Sorry, but in your rude post (#263) to me, you made insulting you too irrestible (see exerpt below). Perhaps I shouldn't have sent you into such a rage from the outset by calling your comments "spouting off" in my post #248,. You don't get to pick and choose. Got a problem with that? It must suck to be you, b/c that's the way the world works.
My last word on the subject is this: I really wasn't trying to insult you in post #248, but evidently used a poor choice of words. I have a long extensive history regarding educational issues and feel very passionately about the deterrioration of public education. As an educational advocate who is utterly disgusted with public education, I am horrified that big brother is trying to encroach on the rights of home schoolers.
Regarding home schoolers, fighting back is in my blood. Playing offense and putting school districts on defense is a game plan I happen to like. School taxes have sky-rocketed across this country while the quality of education has gotten lousier and down right negligent. If you ask me, about the only thing public schools are good for anymore IS their electives! Therefore, I support the rights of home schoolers to get SOMETHING for the outrageous tax bills they are forced to pay.
And as long as you get hold of that hair trigger of yours, I hope you do one day have children. Maybe then, you'll understand the passion I have.
I do understand some of the passion you have. My reaction was based on my sympathy for the students, who for whatever reason, are unable to take advantage of home schooling. For those students, the extracurricular activities seem to me to be like a bonus for having put up with all that's bad. They earned the right to them. Home schooled students miss out on the bad stuff, but get to take part in the good and that seems unfair to those who are stuck in the public system.
It is a weak position, I admit, and the solution is probably to scrap the disaster public schools have become.