Exhibit A: Some school in California (forget where) will make mandatory teaching to Kindergartners same-sex marriage. No opt-out allowed.
ah... what a lame-ass...
and I’ll provide rebuttal to each “point” later.
Her points are stupid and I only read the first two.
The one that jumps out the most is the point where the “humble teacher” calls homeschoolers “arrogant”,
then procedes to proclaim her credentials - one of the signs of pride and arrogance is the need to do so.
The only major problem I see with home schooling is that the kids don’t have the chance to be brain washed by liberal (facist) teaching authority. Not only that, they get to eat good food at home, don’t get caught up in gang fights, taken to abortion clinics and the list goes on. They are sure missing out on a lot aren’t they?
This is exactly right. Well socialized illiterates with the illusion if self esteem is MUCH better than academically accomplished children with real self esteem. /sarc
This woman is a teacher?
Stats refute this guy’s zany ideas. Not only are they better educated, homeschoolers show up more socially well-adjusted adjusted than their brain-washed public-school counterparts.
Far as I could get.
Some of the concerns about "socialization" may be legitimate, but I'd also point out that the picture this author paints of parents educating their kids in the home is not necessarily typical of what we know as "home-schooling" these days.
If the author of this nonsense were truthful, he/she would just come out and admit that the #1 item on this list is that home-schooling parents expose many "professional educators" in this country as complete frauds.
This must be in pre-response to the Glen Beck story about the increase in homeschooling.
there is a certain tipping point where so many people will be home schooling that the registered voters who home school will have an influencial enough vote on the need to tapayer support public schools.
Most of the author’s reasons are not just silly they are neurotic.
Hmmmm...my 21 yr old home schooler had straight As in college and was voted most popular student of the year...
Double masters degrees and this doofus still can't master the use of me vs. I???
Jesse is a douchebag. Modern public schools are only jobs programs.
Let’s see here....my oldest (you all know him, UltraSonic007) was homeschooled through high school, nailed his SAT’s and was offered multiple full-ride scholarships (Colleges are catching on...)
He took a full course-load year-round and graduated very early, Magna Cum Laude, in Mathematics minoring in History. He received a full-ride scholarship for his Master’s in Mathematics, and starts tomorrow on that.
His younger brother is moving at the same pace.
Besides the better education and overall life-preparation that homeschooling provides, my kids are the kindest you will ever meet. Why? Because they were educated by people who loved them, and were prepared to be in the world, but not OF the world. You can not get that anywhere else.
When you really take a step back and think about it, it is insance to think a situation where kids are surrounded only by people their own age is normal. Our kids understood freedom from an early age, and are able to associate and converse properly with people of all ages — because that is the reality after high school and in the workplace, and those that are not homeschooled don’t understand what a benefit that is.
Its that simple.
I used to get worried about the anti-homeschooling folks, but they are just wasting their breath on me.
It was scary at first, but turned out to be the best decision I ever made. Bar none.
Not all are in the position to be able to afford it, but if you are — I recommend it highly.
Is this for real? It almost seems like bad parody.
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
An example of museum quality ignorance by one of the usual suspects...
The piece reads as if it were written in 1992. Only our highly trained education professionals and people who live in caves believe this sort of thing today.
Let them blog. Homeschooling is growing whether they like it or not because more and more parents are figuring out that the ed establishement is controlled by money grubbing ideologues who all too often lack basic knowledge and reasoning skills. We don’t need their approval - particularly since they are rsponsible for 2/3 of our expensively schooled 4th graders not being able to read at grade-level and for creating such educational paradises as Detroit, D.C., NYC, LAUSD, Seattle, Houston, Dallas, and Philly public schools. In fact, now that I think of it, highly trained education professionals who don’t have their own children enrolled in such districts are obviously being selfish...
“and counsel for college as well as a school’s guidance counselor”
Any kid that needs counseling for preping for college isn’t college material.
You might want to check your motivations for responding to anti-homeschooling types. Seems like this activity is similar to trying to argue with a liberal...neither gratifying nor productive. Your time could be better spent clearing your mind and preparing to teach.