Video: 13-year-old defines conservatism at CPAC, gets standing ovation

hotair.com ^ | Feb. 28, 2009 | Allahpundit

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Two words..........home schooled.

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My daughter was home schooled and this is the type of “learnin” they get taught. They study the founders and the original intent of the Constitution and put it all together in a way that will make you literally cry watching the teacher teach the class.( yes the wife and I watched the history classes because we loved it also)

We mainly used ABEKA on video and anyone can do it if you have the money. It cost us maybe $2-$3k per year if you get all the bells and whistles. That was several years ago, so I don't know the prices today. They use DVD's I think now. Discipline is the variable factor in each class. If you can't make your child be a self starter, it will prove difficult to try to work and keep a household if the child is always defying instruction. After awhile, my daughter learned she could yell, stand on her head, and generally shirk everything and she still had to finish her work before she could do ANYTHING else. In the first couple of years, it was tough, after about the 3rd-4th grade levels she would get up early and finish quick so we could do other things, like travel, shoot guns, and other activities. It mainly teaches self responsibility for your own action. You can't get that from a book. Some people will never be successful at home schooling because they aren't successful in their own lives. Home schooling should always be an option, however for people that don't live close to private schools or can't pay the large costs involved in private school. It would be a large surprise if a charter school was allowed to use tax money to teach ABEKA DVD's in class. The teacher could be just some mom that keeps the kids from climbing out the windows and the education would surpass the public school system by a mile. But then there is always that "God" thing. We can't teach any values to our children or they may not be easily manipulated.

[Texas56]

As a homeschooling mom, I said the exact same thing.

Homeschoolers “get” it.

[Ted Grant]

I agree with every syllable, but I think most people want to smack kids like that.

‘The smartest kid in the 6th grade’ types do that.

[ansel12]

“Michael Medved as a boy.”

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You know that Medved was a leader in the far left, right?

Or do you just mean looks and smarts?

[mel]

There have got to be some moderate DEMS who don’t go along with Ears. I am seeing a lot of negative posts on other forums

[NavyCanDo]

“You know that Medved was a leader in the far left, right?

Or do you just mean looks and smarts?”

Of course, looks and smarts.

[firebrand]

Says in a NYT article that he is a protege of Bill Bennett’s, that Bennett’s radio show was how he learned to be a conservative. Nice article, by the way, with a big picture on the front page of the Sunday Style section, not negative at all!