Posted on 08/07/2006 11:39:05 AM PDT by JZelle
How many parents would say that as their teenager gets older and shows more and more maturity, that is the time to begin clamping down and placing more restrictions on him? It does not make sense. Most parents would be glad to allow their teenager more freedom if he is demonstrating he can be trusted to be responsible.
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Nice piece.
Well, you won't. And I kinda like that!
The analogy doesn't work because parents aren't a union with their own agenda and their own survival at stake.
And considering that our public schools repeatedly deliver at 100% of that goal, home schooling should be discouraged. /sarcasm off .
I wonder if statistics exist (and are not suppressed) that show what % of public high school graduates end up collecting public assistance, vs the home-schooled in the same districts.
I disagree. They are a VALID union with a LEGITIMATE agenda... the agenda focuses on their children and yes, their very survival IS at stake. :)
Homeschool PING.
All for a fraction of the cost of a public education. That must really grind on the NEA Union kool-aid drinkers...
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A fraction of a fraction.
My very liberal BIL once told me that his concern with homeschooling is that they wouldn't be able to support themselves in the world. Ha! I told him I highly suspected that it wasn't gonna be hordes of homeschoolers lined up outside the welfare office waiting for a handout.
I figure if a Wiccan wants to educate their child on how to grow organic produce by the light of the moon and sell it to make a fortune, more power to 'em. And if the Amish family with a family bakery is doing well and not taking anything from society, I say let them be.
Only if the teaching parent is already not working. Factor in opportunity costs and the price of homeschooling could exceed the economic costs of public school. On the other hand, if you factor in social costs, I'll bet homeschooling completely outperforms public school.
I know someone who has been lucky enough to homeschool their child.
She’s been on unemployment for a year.
You can apply for as many jobs as you want, but if you have no motivation to actually receive a job proposal, let alone actually accept one, your don’t have to go back to work.
She’s just taking advantage of the system. It’s a sorry thing to do, but smart nonetheless.
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Much of the money spent on public education goes to heat building, run buses, and supply lighting.
Granted homeschoolers are not needing to support a bureaucracy, so it is cheaper than public schools, just not as cheap as some want to paint it.
It depends on how much money the teaching parent earns. My husband and I took all that into account as each of our three children were born. With the first two, I brought home more money working part-time on nights and weekends than I would have working full-time in the daytime. How? Because, when we worked split shifts, we took turns watching the kids, and we didn't have to pay for childcare.
I know homeschool parents working split shifts like we did, or in some cases the mother working part-time, or they just sacrifice - no vacations, smaller house, etc.
It's as inexpensive or as expensive as the parents want to make it.
If I wanted to, I could educate my kids using the public library system. Everything we'd need is right there.
On the other hand, I could spend a fortune on a curriculum.
As is, we buy books cheap, use the library often, and spend more on cooperative activities and field trips. Altogether about $500 for all three kids.
As a matter of fact, we saved money not sending our kids to school. We were able to do without a second car for years; I would've needed that second car to drive my kids to preschool and then third, fourth, and fifth grades, the years when no schoolbuses are provided to us here.
The vast majority of homeschooled students I know are off to college by 18, if not earlier. There is an amazing number that I know of who attended community colleges (at least) AS part of their high school education. I've yet to meet a welfare mentality homeschool family.
Oh yeah, during his last few years as superintendent, they got all their friends high paying jobs in the district so as to up THEIR pensions also. Nice little retirement bonus for their friends. (Courtesy of the last school district we lived in)
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