Posted on 07/20/2005 12:13:49 PM PDT by Little Bill
Actually, the author relied on a MicroSoft spell check that was set to ignore words in all-caps. When I do technical writing, I often see the same kind of errors jump in.
If you had home schooled, would you have taught your kids the proper spelling of "grammar?" A cheap shot, but if you're going to be a spelling Nazi, don't be surprised when the spelling Gestapo knocks on your door questioning your purity.
I guess my screen name is a little misleading... I actually chose my name because I grew up in Ithaca, NY, where I was one of the only conservatives, and a very outspoken one. Fortunately, I went to Lansing Elementary, Middle and High School, avoiding the Ithaca Central School District. Now I live in Pittsford, NY, and go to Pittsford Mendon High School. You can look any of these up on Google, if you like. PMHS is nationally ranked, according to Newsweek. 37th in the nation, I believe.
Thank you for your thoughts. I'm worried as is my wife. I guess I think I can handle wacky teachers and administrators (they "encourage" involved parents, wait until my kids enroll, and we'll see if they like it!). I'm really worried about their exposure to the crass culture of our world as expressed by other students (who cannot be expelled for the most part). I don't want to see 14 years of dedicated (and undoubtedly flawed) parenting and nurturing go down the tubes in 4 years of govt. high school. And I don't want to take my kids "out" of the community they grew up in and deprive them of the extra-curricular activities their grade school buddies will be enjoying. Got some more time to make a decision. Thanks for letting me vet!
An acquaintance of mine at church just graduated her youngest boy. Her oldest is a homeschool graduate too and is currently in the Navy. The youngest intends to do the same.
Her husband walked out on her when they were little and she managed to homeschool and work. (She told about it in a speech at our end of school banquet.)
I don't know exactly how it's done. Never had to research it, thankfully. But I do know that there are single parents out there that homeschool. There are also poor people who homeschool. There have even been homeless people who homeschool
There are homeschoolers in every walk of life.
I know, I get sick of the spell check excuse that they all give. There will be many times in life that you are not using a computer to communicate. At that point, you look like an idiot if you can't spell no matter how smart or what kind of grades you have. Not teaching proper penmanship is another one of my problems. The handwriting is horrible!
I really learned English grammar from my French and Latin teachers... learning a foreign language is great, because it really teaches you the different tenses and their English translations, how to use them, when to use them, and all of that. That wasn't until 10th grade.
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My bad...oh well...glad you're out of Ithaca (a little blue dot in a sea of red upstate NY), though.
The real Beacon is purple, and everything outside (Southern Dutchess) of it is solidly red.
Sure. We moved last year, and had at least 8 high schools to choose from in our new area. We did a thorough investigation of each of them. Another thing to do, is talk to involved parents of current high schoolers. Their attitude towards the school tends to be pretty accurate.
oops! I missed that typo in my zeal to post! You are right!
The only way to be completely sure is by home schooling.
I agree. Homeschooling is not something that everyone can do. It isn't even something that most people can do. For those who can do it, more power to them.
Check into homeschooling resources around you. You might be lucky enough to have a homeschool sports league around. My sibs and I weren't really into sports after we got too old for the community softball teams, but I know it's important to some folk.
Now if only we could make NYC its own voting precinct, akin to D.C., we could have NY go red every election...
I thought it was dry and secular.
Thanks for the ping.........
A major BUMP to Homeschooling!
Oh, yes, I should have known. All that talk of Harvard and colleges and... What was I thinking...
Nevermind.
All that talk of accedemic excellence. That is the lowest reason on the list for homeschooling. To the world, it's the highest reason.
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