Hah, you blather endlessly about your preconceptions and then bewail MY biases? You were the first to characterize the group -- let's see YOUR souces, and I insist, given that it's you, on a peer-reviewed journal article.
What the hell. On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > interesting numbers where did you get them? pull them from something > that agrees with your own biases? > > 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:315931 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
