> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:21:38 -0500
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Schooling funding debate ... again (Was Re: Wifi leeches (Was:
> Multiple NAT layers))
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Gabriel Sechan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >
> > > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:06:21 -0700
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: Schooling funding debate ... again (Was Re: Wifi leeches
> > (Was: Multiple NAT layers))
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Why does she need to be equal to 10 educators? Homeschooled kids
> > > > do *better* than public school kids. That is a *fact*. Explain
> > > > why that is true *now* if homeschool parents *aren't* equal to 10
> > > > professionals.
> > > >
> > >
> > > One thing to keep in mind though, education aside, is that public or
> > private
> > > school also lets the kids experience socializing with their peers, along
> > > with adults that aren't related to them. Peers/adults outside their
> > family
> > > and immediate neighbors, and it's usually a wide range of races,
> > religions
> > > and social backgrounds. Dealing with a variety of different people is a
> > > valuable experience to kids.
> > >
> > That's what most homeschoolers want to avoid. Apparently there's
> > exceptions on this list, but every one I've ever met were right wing
> > religious nuts who didn't want their kids to learn how to think or to
> > appreciate diversity- they wanted them to be carbon copies of their racism
> > and religion. They home schooled specifically so they wouldn't meet Jews,
> > blacks, hispanics, etc.
> >
>
> I find that statement incredibly idiotic. I don't know a single homeschooler
> with that view of the world, and I know a bunch.
>
I know over a dozen. Personally know them. Including the one who pulled out
their kids because they didn't want them learning about the Hollocaust- it was
"a jew Zionist conspiracy".
It isn't 100%, of course. But it is a sizable chunk, possibly the majority.
Probably varying by location- it may not be as big in California, but it was
the overwhelming reason in the midwest.
Gabe
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