Homeschool: Ban it....or Encourage it?

[daveman]

1. The thugs of the Occupy Wall Street turmoil had a plethora of juvenile and far-Left demands.

My personal favorite…"Make homeschooling illegal. Religious fanatics use it to feed their children propaganda."
Occupy Wall Street demands › 2.0: The Blogmocracy

In a related story....

2. "Homeschooled Students Well-Prepared For College, Study Finds

3. "Transitioning from home school to college can be a daunting experience, especially with the lack of socialization that is associated with home schooling," says Los Angeles-based therapist Karen Hylen, who counsels people she says have not made the transition successfully.

4. But parents and students from the home-schooling community say the nontraditional method yields teens that are more independent and therefore better prepared for college life.

5. More than 2 million U.S. students in grades K-12 were home-schooled in 2010, accounting for nearly four percent of all school-aged children, according to the National Home Education Research Institute. Studies suggest that those who go on to college will outperform their peers.

6. Students coming from a home school graduated college at a higher rate than their peers* -- 66.7 percent compared to 57.5 percent -- and earned higher grade point averages along the way, according to a study that compared students at one doctoral university from 2004-2009.

7. They're also better socialized than most high school students, says Joe Kelly, an author and parenting expert who home-schooled his twin daughters." I know that sounds counterintuitive because they're not around dozens or hundreds of other kids every day, ... "Many home-schoolers play on athletic teams, but they're also interactive with students of different ages."...giving them more opportunity to get out into the world and engage with adults and teens alike.

8. Home-schooled students often choose academic and social pursuits because they find them important and meaningful, and college admissions officers are drawn to that authenticity, Shaevitz says.

9. "The possibilities of showing all the kinds of things that colleges are looking for -- curiosity, confidence, resourcefulness, ability to deal with challenges -- you name it. That's a part of being a home-schooled student."

10. Rather than a hindrance, home-schooling was an asset, Orlowski says, one that landed him acceptance into 10 top-tier schools, including Princeton University, Vanderbilt University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."
Homeschooled Students Well-Prepared For College, Study Finds

I wonder. Are the Chinese, Japanese, South Asians, Russians, Eastern Europeans, etc. teaching their kids at home? Or is this a unique behavior of a subset of Americans and the upperclass English?

Or you could just acknowledge that parents know what's best for their children and you don't.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

It's a God given right to have your child educated in any way you see fit. The government has no right to tell you you can't homeschool your kids.

 

[rightwinger]

I would rather homeschool my kids than send them to the schools that educated Political Chic

Cut and Paste 101?

 

[rdean]

Support homeschool for the right wing. We need more unskilled labor to pick fruits and vegetables.

 

[Unkotare]

It's a God given right to have your child educated in any way you see fit. The government has no right to tell you you can't homeschool your kids.

The government doesn't like that "can't" word.

 

[Unkotare]

Support homeschool for the right wing. We need more unskilled labor to pick fruits and vegetables.

Pick you for what?

 

[daveman]

Support homeschool for the right wing. We need more unskilled labor to pick fruits and vegetables.

Pick you for what?

Receiving a medal for participation.

Derp's gotten a lot of those.

 

[Ernie S.]

What in Gods name does that even mean?

It comes from something that I posted:


What is, then, the tenet that separates the Left from the Right, the Liberal from the conservative? It is simply this: by nature, is man basically good? The Leftist subscribes to the idea that a) man is by nature basically good; b) the ‘Nobel Savage’ of Rousseau; c) given the correct government and laws, society can establish Utopia here, on this Earth, and now. Based on this doctrine, pacifism is logical. As is nuclear disarmament.
a. A distinguishing characteristic of Liberals and Leftists is an aversion to recognizing or acknowledging evil and its permutations, i.e., communism. On another level, it explains the Left’s dislike for capitalism, a system which produces winners and losers, a painful fact that the Left would rather not see.
b. Pacifism is the proclivity to appease evil and ignore the sad facts of life. It is a form of wishful thinking.



