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Patricia and her advisors should demand that all of her children's teachers take the National Teachers' Exam, which is required now in most states in order for a teacher to get their license, 1 yr. after graduating college.

You'd be surprised as to how many teachers with a BA actually fail the test.

IF they are going to give Patricia a test with finding words in a dictionary, the least the state and Bd. of Ed. can do is to have the teachers take the test.

The NTE is a national standardized test given by PRAXIS, is a general knowledge test and very easy if you have a degree

This is an incredible story. There is no accounting for the strength of a mother.

Taking on a bureaucracy is tedious and intimidating, but this woman exemplifies the courage we could all emulate when our constitutional rights are violated. Unfortunately, more and more unconsitutional laws and bureaucracies have taken hold and we only respond when it hits home. Even this is good as I suspect that each of us will eventually feel the sting of socialism trying to replace our constitution.

I heard a Vermont senator (Frankel or something) on Sean Hannity's radio show yesterday (replay), and he identified himself as a Democratic Socialist. Actually, he is a socialist who ran under the Democratic party banner because America does not have a Socialist Party.

We hear and read of these abuses every day, even tho we need to have a forum like this to get information. I wish we had a TV Station that was strictly dedicated to news relevant to constitutional abuses and remedies.

Grrrrrrrr

As I build my new website, I am getting more clarity on subjects to discuss, and the Constitution of the United States and its current abuses is high on my list.

I will contact Patricia with a Christmas card of support.

God Bless the Ameica our forefathers envisioned.

Patricia also ripped them about the high school diploma that she received from Mt. Anthony Union High School. If she is so stupid then why did they give her a diploma. She was under the impression she was smart enough for them to give her the diploma but if they think she's too stupid to homeschool with only a high school diploma then evidently they failed in teaching her anything.

I love this line of reasoning. All us homeschooling dummies have diplomas from the very school system that tells us we're not qualified. If passing on to our children what we learned in school isn't good enough, then those diplomas are essentially toilet paper, right?

In addition, the home study curricula that Mrs. O'Dell submitted for the 2000-2001 school year were replete with spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors.

She should have told them that she was using "whole language" and that their criticism of her curricula was racist.

I once saw a teacher protesting with a sign upon which was written "No Way Hosay!".

I'm not kidding.