<g> I can't resist throwing this in: In New Mexico, homeschooled children are exempt from standardized testing. The reason, I am told, is that their statistics were being grouped together as school="other" and for years on end "other" was way way ahead where the statistics were concerned.
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:316196 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