I proposed that man is neither good nor bad by nature.
Ms. Truthie demands that I take the Leftist position.

Oh, I thought she was just boozing it up and posting rubbish again.

That too.

 

[Ernie S.]

Support homeschool for the right wing. We need more unskilled labor to pick fruits and vegetables.

Yup we absolutely need workers well versed in "Heather Has Two Mommies" and that know Malcolm X's date of birth. Fuck that Algebra and Constitution.

 

[Mad Scientist]

why should we teach kids anything in your mind they are NOT GOOD.

See what a Public School will do to you?

 

[jillian]

It's the way the system is set up.
For every student they lose, they lose that funding.
This has to be changed.
But also the way public schools teach them. This must be changed too.

If parents do not have their kids in public school or if one does not have children then they should be refunded that portion of their tax dollars earmarked for public school funding.

That's fair... but only ifi get my tax money back that funds/funded iraq and afghanistan

 

[Mad Scientist]

I wonder. Are the Chinese, Japanese, South Asians, Russians, Eastern Europeans, etc. teaching their kids at home? Or is this a unique behavior of a subset of Americans and the upperclass English?

In Japan they send their kids to "cram schools" in the evenings. I haven't heard of any home schooling although my wife says schooling is only mandatory through Jr. High or Middle School.

 

[rdean]

Support homeschool for the right wing. We need more unskilled labor to pick fruits and vegetables.

Yup we absolutely need workers well versed in "Heather Has Two Mommies" and that know Malcolm X's date of birth. Fuck that Algebra and Constitution.

The Grand Canyon was created by Noah's Flood. The winning foundation for "home school".

 

[Mad Scientist]

The Grand Canyon was created by Noah's Flood. The winning foundation for "home school".

Ritalin and Zoloft, The winning foundation for "Public School".

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[Unkotare]

I wonder. Are the Chinese, Japanese, South Asians, Russians, Eastern Europeans, etc. teaching their kids at home? Or is this a unique behavior of a subset of Americans and the upperclass English?

In Japan they send their kids to "cram schools" in the evenings. I haven't heard of any home schooling although my wife says schooling is only mandatory through Jr. High or Middle School.

But it's not as if juku is mandatory or anything. The hagwan in South Korea are similar.

 

[Skull Pilot]

It's the way the system is set up.
For every student they lose, they lose that funding.
This has to be changed.
But also the way public schools teach them. This must be changed too.

If parents do not have their kids in public school or if one does not have children then they should be refunded that portion of their tax dollars earmarked for public school funding.

That's fair... but only ifi get my tax money back that funds/funded iraq and afghanistan

Fine with me as I never supported those actions.

But the military was established in the constitution the Dept of Ed wasn't

 

[PoliticalChic]

I would rather homeschool my kids than send them to the schools that educated Political Chic

Cut and Paste 101?

Still miffed that you can't keep up, huh?

 

[PoliticalChic]

Support homeschool for the right wing. We need more unskilled labor to pick fruits and vegetables.

Didn't bother to read the Huffington Post article outlined in the OP?

How typical of the Left to have strong views based on zero knowledge.

 

[daveman]

Support homeschool for the right wing. We need more unskilled labor to pick fruits and vegetables.

Yup we absolutely need workers well versed in "Heather Has Two Mommies" and that know Malcolm X's date of birth. Fuck that Algebra and Constitution.

The Grand Canyon was created by Noah's Flood. The winning foundation for "home school".

We homeschooled for a couple of years. We didn't teach that.

Perhaps you're just being a hateful, ignorant asshole. Again.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Support homeschool for the right wing. We need more unskilled labor to pick fruits and vegetables.

Yup we absolutely need workers well versed in "Heather Has Two Mommies" and that know Malcolm X's date of birth. Fuck that Algebra and Constitution.

The Grand Canyon was created by Noah's Flood. The winning foundation for "home school".

The basis for denying homeschooling is found in the words of this Progressive:

"The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible" Woodrow Wilson


I don't have a problem with the views and values of my father....
...can I assume that you do, with yours?