Now I have some better advice for people.
Do not even go on a thread discussing home schooling.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
I’m sorry if I offended you. Seriously.
You have to understand that being a homeschooler in a room full of parents is like being a Christian in California. We get it from all sides
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFGMbqOVp40&feature=related
This one is from the head of our HS Group. Seriously, she had these conversations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3mOVTcy1RE&feature=related
Afraid? You are “afraid” of **homeschoolers**!!!! Unbelievable!
Of what, for heaven's sake? Huh? What on earth are you suggesting? Violence?
Take that paranoid brush and go paint the fences of the NEA union thugs.
BOO!
You said:
“I’ve got some advice for people.
“Don’t say anything negative about home schooling or home schoolers. Nothing that can be perceived as negative, no matter how many nice things you say or how hard you try to make up.
“Those people will hit you with everything they’ve got.
“They’re tough.”
Now, gee, why would people be so mean to you? Why would they be such jerks?
Well, here's what you originally posted:
“This is B.S.
“Home schooling is not for everyone. It’s for an elite few, committed and fabulous though they may be.
“Most people are not equipped to do it. They don’t have the money for one parent to stay at home and do it and most parents are not mentally and emotionally equipped to tackle this. I know I’m not.
“A far better thing for Santorum to run on would be improving schools, defunding the NEA, stopping the unions which protect bad teachers, and, most of all, promoting school choice and vouchers.
“This paints him as a sort of fringe, holier than thou guy, in my opinion.”
With that opening salvo, what did you expect in response, flowers?
You insulted homeschoolers, you showed your complete ignorance on the topic in any number of ways, and YOU acted like the jerk.
And you're surprised you got a little rough treatment?
What a whiner you are. Go back to DU whence you came.
Or own up to the fact that your first post was a fatuous, fact-free insult to the millions of families who have sacrificed much to do a decent job of educating their children. And then take your lumps.
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