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  • Yeah, homeschooling is one of those odd things where both the extreme left and extreme right have a tendency to have common resources and goals. One of my left-ish friends homeschooled his kids, and had lots of conversations with right-ish homeschoolers as well. Interesting.
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    • This is one of the things I really like about homeschooling. There are so many different points of view. As long as all subscribe to the fundamental mantra of homeschooling, in my mind, "Parents are the best judge of how to raise and educate their own children," I appreciate what they are doing and love looking at the diversity for cross-pollination of ideas.

      Somewhere I read somebody saying the tree-huggers (or some similar offensive term for leftist environmentalists) paved the way, the religious funda

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      • Parents are the best judge of how to raise and educate their own children

        And... everyone is above average [freep.com] too.

        On a more serious note, being the best judge of how to do it (which I don't agree with... but let's just pretend for a moment) still doesn't make you the most capable person of doing it.

        I personally will be home schooling my kids... every day after they get home from school. I will add to their learning experience.

        Not shield them from it.

        It seems to me that this is the real purpose for many poeple, they don't want their kids taught certain things. They want to limit what their children learn.

        That is significantly different than providing a good education, in my opinion.

        • On a more serious note, being the best judge of how to do it (which I don't agree with... but let's just pretend for a moment) still doesn't make you the most capable person of doing it.

          Exactly. Which is why, if you'll look at other comments I've made, you'll see that I insist that homeschooling is not for everybody. It is up to the parents to decide what is best for their children, and act accordingly.

          For example, my wife was homeschooled, and her parents and some other homeschooling parents got to

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          J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
          • Way to not read what I said. My whole point was that of these four families involved in homeschooling, not a one of them was doing it to "shield" or "shelter" their children.

            I did read what you said. (Understanding... well that is a different matter.)

            I also tried to write my response in such a way as to not imply I was talking about you or your situation in particular. Looks like I failed.

            The only part about you specifically I was referring to was the quoted comment, which I saw you commented about else

            • I also tried to write my response in such a way as to not imply I was talking about you or your situation in particular. Looks like I failed.

              I understand that. I'm just saying that you seemed to be generalizing that shielding kids is often or usually the reason for homeschooling kids ... the whole point of my journal entry was that that is changing.

              But, the other point I was trying to make is that I don't see how replacing an educational experience is better than augmenting the experience.

              Er, wel

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              J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
              • Would you question a parent who moved a kid from one school to another for replacing the educational experience instead of augmenting it?

                No. (To answer your question.)

                I wouldn't even question a parent that home schools... hell, someone has to work for my kid. ;-)

                But, I also don't consider moving a kid from one school to another to be the same as removing a kid from school to home school instead. (My first reaction would probably be to move from a public school to a private school.)

                The reason I don't co
        • I personally will be home schooling my kids... every day after they get home from school. I will add to their learning experience. Not shield them from it.

          How is teaching kids shielding them learning? I could just as easily say, by sending your kids off to school during the day, you are shielding them from opportunties they could otherwise have.

          What your statement assumes is that sending a kid to a school is the best or default way for them to learn these things, or that it is somehow something people
          • How is teaching kids shielding them learning?

            Taking them out of formal school so that they won't experience something (political, religious, social) is the shielding I was referring to.

            The only case I've personally experienced was where someone started home schooling because they didn't want their kid taught evolution.

            If you can't deal with exposing your kid to a theory, you have a serious problem, IMHO. At the very least, teach them to refute the damn thing. But, to completely limit exposure?

            What you
            • The only case I've personally experienced was where someone started home schooling because they didn't want their kid taught evolution.

              OK. But that is the very small minority in my experience.

              Although, I would note that public schools are not allowed to teach religion in this way ... :-)

              My proposition is that A + B > B for all cases. (Likewise, A + B > A for all cases.)

              Where A and B represent useful knowledge, I cannot agree. Sure, my kids can learn some things in school they won't learn at h

            • The only case I've personally experienced was where someone started home schooling because they didn't want their kid taught evolution.

              Well, conveniently, now that you have read my journal, only 20% of the cases you have heard about are for that reason. The four families I mentioned are homeschooling for other reasons.

              If you can't deal with exposing your kid to a theory, you have a serious problem, IMHO. At the very least, teach them to refute the damn thing. But, to completely limit exposure?

              Who

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            • I've really got to agree with pudge's case that a lot of school is a waste of time. (He seems to perhaps be saying 100% of school ... I'd have to make the percentage somewhat lower.)

              I have an informal list of "reasons that made it easier for me to choose homeschooling." This list isn't written, yet; it consists of things that I just did not like or do not like about the system of schooling; these are not items that constitute reasons why I am going to homeschool, but things that made it easier for me to

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              • I've really got to agree with pudge's case that a lot of school is a waste of time.

                I would agree. I was bored out of my gourd in high school.

                I rarely did homework... had 18 zeros one quarter in my English Comp. class.

                Still graduated 26th (of ~450) in my class.

                It was a totally horrendous waste of time, in my view, at the time.

                And, I would totally agree that it needs to be imporved.

                BTW, what in this post says anything about shielding kids from evolution?

                Nothing in your post. I brought that up from m
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