On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 22:23:00 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 7/5/2015 9:35 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 09:29:59 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> You should get rid of home schooling. That is a bad thing IMO.
>>> Discuss. ;-)
>>
>> We home schooled our son for the last 5 years or so of his school
>> career.
>>
>> So, no, I disagree. :)
>>
>> He passed his GED with top marks, went to uni, was on the deans' list
>> most of the time he was there, and graduated with honours - from the
>> University of Utah with a degree in Anthropology.
>>
>> The Christian fundamentalists who homeschool give homeschooling a bad
>> rap in the US.
> 
> They certainly do. From what I've read. There is no requirement for the
> children to be assessed, by many states. That is dereliction of duty, in
> my book.

I agree. There is a huge push against assessing children in the US in 
general, not just in the case of homeschooling, either.  You want some 
entertaining reading, read up on the pushback against "Common Core" 
standards.

>> There are people who do it properly - and in our case,
> 
> I won't ask who rattled your cage. Me obviously. :-)

;)

> And just as obviously there need to be exceptions depending on
> circumstances. After all, there are some remote isolated communities in
> all of that land. But Weirdos and religious throwbacks should not have
> the right to brainwash more generations of children. And that goes for
> Europe and the UK too.

For me, the issue is more involved than that.  I think children should 
have the right to be free from religious indoctrination - if they choose 
a religion after weighing evidence, fine (assuming they're old enough to 
be capable of making that decision).  The social pressure is incredible, 
though, to conform by being religious - but of course, you have to have 
the *right* religious beliefs, too.

> the
>> reason we did it was because we ultimately had little choice but to
>> step up and home school him.
>>
>>
> It sounds like you made the right choice. It is not something I would
> like to take the responsibility for. Too much like hard work. :-)

It was a lot of work all around.  His science education was mostly 
through volunteering at an aviary - he's a very hands-on kid - so biology 
is the science he's strongest with.

But he's a very fast kinesthetic learner. :)

Jim



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