Homeschoolers are making government school kids look so dumb that officials have surreptitiously changed the rules so homeschoolers won’t be eligible to compete:
Matt Savage, a homeschooled seventh-grader from Francestown, had already won a school-level Bee at Great Brook School in Antrim. But after his win, officials with the Bee called and told parents Larry and Diane Savage that he couldn’t go on to the state contest because of rules governing how homeschoolers can enter the event.“We want to follow the rules, but it would have been appropriate to advertise the rules,” Mrs. Savage said, adding that a well-publicized notice of the change on the Bee’s Web site would have helped. “The fact it wasn’t (well-advertised) meant Matt, and I’m sure other children as well, were disqualified.” (Source)
“Officials” claim the rule change was clear. Let’s suppose it was. Why was the rule changed at all? “Officials” say:
[T]he rule was changed so that homeschoolers could only compete through contests which home-school associations had set up.Elden said rules for the Bee were frequently changed between years, and this particular change simply clarified the rules governing entry requirements. Both sides agreed that those administering the local event didn’t pick up on the rule.
“We’re trying to reach out to all different groups to make sure the kids can take part,” Elden said.
What does “reaching out to all different groups” smell like to you? What could be more inclusive than allowing the homeschooled to compete?
Poor kid. On the other hand, he’s richer in knowledge than any government school kid. Part of the reason he’s homeschooled in the first place is to be untainted by only-skin-deep diversity that’s rampant wherever government pokes its nose. Competency and excellence take a backseat to skin hue.
Do you think I’m reading way too much into this? If so, I’ll bet you work for the government.
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