[dakra]

I actually dont have a problem with the CBS speciel on homeschooling. As a homeschooled individual, I think that the issue itself should be more publicized. Everyone I talk to seems to think homeschooling is extremely educational and dont get it when I tell them that it's not. There is no supervision and at times my parents will even forbid me from doing my schoolwork, even when I am very behind. I come from a family of eight children and of these eight 4 of them did pre-algebra at the age of 16 or after. None of us have had any choice when it came to homeschooling. My oldest sister was even forced by my parents to sign a religious exemption so that they could homeschool her. I think that there should be sweeping changes in the educational structure when it comes to homeschooling. I think the government should expect everyone to attend private schools, whether through correspondence or otherwise, if they wish to homeschool and these schools should have set curiculum that the homeschoolers must follow. Religious exemptions are far too easy to come by and faith based Umbrellas only allow parents to cover up the education that their child is not recieving and the child should have a choice to attend school when they are 16, maybe younger but definately 16 because that is the dropout age in most states and if someone can drop out they should be able to drop in. Even after they Dan Rather speciel, most people just dont understand the truth about homeschooling. By the time they are in highschool, most homeschoolers are, at that point, being forced to homeschool and recieving a worse education because of it.

[Texaggie79]

AWESOME!!! Any time that I can advocate the GOVERNMENT having more control over the children of America than their own parents, I'M ALL FOR IT!!! The GOVERNMENT is the only parent we need..... no really....

[Preech1]

http://www.mm13.com/mark/spudead1gif.htm

Homeschoolers can also make great potato guns...can someone link this gif to play on this site?

[Kevin OMalley]

All your dam ties are belong to us.



We have been discussing inexpensive ways to fast track kids through high school to avoid the liberal agenda:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1315730/posts?page=84#84

The thread title was not well thought out, because some parents might instinctively skip over it due to attached stigma, whether real or imagined.