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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:06 PM Original message |
Court limits home-schooling to credentialed teachers |
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LulaMay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's about time. Children have a right to a good education with credentialed teachers. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Homeschooled kids have better outcomes, on average, than their publicly schooled peers |
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selador (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. simple solution |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
78. The one's I've met have been down right illiterate. |
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selador (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #78 |
91. i know that statistically speaking, your experience |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #91 |
123. Who paid for that study? |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #123 |
138. I am not that knowledgeable on homeschooling high schoolers. |
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selador (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #123 |
142. TRY READING THE LINK - THERE HAVE BEEN MANY STUDIES |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #78 |
95. Sample bias. |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:20 AM Response to Reply #78 |
98. Anecdotes. Anecdotes. All you people tell are anecdotes and imaginary scare stories. |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 05:05 AM Response to Reply #98 |
113. there arent studies on socialization |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #98 |
119. When the slogan is "competitive market solutions for public policy problems" it is biased to begin |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #98 |
120. Good God--the second study is from the "National Home Education Institute" Your freekin' kiddin' me! |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #98 |
121. Holy Shit: The third study is from "National School Legal Defense Association" |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. I suppose you'd send me to an Enron website to show a study saying global warming is false. |
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selador (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #98 |
143. data doesn't matter to people when it conflicts with their ideology |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #98 |
149. Well I am a parent that did indeed home school |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #78 |
129. Your posts are full of spelling and grammar errors. |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #129 |
151. I don't cut any options off. I maintain a parent's right to educate their child any way they wish. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #78 |
154. I agree with most of your post. However, I have a problem with your last statement. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #78 |
156. That hasn't been my experience. I know many home |
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LulaMay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. In that average are kids whose parents aren't good teachers. Teachers should have credentials |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
99. Credentials don't correlate to improved outcomes for children. |
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Star (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #99 |
133. Do you have any data to back up that claim? |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Number 1: |
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DavidMS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Define "outcome"... |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 03:48 AM Response to Reply #26 |
102. Do you have the slightest basis for your assertions? |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 05:07 AM Response to Reply #102 |
114. except that their parents dont expose their kids to alternative points of view |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
139. Why is homeschooling less likely to make kids into citizens? |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. What are you smoking? |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Homeschool can be a bad thing. So can public school, w/ accredited teachers or not. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
84. How was that teacher planning on homeschooling her kids? |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #84 |
92. I don't know what her plans were... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. I've looked at the evidence. |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. My kids participate in gymnastics at a school that has a large homeschool clientele. |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
80. Interesting--I am a teacher and I have found just the opposite. |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 03:52 AM Response to Reply #38 |
103. Show me those ACT scores. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
117. Thanks for exhibiting another reason why parents should be properly trained to be teachers |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #117 |
131. My sister will be doing her student teaching next year. |
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proud2bamerican2 (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Irony |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Credentialed teachers does not mean good education |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. GOOD. nt |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
58. All my family are teachers in public schools, they disagree with you |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Strongly mixed feelings about this one |
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klebean (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Good point |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
53. Same thing that happens to kids in public school that fail the exam |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
72. Except that, if you wait until "graduation", and your little experiment fails, |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. And yet, private schools are not required to have credentialed instructors. . . |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That's the Irony... |
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pegleg (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Since when are private schools not required to use credentialed teachers? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. At least in California they're definitely not. Look it up. nt |
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selador (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. nor when i went to private school |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Maybe you could provide a link for us. I'm not aware of any private schools |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
56. Arizona charter/private schools don't require teaching certs |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #23 |
57. California? here you go |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. The private school my daughter attended did not require State certification . . . |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
49. I don't know of any state that requires it |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
87. The states don't require it but the schools do |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #87 |
130. No, many of the best schools don't. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #130 |
150. Maybe in your area |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Many CA homeschoolers educate under an R4, establishing their own private school. |
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selador (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. actually |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Good Point.... and That Too Should Change (nt) |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. And why do you consider this necessary? . . . |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. "There's a lot more to effective teaching than a piece of state issued paper." |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. And that's what the 80%+ university attendance rate certifies . . . |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
88. That's not really a fair comparison unless the kids come from the same socio economic class |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. That "paper" is proof of education... |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:23 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. So any other areas of life you need autocratically regimented? . . . |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:32 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. The Supreme Court said close to 100 years ago that private options must be permitted |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Ahhh.... Thanks |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
64. Agree. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
86. That's not always true |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Reversed on Appeal" |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. they have been after this a long time.. tried once and tests showed Home students did nearly twice |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. this is ridiculous |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I cannot imagine the prep work it would take for a parent to become a nominally |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It isn't difficult to find other options where the parent has a weakness. |
