Trisham please not that Wintertime claims she did not mention homeschooling in post #39, This is a prime example of her playing fast and loose with the truth.
Why are you refusing to answer these questions? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ These questions are red herrings and not at all relevant to anything I have posted. I don't see homeschooling as being a solution to the problem of shutting down the government schools and/or providing an adequate education to the nation's children. Again: I seriously doubt that homeschoolers will ever be more than a single digit percentage of children of school age, even though I believe it is the most ideal way to rear and educate a child. That is all I will say on the matter in this thread, Homeschooling is NOT the topic of this thread. But...If it makes you happy continue barking about homeschooling. 55 posted on Sunday, May 06, 2012 6:24:54 PM by wintertime (Reforming a government K-12 school is like reforming an abortion center.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies | Report Abuse] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: verga Why are you refusing to answer these questions? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Please note that in post #39 I did not offer homeschooling as a possible solution to solving the problem of our ill-educated populace. Perhaps you have me confused with someone else.
Really you want to say I am "confused" Here is a direct quote from YOU in post 39:
Finally, currently about 3 to 5% of the nation's children are homeschooled. Homeschoolinghomeschooled children **far** exceed institutionalized children in academic achievement. As adults, too, former homeschoolers have **far** less social pathology. These statistics can be found on the Homeschool Legal Defense Association website. While homeschooling is the most ideal way to rear a child to adulthood, sadly, not all children can be homeschooled, for many reasons: Selfishness, materialism, health, intelligence, illiteracy, poor coping skills, lack of discipline, extreme poverty, etc. on the part of the parents. These children will need to be institutionalized for their schooling. We need orphanages, too, but no one is claiming that this is the best way to rear a child.
I count you mentioning it 7 times. Would you kind enough to admit your error?
Ok....I have a question for you.
Since I have been a child, ( I am now in my sixties), there have been many efforts to reform government owned and run socialist- entitlement and single payer schooling.
So?...After all the money and effort expended over so many decades why on earth would you think this socialist-entitlement and single payer institution of government schooling can be fixed?