[JohnHuang2]

Saturday, August 17, 2002

Quote of the Day by DWSUWF

[madfly]

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[Octavius]

Preach it !!

[Congressman Billybob]

Though only a small fraction of children are now being home schooled, it is the fastest growing area of primary education today. Much more important than its size, is what it teaches all of us. ORDINARY AMERICANS ARE BETTER TEACHERS THAN MANY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS.

THAT is the message which the National "Edukashun" Union and its wholely-owned subsidiary, the Democrat Party, don't want the American people to get. But according to the dramatically-reversed results in the Gallup poll, the people have already gotten that message.

Now it is time to make the politicans and school boards that still don't get it, to pay the price and be driven from office. Click the second link below.

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[Boxsford]

Third, homeschoolers have been ruling the academic "bees" for some time now. Year after year, homeschoolers have been in the top placements for the Geography Bee, Spelling Bee and the USA Math Olympiad.

Public educators have grumbled against homeschoolers for winning saying that they spend too much of their time studying for the tests and that it's not fair and unhealthy for the kids! Can you believe their twisted logic?

[cgbg]

I am a big supporter of home-schooling.

However, I disgree with the author that the reason to support it is to "reform" public schools.

The leftists have ruined many public schools beyond repair in our lifetime.

Parents should homeschool because they love their children and want the best for their children. That is reason enough.

I look forward to a day when public schools are abolished. New institutions need to be created based on the needs of a future marketplace.

To the eternal liberal question of "what do we do about poor children?" my simple answer is "let the debate begin", district by district, town by town, state by state. Perhaps "public" schools should be treated as charities manned by volunteers. But the teacher's unions and the local, state, and federal bureaucracy need to be put out of business.

The current system is broken beyond repair. Public schools in many districts are little more than a mixture of prisons, indoctrination centers, and babysitting centers and define the abuse and heglect of children.

[madison10]

Great article from this articulate, home-schooled, 13-year-old! Amen, brother.

[jslade]

bmp....I mean bump. Obviously a product of government schools.

[uncbob]

All kids really need to know are how to read write and do math

After that anything can be self taught through books

History geography etc etc have been PCed to death in the schools so not having kids have formal courses as taught in our public schools in those subjects is a good thing

[Arthur McGowan]

Yet, homeschooling is not just about results, test scores and the future business success of a student, but the time spent the way it should be – with families living their daytime hours together.

My siblings and I are all bright people, who COULD have taught ourselves, in three or four years, everything we learned in eight grades of hellish Catholic school. Instead, we were robbed of years upon years of interaction with one another, isolated in separate "grades," later in separate "schools," growing up strangers because of hours of pointless "homework."

Parents: Do not send your children off to the Gulag when they turn six, just because it's been that way for several generations! Life does not have to be hell for children, just because it's been hell for a few generations. Children do not have to be educated in herds; they can be educated by people who love them--their mothers and siblings.

[arnoldfwilliams]

Good article to post! Bump!
Of course, one other perspective on why public schools are so bad is simply that most of the teachers are there to see if they can learn it this time: it's remedial education for them.

[MissAmericanPie]

Do homes where both parents work engage in home schooling? I was wondering how many hours per day is the average class time for a home school student.

[Kermit]

If you agree that the Separation of School and State, go <a href="http://www.sepschool.org>here</a> to sign the Proclamation.

[r9etb]

Even after the successes of homeschooling, the National Education Association still continues to raise the issue of socialization. You would think, by now, we would be past this fundamental issue. Yet, homeschooling is not just about results, test scores and the future business success of a student, but the time spent the way it should be – with families living their daytime hours together.

I won't argue about the efficacy of home-schooling for academics, nor will I discount the value of family time. As such, the socialization thing is way overblown by the NEA: who, it must be remembered, have ushered in a system whereby "socialization" apparently means giving in to the worst manifestations of modern trash culture.

Still, I've seen many homeschooled kids, especially boys, who really do miss out on certain important social lessons. My experience has been that many homeschooling parents are very protective of their kids, and the primary teachers are their (protective) mothers, who very tightly restrict the people with whom their kids interact.

For boys, this often leads to situations where they miss out on learning "guy stuff" -- those stupid-seeming games where the main point seems to be inflicting pain, and laughing when you get hurt, and doing it with a group of like-minded guys.

Guys will understand the fun of a game like, say, "butt ball," the point of which is for one team to taunt another by waving their (clothed -- you'll soon see why) rear ends at the other team, who attempts to hit same with a whiffle ball thrown as hard as possible from close range.

Churchill once said, "nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." OTOH, there are very important lessons to be learned from getting stung and laughing about it with your team mates. And it's remarkably difficult to imagine a group of home-schooling mothers allowing such a game to take place.

If nothing else, a more public education (i.e., not necessarily public schools, but with relatively uncontrolled interactions between kids) provides access to to guy stuff, not to mention an education about how to deal with people who are not just like you.

[Salvation]

Therefore, I call upon parents to take their children out of public schools, ensure their ability to perform in the business world as an adult, and choose the greatest form of education: parents teaching their children at home.

And you can take that NEA and GLSEN and flush them!

[okimhere]

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[don-o]

My 12 year old son made a 97th percintile nationally normed, off the first statem mandated test we were forced to take.

I think he told us that the questions he missed were unclear

[Bullish]

Govt. schools spend more time brainwashing students then they do educating them.

It's wrong to make parents who home school, pay taxes for public education that they don't agree with.

[The Raven]

This is great but only works with a competent teacher.

[lodwick]

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