Update (9/15): From The Therapist:
Many of you are aware that atheist Michael Newdow has secured what is, at least a temporary victory, when a federal judge again ruled the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional. My third-grade picture, Mr. Doofus, sat down to have a talk with Mr. Newdow, still glowing from…well whatever an atheist attributes glowing to.
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…I’ll say it again. If you can’t afford private schools, HOMESCHOOL YOUR CHILDREN!
Why wage war to recite the pledge in government schools when those same schools teach that perversion is normal, America is racist, and Western culture is evil?
Yes, it makes the blood boil knowing our tax dollars are poured into a failing system and into the paychecks of incompetent socialists, but we need to pick our battles. The government school system is hopelessly lost. Focus on making sacrifices to homeschool your children and teach them biblical values, how to be decent people and good citizens. Let the deviants wallow in the muck they created. (Viva la cucumber!)
Related:
- Home schools stay the course
- Good Schools For Me But Not For Thee
- American Homeschoolers Beat Oxford Brits
- Schools Change Rules to Exclude Homeschoolers From Geographic Bee
Homeschooling Resources: The Old Schoolhouse, Victoria Carrington’s Journal, The Classical Child, The Well-Trained Mind, Homeschool World, Home Education Magazine, Biblical Womanhood, Christian Home School Teachers’ Lounge…
Other bloggers: Michelle Malkin, California Conservative with lots of links…
Atheists account for 902,000 or 0.4% of the US population. Those who believe in a God or some sort of a higher being account for over 86% of the US population. It is amazing that such a small minority can rule over a large majority.
When it comes to education, I’m a libertarian. I met fellow blogger Casey Lartigue after I quoted a study he’d written for the Cato Institute, where he was an education policy analyst. Imagine how much schools would improve if they had to compete on the open market for students?
(Remind me to tell you about an interview I had at Cato last year for an education policy analyst position. I tried to sound “libertarian” but couldn’t hide my social conservatism.)
Back to homeschooling. Some may ask, “But what about socialization for kids taught at home?”
The only people who should be concerned about this issue are parents, and according to one quoted in the article below, it’s not a problem at all. For socialist bureaucrats, however, their only concern is “diversity,” whether your kids are exposed to people with different skin colors. Or value systems. If they think so highly of diversity, let them experiment with their own children. My guess is that many government teachers and administrators live as far away from blacks as they can get and send their kids to private schools with few blacks. But I’m only guessing. No hard data.
From the article:
Social issues: 2 views
Home-schooling families may get some benefits, said Davis of the N.C. Association of Educators. But he said home-schoolers don’t get access to the resources and socialization they would have at public schools.
Home-school parent Christina Guy disagrees. The Selma mother pointed to the group activities offered through their support group, Johnston County Home Educators, such as band, chorus, skating, football and bowling. Parents also band together to provide advanced academic classes.
“People are very concerned about socialization,” she said. “But it’s almost the reverse. There are so many things to do that you don’t want to overdo it.”
Davis applauded the home-school community for providing more activities to students. But he said they and private school students are missing out on the interaction with children of different backgrounds and opinions that are so important to later life.
“If you’re not at a public school, you don’t get a chance to be with students who are handicapped or who are more economically disadvantaged,” Davis said. “That’s important as a way to understand the value of diversity.”
But Beaton, the home-school mother from Pittsboro, said public schools aren’t models of diversity, especially when they’re drawing from homogeneous neighborhoods. She said her sons have interacted with people of all ages and backgrounds.
“Home-schoolers are exposed to a wider variety of people than they would in public schools,” she said. (Source)
John:
My sister and I were both home schooled all the way through grade school and high school. We are now both doing well in college and going forward as well rounded Conservative Christians. If anyone has the ability to home school their kids, it is definitely the way to go.
Growing up neither of us ever had to deal with all the fads, pier pressure, bullies, and the twisted muck that is commonly referred to as public school curricula.
I am glad to have been home schooled, and when I get married and have kids, they will be home schooled as well.
My favorite fringe benefits of home schooling:
-One on one learning
-Increased sense of personal responsibility
-Flexible schedule
-Listen to Rush Limbaugh while in school!
