Apparently, I may have misinterpreted this comment by you: 'It's socializing...it's part of human nature Scott...'
And for that I apologize. I have had bad experiences with a very small part of a lot of groups, such as african americans, puerto ricans, whites, religious folk, atheists, politicians, doctors, soldiers...and the list goes on and on. But I try not to let my experiences with those few affect my opinion of the entire group. You, however, do not seem to be able to do the same. To be honest, it would be easier to accept if you said, 'You know what, homeschooling just doesn't seem right to me, and I really cannot explain why' rather than rehashing the same old bullshit people have been saying since homeschool started becoming more popular again - you do realize that for a large part of our country's history everyone was home schooled, right? Here is a short list of some people you might have heard of who were homeschooled: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, William Henry Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D Roosevelt, Abigail Adams, Mercy Warren, Martha Washington, Forence Nightingale, Phyllis Wheatley, Agatha Christie, Pearl S. Buck, Robert E. Lee, Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, John Singleton Copley, Andrew Wyeth, Rembrandt Peale, Claude Monet, Ansel Adams, Mark Twain, George Bernard Shaw, Irving Berlin, Charles Dickens, C.S. Lewis, Blaise Pascal, Booker T. Washington, Thomas Edison,Benjamin Franklin,Andrew Carnegie, John Stuart Mill and many, many more I do not doubt that you have had bad experiences with home schoolers, I myself have, but that does not mean we are all cut from the same cloth, nor that we do it for the same reasons. You lump me and every other homeschooling family into the same group, and that is why I feel that you are intolerant. To me, you are no different than the Bible thumpers who rally against gay people. As for being qualified to teach, how would you explain that home schoolers consistently score higher on standardized tests than public school kids? How do you explain that, based on these studies, home schoolers seem to be doing a better job educating than those who are 'qualified' to teach? On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > It's dishonest when you continually insist that I brought it up...especially > after I pointed it out in several emails that I did not...even if I later > stated that I agree with it...after the fact. Thank you for finally > correcting that....well sort of... I didn't hop on any bandwagon. I wasn't > even part of that thread of the convo...I believe that was Larry, Morgan, > and Dana...not me. I didn't even comment on it until you dishonestly > accused me of bringing it up. I think you need to homeschool yourself on > what the definition of intolerance is. Your facts are not necessarily the > true facts. My opinions are based on my experience with homeschooling and > homeschoolers (and not just a few)....not just a wild hair up my ass. You > assume too much. I stand by my opinion that unless you are a certified > teacher, that you are not qualified to teach. -- Scott Stroz --------------- The DOM is retarded. http://xkcd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:316186 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
