suggests that the home-based training environment for tomorrow’s Spiritual leaders surpasses anything the traditional churches, public schools, private schools, parochial or Christian schools, government, military, business, cults, or even crime has ever offered children (or maybe even adults) developing into the next Captains of American Leadership.

Large LED Panel “Window on the World”

Laptop Computer Connected to Internet

Wall of Eternal Heroes

Wall of Family: Mom & Dad, Brothers & Sisters

Wall of Friendship: Faithful Friends & Friendship Gestures

Wall of Beauty: Envisioning God’s Beloved Girl for Me

Green Corner (food & energy vineyard starters)

Cornucopia Table (fingertip fresh fruit & vegetables)

Microwave & Compact Refrigerator

Physical Fitness Corner Music Corner

Video Production Corner Hard & Soft Library Corner

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