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How many times have I offered to let you take some of my students to show how well your theories work? 7-10-50, and not once have you agreed to take up my offer.

I even have one that will be a piece of cake for you. He is in our school because Mommy and Daddy gave up after home schooling him for 8 years he is "supposed" to be a sophomore according to his Homeschool records, but he barely reads at the eigth grade level. Of course this might explain why he had to be banned from the middle school because he was "dating" and eighth grade girl. Maybe she was tutoring him. In two years time he has only earned 4 Carnegie credits. did I mention that he tips the scale at 300 pounds. Yeah your theories work real well.

BTW I am getting my Administrative certificate so I can continue to change it from the inside. No need thank me.

If you are a “professional” educator, your professors should have taught you that it is impossible to do a double blind study on one child. In fact, ethically, it is nearly impossible to construct double blind studies in education for groups of children.

So...Your example of the 300 lb homeschooled boy who reads at the 8th grade level is merely an anecdotal example.

Were you aware that only 32% of the nation's **government** schooled children can read proficiently in the 8th grade? What should we do with the 68% who can't read? Should we force them to homeschool?

Also...Since a double blind study on your student is impossible, it is completely possible that if he attended school he may have weighed 400 or 500 lbs. Since the opportunity for exercise and diet control would have been far less.

It is also possible that his reading level may have been lower if he attended school.

Now for an anecdotal reports of my own:

My husband and I tutor the Spanish speaking children of the Spanish speaking members of our church in our county. We also run the cub scout troop for the Spanish speaking congregation.

I work weekly with children who can NOT read at all! They can not look at the number, 512, and tell me what it is. They can not add, subtract, multiply, or divide. They have absolutely no idea what a denominator represents. In other words they are innumerate and illiterate. ( These are children who are **born** in the U.S., have attended head start, and speak English **VERY WELL**!)

If these kids, that my husband and I work with weekly, are learning **anything** at all it is because dedicated members of our church are putting in tons of hours of AFTERSCHOOLING!