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Any "running Joke" about the public schools generally comes from those ideologues who know little about them outside the scandelous stories which make the papers. My boys attended public schools and private both systems gave them every opportunity to get an education. Both are being educated at private colleges.

I have attended public secondary schools and public and private colleges so I know something of both systems. My late wife taught in a public elementary school and worked like a maniac to teach her students. My girl friend is a top notch Math and Statistics teacher in a great public high school. There are no parents not highly educated who could teacher her courses.

My concern about home schooling is discussed in #181. I do not "sing the praises" of public schooling and have many criticisms of their operations. Merely because I have no faith that most parents can properly teach anything of depth or complexity does not mean I "sing the Praises" of P.S.ing.
It is amusing to observe the reactions of the faithful any time their sacred mantras are questioned. It is also amusing to note that most of the ones critical of p.s.ing don't know what the hell they are talking about.

How the woman's misfortunes and refusal to cooperate with local authorities excuses and justifies her actions is beyond me. Nothing I have seen so far convinces me that she is a reasonable or competent person capable of teaching anything more difficult that the ABCs.