you slander a community I've been part of for more than a decade in... oh at least half a dozen states, then demand that I prove your prejudices are ill-founded.
whatever. On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > why the hostility? I do not think that my comment merited a such a response. > > something pissing you off in real life? > > Your response is not your typical behavior on this list. > > If not then as far as I am concerned you can go take a flying... my > life is too short to have to deal with that sort of foetid and well > ripened manure. > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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:315982 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
