There is good and bad in any education system - working on the good to eliminate the bad is what we need to be doing. Not denigrating those who are trying to do just that.
You remind me of someone who walks in on the end of a two way conversation and admonishes one of the participants without having all the facts.
FYI, Born in a Rage set the record straight in her post #323. But if you are still suspicious about me and think I've "attacked the homeschoolers", please educate yourself in the following posts on this thread. Check out my comments to GBA and others in posts 19, 78, 83, 234, 237, 239, 247, 248, 266, 294 and 299.
It was then that Diva jumped down my throat in her post to me #301, only because I described situations that I've known about for some home schoolers. Never mind that Diva's kids are in a home school group and have lots of extra cirricular activities to fill their day, she still wrote me an obnoxious rant listing every minute of her kids daily schedule which had nothing to do with the situation I had written about in my post #299.
I don't give a flip about the clubs Diva belongs to or the summer home she has and didn't appreciate her snarky attitude toward me and still think it was uncalled for. She could have mentioned that her kid's days were full of extra cirricular activities and "thank goodness what I described didn't apply to her family situation"... period. I would have been happy that her home school situation is working out so well, but instead, I snarked back because of her biting remarks.
Bottom line: I feel very confident that both you and Diva didn't bother reading my other posts or we wouldn't be having this 'conversation'.
Please see my post 333.............reading back it is obvious to me that I confused you with another poster and I offer my apologies.
I should know better than to get involved in thse types of threads when I am overtired. I'm not making excuses - just stating the obvious to remind myself :)
Which contained this little tidbit:
"I feel just as sorry for the home schooled kids as the ones in public schools. Home schooled kids are often made to feel odd and freaky, not to mention "unfairly privileged". They don't get to enjoy the benefits of socialization and interaction of public schooled kids and are usually forced (by their circumstances) to grow up/mature much faster than their public school counter-parts."-Demkicker
I never claimed to be addressing all of your posts here and I don't see where Gabz did either. I responded to YOUR statement above. I believe that Gabz responded to your overall tone- but I can not speak for her.
I never "jumped down your throat" I made a counter point to your point, and if it is an "obnoxious rant" to you that someone provides you with data and facts to counter your point- well then I would say the problem here is all yours.