Posted on 12/04/2002 1:27:29 AM PST by JustPiper
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:35:14 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
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Dissolve the NEA - and all of it's partners, sponsers, look-a-likes and any-and-every-thing connected to it....
..and let's get back to that 'Norm'....
My Wife and I have been doing just that for only three years - pity that we didn't wise up until then !
Reason being, we have a program called dual-enrollment. It's open to any high school aged student, but it seems that homeschoolers are the ones that take advantage of it.
You can enroll your child in any state community college, and they can take college courses that count as high school credits, and college credits at the same time.
They can earn enough for a two year degree (A.A. or A.S.) while still in high school and then transfer to a four year program to complete their B.A. or B.S.
Best part about the program is that tuition is free, as long as the child has not graduated high school yet.
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Those four words do not always offer protection. We have home schooled for 14 or so years and have seen the judicial system totally ignore due process of law. The best deal going is to belong to HSLDA. The membership dues are money well spent.
When we lived in NC a few years ago, they had a similar program.
Our local community college has just become a four year institution, and they are still offering the program, so in that case, you could stay at the same college for all four years.
My sister has used this program for her kids, and I'm about to use it for my 15 year old.
The only inequity in the system is that if you are a public school student, you don't have to pay for your books or tuition. But if you are homeschooled, you have to pay for your books, but tuition is free.
We've talked about "fighting" the issue since our tax dollars support public education, just like the public school parents' tax dollars. But we've decided to wait until after our kids are through with the program in a couple years to push the issue. Don't really want to "rock the boat" right now, because I sure don't want them to cancel the program.
That's the case here in Idaho. Fortunately, we have a relatively non-politicized public high school with a decent curriculum within five miles of our home here in the northern Idaho Panhandle. The homeschooling that we do is more of a supplement - we fill in the inevitable gaps left by a universally dumbed-down curriculum, and we provide many of the elements of a classical education. As a result, the twins (boy and a girl - they'll be 16 in April) are well-versed in their classical heritage and are very well read. They'll be attending their local high school for just one class - the rest of their time will be spent at North Idaho College. Our duty as parenets is to bring them up as philosophers, warriors and sovereign individuals - and I'd say that we're succeeding.
Yes, but your child's warm body isn't in class helping the public school siphon money from the federal teat.
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