I really see the issue as the difference between liberal homeschoolers and the rest of us (conservatives, Republicans, Moderates). I know the trouble started for me ,in the secular group, when I put a George Bush bumper sticker on my car before the election.
After-all, we school differently, have different values, we play differently, have different interests and raise our children differently. (liberals raise rude little monsters)
One secular group I belong to reminds me of a dictatorship and it sucks the energy from me like a sponge with its petty politics and backstabbing. Lets just say: These people are *NOT* homeschooling for excellence.
I really think many secular groups are full of loud liberals and very quiet *others*.
My experience is that most of these people in the secular groups are seeking shelter from the schools policies on the ADD catastrophe.
Most of us could see that coming down the pipe about that 15 years ago- but liberals are always a little late to the party... (hehe)
I think we can only expect more of Liberal-secualr homeschoolers as time goes by. The word is finally out, in the libs circle ,that medicating young children is not good for them.
I foresee the school making radical changes to get some of these people back in to the fold- something like- "We wont force medication on the children of liberals- now will you come back?".....
I would rather have one secular Republican homeschool buddy over a gaggle of liberal secular homeschool support groups any day......
Couldn't agree with you more, except that I'd add it's even broader. There are a lot of families I know who pull their kids because of the SPECIAL ED fiasco, whether ADD drugs are involved or not. When schools start classifying kids who excell at one subject but are merely above average in others as LEARNING DISABLED and want to put them in special ed with the kids who really should be in disciplinary school, you know something is wrong.