By the way, government schooling is compulsory ( that means the back up support of police force) for all children for whom parents can not ransom them by way of homeschooling or private schooling. Government school taxes and cartel practices make the unavailability of those options unlikely. Its godless philosophy is also established by way of government threat of police action.
Am I to understand you correctly that you consider an employer who requires ID cards to be abusive or such work places prison like? Would you refuse to work for an employer that required ID cards or even RDIF cards? If so, on what basis? Do you consider ID cards with or without RDIF chips to really be the mark of the beast? If so, is this part of your home schooling curriculum? Im not meaning this question to be any sort of criticism of you or an insult to you, so please do not take it as such, Im just trying to understand where you are coming from on this topic, i.e. on ID cards.
By the way, government schooling is compulsory ( that means the back up support of police force) for all children for whom parents can not ransom them by way of homeschooling or private schooling. Government school taxes and cartel practices make the unavailability of those options unlikely. Its godless philosophy is also established by way of government threat of police action.
Im not at all opposed to private schools nor am I opposed to home schooling and think that choice should be available. Ive known some very bright and well educated people who have been home schooled just as Ive known some very bright and well educated people who attended private AND public schools. My public schooling experienced was somewhat mixed but the education I received at my HS in the late 70s, a magnet school, an all girls public HS BTW with very high standards including behavioral, was excellent and on par with many rather expensive and exclusive private schools at the time.
And I dont agree with a lot of what goes on in many public schools now days either. But I also think that there was a time that Americas free public educational system was once of the best in the world and Id like to see our public schools return to those once high standards. Why?
Not every family can afford private schools, nor do I believe that private schools should be supported by public funds. Why? Because then the private schools are beholding to complete government control and are by defacto, become public schools. Nor do I believe that home schooling is the answer for everyone. Why?
Home schooling is not practical for every family, especially in families where because of economic realities, both parents work or in single parent households. Also, to be very frank, homeschooling requires a very big commitment and a certain level of education by the parent who is overseeing the homeschooling and again, realistically and quite frankly, not all people are up to the task. Sure there are some excellent homeschooling text books and guides but if a parent isnt themselves educated enough to follow them, then you are basically throwing your kid some books and asking them to educate themselves. That might work for some very bright and self motivated kids but is not realistic in many other cases.
There is also the question of educational standards. I understand that homeschooled kids have to take and pass standardized tests in order to receive a HS diploma or equivalent and I think thats a good thing. As someone who works in HR and hires people who must have at least a HS diploma for many jobs, a note from Mom saying Johnny had done real good like on his education, knows his maths and stuff love, Johnnys Mom isnt going to cut it. I think homeschooling is a great option for those like you who are fully committed and are up to the task and make use of curriculums developed by credentialed homeschooling resources but I dont think that do it yourself homeschooling absent standardization of basic requirements is an acceptable alternative. Im sure that you as a dedicated homeschooling mom would agree with that.
But getting back to the original gist of the thread, this was not about the quality of the education that Andrea Hernandez was receiving at her school, whether shed get a superior education by being homeschooled; rather it was about the required use of ID badges, RFID badges in particular and whether or not it was some sort of violation of her 1st amendment rights. Since she was given the option of using the very same sort of ID card she voluntarily used before, absent the RFID chip, she choose not to wear it and I think the school was within their rights to tell her to seek her education elsewhere. Again, while she may have a religious objection to such ID cards, what I was trying to highlight is that she would face the same in many places of employment, that while she has a choice to refuse to work for such employers, she is also limiting herself to many opportunities and for some rather IMO, shaky grounds. While the RDIF chips are used to mark attendance and some may rightly believe that this has more to do with government funding based on attendance than it does safety, there is a safety component to such ID cards as it is also a way to ensure that kids who come to school and go to homeroom and have their attendance marked and present then leave the school grounds after homeroom as a truant or hide out in other places in the school where they are not supposed to be, perhaps doing things they ought not to be doing or engaging in when or even forcibly taken to against their will when they are supposed to be in class. If I were a parent, I wouldnt necessarily have a problem with this. YMMV.