Augusta kids killed (Another Homeschool Killing)

Helena Independent Record ^ | 8/27/2002 | CAROLYNN BRIGHT

[xsmommy]

well dang, there ya have it!! : )

[xsmommy]

and....you... i am seeing a pattern here....; )

[xzins]

WRONG. They had been homeschooled for years. They started public school last week.

So, I assume if you started college yesterday that you are still a high school student? After all, you've only been there 1 day.

But you miss the point entirely. Why don't you like homeschooling? Just spit it out.

Are you willing to ascribe all child deaths by parents of public school children to the fact that they were publicly schooled?

[ward_of_the_state]

Actually, since she's 45 they could make a case for blaming it on menopause.

[glory]

my guess is that the marriage was on the rocks anyway. Perhaps dad was holding out in the trailer until she decided to homeschool. Mom got revenge--hey kids are gone, now there is no issue. It was a power struggle--schooling was the issue that power struggle manifested itself into, but it's unimportant really--the power struggle could have been over anything(pushing kids to be competative or not, discipline, etc), but the homeschool critics here caught the fact that this is what they were griping was over and pounced.

[Orangedog]

Ten to one that NOW blames this whole thing on the husband

I think the better bet would be HOW SOON will they be on TV blaming him. I will wager that we will here the cries of sympathy from NOW and calls for them to get her some psychological "help" no later than 9:00 PM Pacific time. Of course it will all be the fathers fault. They will play it up like he was living the life of Riley out in the camper when he should have been inside making sure that his wife wasn't murdering their kids. 9:00PM folks...set your clocks.

[xzins]

Reread #82. You definitely aren't Sherlock, are you? Time for another course in reading comprehension. This time concentrate on learning about "hyperbole" and "sarcasm." :^)

[Tired of Taxes]

i have troubles with those that think that if you choose not to homeschool you are 1. lazy or 2. a feminazi.

Sorry that we come across as mean sometimes. But, that's because we're often hopping-mad about something the NEA said against us, or we've been put into a defensive mode by anti-homeschoolers. There has been a stigma on homeschooling for a long time (not to mention laws restricting it), and the movement is still fighting hard against it. Unfortunately, sometimes it means that we have to lob a few in the public school direction. =)

Our school taxes are very high, and we intended to send our children to the local public schools. In fact, we live just around the corner from both the high school and middle school and just a 20-minute walk from the grade school. But, after I had my oldest in preschool there for just two months, I was forced to take him out by the educrat principal (long story). I know other homeschoolers who took their children out of public school, too, so obviously many of us are not fans of public school for those reasons.

[glory]

Had enough? They were in public school at the time they were shot so what the hell are you talking about? Apparently she got her break from homeschooling.

[sam_paine]

Swanson’s husband, Gene, was sleeping in a camp trailer outside the residence when the shootings occurred, Liedle said.

This is normal? Daddy kicked out of the bed?

[glory]

Diva,
agreed...definitely more problems than we know. I think your argument has creedence and would explain why she didn't attack the husband.

[Protagoras]

Of course this one happened in Montana where wacko is a way of life.

That's a funny observation. Is it based on anything solid?

[Sangamon Kid]

Dad wants kids homeschooled.
Mom wants kids public-schooled.
Mom seemingly gets her way...Kids attend public school last week. Dad sleeping in the doghouse.
Mom kills younger kids.

There's a disconnect here, folks. Much more here than meets the eye. Everything based on this is pure speculation, the sheriff himself, who was the source of the homeschool/public school argument, said the motives for the killings were sketchy at the time of the interview.

[hobbes1]

?Would It be as funny If I Implied the same thing about your mother ?
Only if my mother were in the news for sexual molestation.

Oh, no no no.....See, you didn't say "Let's not bring Rengade Homosexual Priests into this", you indicted a whole organization, so using your broad brush method, since a few women are cheap, easy sluts, your own lineage is questionable by extension.....

[glory]

she wasn't forced to homeschool--the children were attending public school. I think any rational person can see there were bigger issues in this home--homeschooling was but one thing they disagreed on.

[xsmommy]

oh i understand perfectly where you are coming from T of T! i have spoken with Txbec about this as well. i think it is truly marvelous for those that can do it, and i DO think it is the best way, but only if the parent is equipped to do so. i am not a whackjob, and i am not stupid, but i am severely lacking in patience and i have one child with a learning disability. As it is, i have to do a fair amount of remedial and tutoring work with her and it DEFINITELY puts a strain on our relationship. i wish it didn't, but often one or both of us end up in tears. i KNOW that i am NOT the best person to teach her, that there are those who have patience and understanding and also are more schooled in alternative methods of teaching for those with problems learning.

i know that homeschoolers take a lot of flack, and so i understand where you are coming from on this. after all, i live in No.VA which is a HQ of sorts for homeschoolers.

[glory]

That is the case here. My husband would be perfectly satisfied with public school. I am the one who wants homeschooling and thinks it is appropriate and he supports me, but is worried of course.
Most homeschool families I know, it is the same configuration if you will--willing mom, hesitant dad.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Ten to one that NOW blames this whole thing on the husband like they did with Andrea Yates.

You don't believe that Mr. Yates bears some culpability in the deaths of his children?

[xsmommy]

she wasn't forced to homeschool--the children were attending public school

she wasn't forced to homeschool in that he wasn't there with a GUN to her head, but obviously it was an area of continued TENSIONS between them. They had been attending public school classes but clearly it was not a MOOT POINT.

[Tired of Taxes]

I think xzins was just trying to point out how the press doesn't blame public schooling when parents of public school students murder their children. Homeschooling gets an undeserved stigma.