Thanx Dana. Had not come across Ambleside in our searches, but have seen Calvert.
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Bullshit. It's perhaps a quarter of homeschoolers who are religious, > Larry. They are merely the most vocal. > > Scott, try Ambleside and if that doesn't look like your cup of tea try > the google term "umbrella school." Or, there is Calvert, but they are > pricy. > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> My sympathies. I would think that given the landscape, you'd be doing >> good to find anything that's not religious in the home schooling >> market. >> >> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> ...is finding quality, secular curriculum. >>> >>> My wife and I have been looking into homeschool programs that actually >>> give the children diplomas and transcripts. Unfortunately, since a >>> large portion of those who homeschool do so for religious reasons (we >>> do not, BTW), most of these programs have curricula that are heavily >>> religious. This has not bee a huge bone of contention with me as most >>> of the programs allow you to substitute a curriculum for each subject. >>> >>> Yesterday that changed. We visited the main office for one of these >>> programs. Up until yesterday, we were impressed with their reputation, >>> cost and the fact that they were fairly liberal in what you could >>> substitute. For grammar school children, the only subjects you could >>> nit substitute was English and Religion. I was cool with that. >>> However, we were then told that for high school you cannot substitute >>> English, Religion and History. I immediately went and started looking >>> at the High School history books. They had titles like 'Christ the >>> King, Lord of History' and 'Christ and the Americas'. The first book I >>> picked up had chapters named 'Abraham' and 'Moses' - and the 'Moses' >>> chapter was twice as long as each chapter devoted to 'Ancient Greece' >>> and 'Ancient Rome'. >>> >>> The main biology books were different volumes of a series titled >>> 'Exploring Creation'. >>> >>> I was disgusted with all the religious drivel that was included in >>> these books - and was immediately turned off to this program (We had >>> looked at it because of the ones with a good reputation that are >>> accredited, this one was Catholic) >>> >>> My wife is a devote Catholic, I am not. We have discussed raising our >>> children Catholic, but these references in a history book concerned >>> even her. I have no issues with the children learning about >>> Catholicism, but to have those beliefs brought into subjects like >>> history and science is where I draw the line. >>> >>> So, now we must continue the search for a good program, like the ones >>> we have looked at, but that do not cram the religion down the kids >>> throats in every subject. There has got to be a happy medium >>> somewhere.... >>> >>> </rant> >>> >>> -- >>> Scott Stroz >>> --------------- >>> The DOM is retarded. >>> >>> http://xkcd.com/386/ >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315927 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
