Comments on: Quick Rant http://spoken-for.org/archives/2008/03/10/2107/ hmmm... what? Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:01:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jamie http://spoken-for.org/archives/2008/03/10/2107/comment-page-1/#comment-398223 Jamie Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:10:57 +0000 http://spoken-for.org/archives/2008/03/10/2107/#comment-398223 While I do think that homeschooled children do miss out on a lot of things and generally have less opportunities for socializing just because of the situation, that's not a justification. How to educate a child is the parent's decision and is considered by many to be a fundamental right. I bet this goes up to a higher court! While I do think that homeschooled children do miss out on a lot of things and generally have less opportunities for socializing just because of the situation, that’s not a justification. How to educate a child is the parent’s decision and is considered by many to be a fundamental right. I bet this goes up to a higher court!

]]> By: Matthew Tietje http://spoken-for.org/archives/2008/03/10/2107/comment-page-1/#comment-396691 Matthew Tietje Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:37:22 +0000 http://spoken-for.org/archives/2008/03/10/2107/#comment-396691 I, too, was homeschooled (from 4th grade to graduation). This is truly an unfortunate decision -- but I wonder if it is less of a, "Let's find someone new to pick on," and more of, "a few rotten apples spoil the whole bunch," issue. I wouldn't trade being homeschooled for any kind of public education. And, we did it right. We got up early and worked hard even when it wasn't fun (and most days, it wasn't...). But there are some homeschooling families who didn't operate that way - get up at any time...do work when they felt like it...even mothers who would complete tests for their kids - and they really brought a bad name upon us! And, quite honestly, they needed someone to straighten them out. But, I will be the first to agree that the "unsociable" argument (yeah, I just used quotations on a word for emphasis...) is a terrible one. I never felt like I missed out on anything, I had a lot of friends, and I felt like the "social" (did it again...) aspect of public education was more of an over exposure to everything, including things that I didn't need to be exposed to! Does that make sense? But there is no reason to question the educational aspect of homeschooling, if it is done right! I graduated a year early, had 12 college credits at the time I graduated, and received the highest academic scholarship my university of choice could offer based on my SAT scores - and my mother never earned a college degree or studied anything that would have made her "qualified" (and again...) in the eyes of the Californian government. I, too, was homeschooled (from 4th grade to graduation). This is truly an unfortunate decision — but I wonder if it is less of a, “Let’s find someone new to pick on,” and more of, “a few rotten apples spoil the whole bunch,” issue.

I wouldn’t trade being homeschooled for any kind of public education. And, we did it right. We got up early and worked hard even when it wasn’t fun (and most days, it wasn’t…). But there are some homeschooling families who didn’t operate that way – get up at any time…do work when they felt like it…even mothers who would complete tests for their kids – and they really brought a bad name upon us! And, quite honestly, they needed someone to straighten them out.

But, I will be the first to agree that the “unsociable” argument (yeah, I just used quotations on a word for emphasis…) is a terrible one. I never felt like I missed out on anything, I had a lot of friends, and I felt like the “social” (did it again…) aspect of public education was more of an over exposure to everything, including things that I didn’t need to be exposed to! Does that make sense?

But there is no reason to question the educational aspect of homeschooling, if it is done right! I graduated a year early, had 12 college credits at the time I graduated, and received the highest academic scholarship my university of choice could offer based on my SAT scores – and my mother never earned a college degree or studied anything that would have made her “qualified” (and again…) in the eyes of the Californian government.

]]> By: Jamie http://spoken-for.org/archives/2008/03/10/2107/comment-page-1/#comment-396531 Jamie Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:12:26 +0000 http://spoken-for.org/archives/2008/03/10/2107/#comment-396531 Thought the two WND articles below would interest you (I won't do a link, because some comment sections don't allow for it...but these were the titles): Time for a Texas Style Roundup (by Chuck Norris) and: Gov. Arnold blasts homeschool ruling Thought the two WND articles below would interest you (I won’t do a link, because some comment sections don’t allow for it…but these were the titles):

Time for a Texas Style Roundup (by Chuck Norris)
and: Gov. Arnold blasts homeschool ruling

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