This is already old news for Americans. Had the folks from Britain been sitting idly at Manhattan and Hollywood for too long to notice it?
In addition to those of us who do not want the commie pervert peacenik babykiller government workers (teachers) to pollute their souls and crush their spirit.
Next week, you'll hear stories about the axe-murdering homeschool mom in Kansas, and the squalor of Mrs. B. in New Jersey who has 3 kids who can't read and we need to take over these people and make it all right for the children dontcha know.
Spot on.
With the systematic PC nonsense coming out of today's school system, who would want to put their child through it?
The case of children not being allowed to perform "A Christmas Carol" at their school proves my point entirely.
When CNN is running an overwhelmingly positive story like this, that's a clear sign that the government-union school system is in deep, deep trouble.
Even if each respondent only chose ONE of those reasons (they overlap - someone could legitimately choose all three reasons), it's only 78%. I wonder what the others said.
Maybe it was "CNN? Pahhh! Buzz off, ya hoser!
That is why the government is going to try to quash this eventually. I am waiting for when the gov't says that to homeschool you need to be a licensed, accredited teacher. I am waiting for them to say that you have no right to keep your children OUT of the public schools. I will not be the least surprised.
Maybe if liberals get leadership back.
Proud parent of a homeschooled 5 1/2 yo boy..
Part of his schooling includes sports.. Brazilian Jujitsu, Kung Fu, and soccer.
He is also taking acting workshops, history, math, reading, science...
I wouldn't send him to public school or Catholic school to save my life. (Sure there are good schools, but you find out after your kid brings home "my two mommies" that the school you sent them too is crappy).
Homeschooling is not "informal" education. Most homeschoolers follow a curriculumn of some sort - unschooling works differently and I won't try to speak for that. Just because most homeschoolers are "amateurs" (no teaching degree) doesn't make homeschooling somehow a shady option.
the only danger I see is what if leftists get into homeschooling in a big way. No telling what kind of subversive brainwashing they'll teach.
It's ironic that CNN even posted this. The idiots over there don't have a clue.
Let's hope this is the beginning of the end of government education as we know it.
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Yep, more people are weaning themselves from the government tit. Our socialized schooling is the second biggest welfare program in the country now. It is nothing more than income redistribution.
The more people who assume their personal responsibilities, the sooner we can return the education industry to the private sector.
It's a shame these homeschooled kids won't be socialized properly by being exposed to boring curriculum, drug and sex deviants, sociopaths, and children whose parents simply don't care about them. We're losing an entire generation of cell-phone toting, expensive clothes-wearing fashion victims here. It must not be allowed. Put the parents in prison immediately. (sarcasm)
According to sHrillary, they also do quite well in the finals of the national cross-burning competitions.....
Well somebody will have to run things when todays crop of students graduate.
My kids, 11 and 8, have never gone to school.
We're using a pre-packaged Catholic curriculum. My wife says she's more of a coach than a teacher, as my kids have learned to work fairly independently. They're usually done with all of their work by 12-1 PM. They're both a grade ahead of their peers, and lightyears ahead of their peers with regard to religious studies. My oldest has almost finished with memorizing the first Baltimore Catechism.
Their grammar instruction is excellent, so good in fact, that I've used it as a basis for teaching them the basics of Aristotelian philosophy.
Both of them learned to read at age four. They learned letter sounds from Sesame Street. Then, with 20 minute lessons from Sam Blumenfeld's Alpha Phonics book, learned to read independently within four weeks.
I've concluded that schooling is unnecessary for children less than 12 years of age. And considering the fact that by that age they will have learned to work independently, they should be able to tackle on their own subjects that are difficult for some parents (i.e., Algebra, etc.).
I don't plan on sending our children to school at all. And I don't even care very much about sending them to college, although I will if they're interested.
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Compare this to public schools, where the kids aren't exactly sure what an "Italy" is...