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danimich1 (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Flame away, but I homeschool both my children |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. My wife and I considered home schooling our children. . . |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:44 AM Response to Reply #30 |
47. That's terriific. Do you interrupt her train of thought every 45 minutes with ringing bells? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
55. so go buy a book and learn it together |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #55 |
89. Wow that is scary beyond words |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. so you're a teacher? Great |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:05 AM Response to Reply #89 |
105. Your degree prepares you to work with a LOT of kids at once, many of |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #105 |
115. And knowledge of pedagogy makes no difference whatsoever! |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #115 |
132. Oh, please. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #132 |
145. Oh please |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #115 |
155. Fifty dollar word for something human beings have been done for a long time. |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
100. My son takes geometry from a young woman with a degree in math |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
52. Almost Every Important, Major Invention And Innovation Was Made By People Without College Educations |
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The Minus World (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Could you possibly believe such nonsense? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Because It's True |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Edison was home schooled, if I remember correctly. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. and what innovation did Bill Gates create? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Wow. |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:10 AM Response to Reply #69 |
106. Gates is a business man, not a scientist. Get it? |
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The Minus World (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #60 |
82. You pick historical mavericks out of thin air, |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Hardly |
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The Minus World (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #85 |
135. Have it your way. |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #60 |
125. School (or education) isn't for the exceptional child--it is for the average one. |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
67. "How many certified HS teachers are going to tell a 14 year old what the WTO is really all about?" |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:00 AM Response to Reply #52 |
104. Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, Gloria Steinem, J. Craig Venter, Ansel Adams, |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #104 |
126. There is a difference (huge) between "all" and "part" |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #126 |
157. Anecdotes don't produce good science. |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. WRONG!!@!!!!!!@@!### maybe..... |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. Read Number 14 |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. Jesus.... about Frickin' Time |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. This is not good... |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. I home-schooled for 1 year. I think LA is doing a great thing. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
70. There are such. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
37. my daughter homeschooled from middle school until she started college.... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:07 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. What? You don't have a teaching credential! |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:13 AM Response to Reply #43 |
107. ROFLMAO!!! You said it, sister! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
54. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you san can be used against you in a court of law. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
45. Good call. |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
46. The State has a constitutional right to INDOCTRINATE and INSTITUTIONALIZE your children. |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
127. My family of teachers agrees, Public Ed has turned into mind robotics |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
51. This is an OUTRAGE. |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
128. Some of these parents want avoid dangerous mandated vaccines |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
61. IIRC this particular case was ALL about using "homeschooling" as a means |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Child abuse is already covered by scads of laws |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. The "homeschooling" was just cover so they could abuse to their |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. If the children were being abused, why not apply existing criminal laws? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #68 |
83. Explain to me how a rural homeschooled child whose parents are fundie |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #83 |
94. Perhaps you can explain, given your hypothetical situation |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:16 AM Response to Reply #63 |
108. "Teaching" or "coaching" are too often a cover for people who want to abuse other people's kids. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
65. Hmmm, 8 children, religious academy, homeschooled |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
73. My daughter is a freshman at a very prestigeous tech school and will |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. What two master's degrees do you have to be unable to follow HS science classes? |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #79 |
97. The point is that your child needs an array of experts these days who all |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:21 AM Response to Reply #73 |
109. My third grader studies science with a Stanford Ph.D. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
74. If you want to homeschool your child you should be allowed to |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. It's not about your rights as a parent. It's every child's right to an education. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. nobody should be forced to send their kid to a crappy school |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #75 |
90. A parent has the right to make decisions about their child's best interest. |
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rebecca_herman (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 03:47 AM Response to Reply #90 |
101. That was why I was homeschooled for several years.... no school was able to work for me |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #101 |
116. I get that. |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:23 AM Response to Reply #75 |
110. Who's taking a chance? The proof's in the pudding! |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
76. Hallelujia!!! Its about damn time!! |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #76 |
93. "...and aren't qualified to make decisions about their children" |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:25 AM Response to Reply #76 |
111. Amen, BigDaddy! |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
77. This should be good for Ritalin sales. |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:26 AM Response to Reply #77 |
112. More like good for PS teacher salaries.... |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
118. Why don't they make it more obvious |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
124. Ok, so let me get this straight... |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #124 |
147. good point. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
134. Good move - Public education can be a great success |
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trudyco (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
136. As a sometimeshomeschooler I find this BW - many PS are crap |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #136 |
137. In my state, you are required to do achievement testing on a yearly basis, |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
140. HAHA Inbred Christian mutants can no longer teach spawn.... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. There are plenty of homeschooling parents (and at least one HS'd kid) on DU |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #141 |
144. Thank you for pointing this out because I happen to be one of the HS parents on DU. and .... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #144 |
146. I am too. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
148. I am all for this |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #148 |
152. Would you like GWB to be in the White House for 8 more years? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #148 |
153. Plenty of wealthy families do send their kids to public schools. |
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