I hope you are correct. It will all depend on (1) the education ethic of the child and (2) the RULES set down by the ADULT in charge of the educational process.
Nothing different from public schools. The kids who want to learn will. Those who aren't interested can't be beat into submission. As for the gubment corrupting the children ... send me your address so I can provide the raw materials for your tin foil hat. On Jan 8, 2008 8:53 PM, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i would be happy to have my kid take any standard government test and > when she scores in the top few percentile, i would like them to just > leave us the hell alone and quit wasting our time and robbing our > spirit. way back in the day, you were finished being educated by the > time you were 14 or 15 and if you actually knew something, you'd go to > harvard or princeton till you were about 18. that was legitimate > education. > > we now have 19 year olds who can barely read on a 4th grade level > taking up space at a cost of 5 figures a year and tell people this > somehow benefits the children. this is a lie. what would benefit the > children is to let the smart ones finish high school at the age of 14 > and let the dumb ones go work in the mines. the idea of of dumbing > and slowing it down so the smart ones are locked up bored to tears > until 18 so the dumb ones can actually follow it (which they won't > because they are stupid and they don't care) benefits no one but the > "educators" who get rich off this. > > NOTHING is to benefit the children. NOTHING is to benefit the poor. > NOTHING is to benefit most of us. The government only benefits itself > and only brings desolation to the citizenry. If we were a decent and > intelligent society, we would demand they be dismantled, but we are > stupid dupes who believe propaganda. at least in the old soviet > union, no one over the age of 10 believed the nonsense they were fed > by the government. I suppose the russians are just that much smarter > than we are. > > On 1/8/08, Wonko the Sane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At the risk of turning the conversation back to home schooling, one must > > understand why the government came up with this sort of "go to school" > rule > > in the first place. It was for the protection of the children, not as > some > > sort of evil government meddling. > > > > Where I grew up (West Virginia), it wasn't unusual -- not too many years > > before I was born in 1952 -- for kids to enter the coal mines at the age > of > > 12, or even younger, and labor there for an entire lifetime. The purpose > of > > the compulsory education law was to give these kids a chance at a better > > life. > > > > Although we'd hope that human nature would act differently, we have to > > understand that there were fathers who'd put their kids into the mines > at a > > very early age, if only for the wages that would be brought home. Hey, > if > > Daddy didn't get much schooling then why do the sons need schooling? > > > > Fortunately, laws were passed and, at least at the time I was graduated, > a > > child had to be in school until age 16. I think that might have been > raised > > to age 18. > > > > Now ... if you want to home school the kids *and* they will get a good > > education, then I have no issues with that. The goal is an educated > > individual. If a parent lays out a curriculum and sticks to it, the > child > > might get a superior education. > > > > As for those of you who are worried about the "gubmint" indoctrinating a > > child with socialist views in school, I must differ. I am *way* more > worried > > about the child be indoctrinated with way more dangerous philosophies, > > mostly religious in nature. All three of my children went to public > schools. > > None are atheists. All three are pretty good citizens. My step-daughter > is > > the "dummy" of the trio, having only a 3.6 GPA as a university junior. > > > > And before you think I have my head up my rear, I was *there* at BJU > when > > this home school movement was launched, and knew some of the folks who > were > > writing the curriculum. You worry about your child being perverted > during > > twelve years of public education? Just give them twelve years of > > BJU-prepared stuff. > > > > I am a product of a sheltered Fundamentalist upbringing and am slightly > > screwed up as a result. > > > > Fortunately, I broke out (in my mid-20s) and am still a recovering > > Fundamentalist. > > > > D. > > > > > > On Jan 8, 2008 7:33 PM, Rich Thomas < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Great idea! Perhaps the presidential candidates will take this up as > a > > > plank in their "law n' order" platform (I think Fred might already be > > > there!). It will bi-partisan support, who is the best one to make > that > > > change? > > > > > > --R (I'm for change and the best one to make it!) > > > > > > Tom Hargrave wrote: > > > > Yah, right. At the same time why don't you pass a law making > convenience > > > > store robberies illegal? 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