On home schooling
This doesn’t make any sense. If I can’t walk right into a public school and get a job without the proper credentials, why should I be able to educate my own kids (if I had any) without any special training or qualifications?
The California appellate court that recently appeared to outlaw home-schooling in California has now agreed to rehear the case, raising hopes among home-schooling supporters that the court will revise its ruling.
I’m sure there are some people who can teach their kids just fine, but do we really want to leave the education of our nation’s next generation up to someone who lacks qualification? The American education system is already falling behind the rest of the world as it is. I’d like to see the California courts uphold this decision and I’d like to see similar legislation introduced here in Virginia.
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SM Says :
March 27, 2008 at 2:40 pm
While you can’t walk into a public school and teach without state licensing, you can walk into a private school and teach. While I’ll be among the first to decry over testing our kids, I think that homeschooling should be allows as long as homeschooled students are subject to the same testing of minimum competency that we ask for from public school students. If your children fall behind, you shouldn’t be able to homeschool or you should be required to remediate. In all honesty, I don’t mind not having some of the homeschooling crowd in our schools.
Phantom08 Says :
March 27, 2008 at 3:44 pm
You know, you’re right. I mean why should we even let simple high school graduates even raise kids? I mean, really they’re too stupid to let live too, and while we’re at it…
Politcial Disgust Says :
March 27, 2008 at 3:51 pm
hey, now wait one minute. Please don’t put down the home schooled kids. If we don’t allow them to be home schooled who would ever participate and win the national spelling bee. it is not shown annually on ESPN like the Super Bowl or World Series, so that has to mean something……somthing…….
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Politcial Disgust Says :
March 27, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I meant it is NOW shown annually on ESPN…..
Sarah Says :
March 27, 2008 at 4:55 pm
I disagree! many parents can do a wonderful job of homeschooling their kids. Although I am not homeschooled, I believe its the parents’ right to homeschool their kids. In many cases homeschoolers are very smart and do better than kids in the corrupted public schools
Terry Carter Says :
March 27, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Phanton08, you’re right, lets do away with the education system completely and just let kids stay home and let unqualified parents teach them. Wow, imagine all the money we’d save!!!!!
Politcial Disgust Says :
March 28, 2008 at 12:06 am
Sara said - “I disagree! many parents can do a wonderful job of homeschooling their kids. Although I am not homeschooled, I believe its the parents’ right to homeschool their kids. In many cases homeschoolers are very smart and do better than kids in the corrupted public schools”
says who?? what is your statement based on. I know a ton of parents who would be horrible teachers. There has to be some qualifications and guidelines to the education that is taught. And your final comment is completely based in no facts at all in my opinion.
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Karen Says :
August 23, 2008 at 8:48 pm
I taught in the public schools for over a decade–which is why now I homeschool my children. Not because I was a “teacher”–whatever that means. Know this: what I learned in college about how children learn is nothing like what happens in public schools. Public schools are about controlling the masses and meeting the numbers (dollars and grades). The facts are that children learn whatever motivates them to learn with or without “teachers”. You can’t force anyone to learn anything. While I don’t believe in the validity of testing–for those of you who do: Homeschoolers consistently beat the national averages for ACTs and SATs. They are far more likely to stay in college and do well in college because they have the innate ability to learn independently. But beyond that –it doesn’t matter.
College is overprice and overrated –especially if what makes you happy can be achieved without it. Americans have such an inferiority complex, they can’t seem to let go of creating an importance on something benign (like education, money, traditional work) to create a reason to judge one another based on who has it and who doesn’t.
Even within your comments the disdain and judgment for something you know nothing about rings through. It is a real shame that society sends these ridiculous standards that have nothing to do with measuring personal satisfaction.
Terry Carter Says :
August 23, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Karen, where do you get off saying I know nothing about this? Just wondering.. have we met? LOL
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