Home Schooling Wins
Posted on August 12th, 2008 by The Reformer into the Uncategorized categoryIt looks like the "social retard" brotherhood has struck a final blow to those lefties who think that home schooling is a brainwashing tool for the religious right.
Back in February, a California court basically outlawed home schooling by holding that parents must have a teaching credential to do so. A family appealed the ruling and the court reversed its earlier decision last Friday. The reason for the change of heart is considered a political one because thousands of people protested via email, letters and public gatherings. The judges did not want to have this decision hanging over their future careers. As one home-school parent put it, it looks like "God has delivered home schooler's in California from the mouth of the lion." (Gotta love that Christianese).
I for one am glad for the reversal. Some young home schooler is out there right now, who someday will be the next great Christian blogger. I mean, what would we all do if Cat and Pope did not start City Business Church?
Ahhh, the power of home school.
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August 12th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
What I don’t get about home schooling are parents choosing/demanding this for their kids, yet they themselves are missing many pencils out of their boxes.
August 12th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
I used to be a high school youth pastor. Of my students, about 20% of them were home schooled. Of these, there were of course a couple that fit the “social tard” stereo type, but for the most part, my home schooled students were the smartest, most intelligent, and most mature kids. Further, a much larger percentage of them (nearly all of them) have gone on to four year schools than the non-home schooled crowd. I think the “social tard” stereo type is way off. But “social tard” is fun to say, so I think we should keep it around. I think “social tard” would better define people who read and post on blogs daily.
August 12th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
I was home-schooled my whole life and we were required every single year to have mandatory state testing to make sure we were keeping up with the rest of the students in our grade. So long as parents are keeping their kids at least in line with the rest of the state/country, they should still have the right to educate their kids however they feel appropriate for their family.
August 13th, 2008 at 5:50 am
Ha! So true.
And I agree, parents should absolutely be free to homeschool their children. The state should not intervene. I’m not sure it’s in the best interest of the child, but still that’s up for the parent to decide.
August 13th, 2008 at 10:53 am
I think the “social tard” stereo type is way off. But “social tard” is fun to say, so I think we should keep it around. I think “social tard” would better define people who read and post on blogs daily.
I think the kids that come out of the home schools that are social tards are that way because their parents are. The parents that keep their kids isolated and so far out of the “world” and away from all of those terrible sinners are the ones that end with the kids that are socially retarded. They don’t know how to be in the world and not of it.
August 13th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Actually, most homeschooled kids I’ve met are very intelligent, socially adjusted and do very well in university, well read and can hold intellectual discussions. It’s a stereotype. I like the idea of a state test. As long as they are keeping up, parents have their rights.
FYI…Throughout history, kids were “homeschooled” or had a tutor or governess. And the rich upperclass kids went on to universities. The schools we have today started during the industrial revolution and from a historical perspective, its recent.
Who says you are not sheltered in public schools. The teens seem to be living in a world of their own and lack certain social skills. I’ve seen a handful of them that dont know how to behave in public.
Now what about certain Christian schools? I would never send my kids to City Christian or the alike. It’d be either public or a secular private.
August 13th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
What I don’t get about home schooling are parents choosing/demanding this for their kids, yet they themselves are missing many pencils out of their boxes.
In the churches I was in there was a lot of pressure from the pulpit and the church culture to home school your children.