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Video: 13-year-old defines conservatism at CPAC, gets standing ovation
hotair.com ^ | Feb. 28, 2009 | Allahpundit

Posted on 02/28/2009 3:59:16 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Remember that 12-year-old girl’s stemwinder on abortion? This kid is an order of magnitude beyond even that. So astoundingly precocious is he, in fact, that I’m a little unnerved after watching it. It’s like seeing a newborn baby suddenly start speaking in complete sentences.

If they ever do a remake of “Big” with Tucker Carlson, consider the child’s role cast. Exit question: Krohn in 2040?

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


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To: Free ThinkerNY

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


21 posted on 02/28/2009 5:28:19 PM PST by chuckles
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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.

23 posted on 02/28/2009 5:47:48 PM PST by chuckles
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To: call meVeronica

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

Homeschoolers “get” it.


24 posted on 02/28/2009 5:58:33 PM PST by Texas56 (It is time for true patriots to stand up for their country.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

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.


25 posted on 02/28/2009 6:00:15 PM PST by Ted Grant
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To: NavyCanDo

“Michael Medved as a boy.”


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

Or do you just mean looks and smarts?


26 posted on 03/01/2009 12:27:57 AM PST by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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To: vanilla swirl

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


27 posted on 03/01/2009 6:20:45 AM PST by mel
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To: ansel12
“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.

28 posted on 03/01/2009 6:46:30 AM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: rintense

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!


29 posted on 03/10/2009 3:37:39 PM PDT by firebrand
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