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Posted on 12/11/2005 8:37:40 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
So far all it's done is run around in that little wheel.
Well, 2J, they were supposed to say things regarding homeschool. They didn't. I am disappointed that what was promoted didn't air. Makes one wonder if they didn't edit the show in order to promote vouchers and school choice. Here is what they were advertising online...
(snipped from email)
On 20/20 this Friday, January 13, 1006, John Stossel will have a special report called "Stupid in America". He says this on his webpage about the subject:
"...We shot a segment on home schooling for my special, and I was amazed to watch the enthusiasm of the kids and the teachers. In my NYC community, it's assumed that home schoolers are all religious wackos whose children don't learn to socialize.
In truth, home schooling is often the best option for parents who are fed up with the lousy education offered by the government schools. Why is there an assumption that school is the best place for kids to get "socialized" anyway?
Isn't school a place where you're supposed to be paying attention to the teacher, not your peers? Home schooled kids socialize all the time at places like boy scouts, ballet lessons, soccer teams, and church choirs. Most home schoolers we talked to meet together several times a week with other home schoolers. They do fine in college.
The U.S. Department of Education estimates that over one million kids are being home schooled in the country today, that's 2 percent of school kids in the United States, and that number is growing by 10 percent every year. Brian Ray, President of the National Home Education Research Institute, taught in both public and private schools before starting his work with "home-based education."
He sees home schooled students blowing past their public school counterparts in terms of achievement. "In study after study, children who learn at home consistently score 15-30% above the national averages on standardized tests [like the Iowa Test of Basic Skills]."
If you homeschool, know homeschoolers, are considering homeschooling your own children, or know someone considering homeschooling, then watch this program.
Oh. Wow.
Breathtaking's the only word for it, alright.
My brother, the one that doesn't speak to me, works for C/P. In Houston.
...Oklahoma is *my* home and I want to be left alone.
I'll say. They didn't say any of that unless they said it before I tuned in...
No, not a word... not even the word "homeschool." It's as if 20/20 didn't even want to admit that it's an option.
...No, he won't move to Bartlesville. Oklahoma is beneath him.
I'm gonna read a bit and go to bed folks.
Nighty night!
'nite Ruthy.
I'm signin' off myself.
Night Ruthy!
Night Corin!
Seven and Seven; one of my personal faves.
I will have been in Oklahoma for 10 years next August.
Will I ever qualify as an Okie? Joshua does by birth, but he's the only one.
Nite nite! (((Rutheeeee)))
I got a note on our state h/sing message board mentioning it. Clare DVR'd it for us. Haven't had the chance to see it yet. We went out for a late supper and now we're watching Anchorman.
Say... what sort of DVR does she have? Like it?
Always on the lookout for new gadgets? ;-)
Well, this pseudo-okie is going to bed.
Night all!
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