Wow! After reading these two articles, I am so glad I homeschool. I don't know if I should laugh or cry for them.:lol::cry::lol::cry: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-edpmyword-home-schooling-052609052609may26,0,7990688.story http://teacherrevised.org/2009/05/30/the-case-against-homeschooling/
Wow. Is that what they really think of us?? They really don't get it do they.. I feel sorry for them. Angela
Rachael said that the second one was posted on her teen homeschool board, and several of the teens jumped in and left comments!
I can't get the second one to open but the first one was just silly to me. She sounds about as well informed as some of the people I meet at Walmart or the grocery store.
I think both authors need to join my father-in-law in the Club of Fools when it comes to all things homeschooling! They obviously have NO idea what they are talking about.
In regards to the second article, the writer is a teacher. Of course she is put out. Homeschoolers have stepped on her pride (by existing) and threatened her livelihood. Her downright hatred is obvious. Of course, I don't think homeschoolers will ever put the public schools out of business but we are a threat none the less. I also am not saying all teachers are like that. Some teachers actually care about what's best for children and not what's best for their own ego but there are more then there should be of the latter. What I find interesting is that I've never had a construction worker angry with me for working on my own home or a landscaper get ticked off at me because I plan and design my own yard.
Well the 1st article was just really sad. I mean she doesn't want to punish her kid by being with him all day?? Wow, like I said ..sad. And yeah, I don't think she has ever been around homeschoolers either. Article 2...well if she is a school teacher ,I'm glad I homeschool because she just spewing hatred. See #10,5 and 1. I also think she is Racist (#4) againist rich people ( I'm being funny here) , because clearly all of us homeschoolers are rich and I find being called arrogant for homeschooling (reasons #8, 6 , 4 and 2) pretty darn funny actually!! Her #8 reason boils my blood!!!!! When I first read these articles I really thought they were jokes ( mock-articles) especially the 2nd one because of the tone it took, but clearly these women think homeschooling is disservice to society. Wow. That is all I can say about this ( or I might use foul language!!).
WOW, I thought that after 15yrs. of homeschooling I had heard it all. (rolling eyes) The two articles, oh my, I hope these writer's attitudes are not indicative of what people think about homeschoolers. Good grief! As for #8 in the second article, "God hates homeschooling"?? Get real. Ever read Proverbs 22:6? Train up a child in the way that he should go...that sure sounds like God would approve of us teaching (training up) our children. IMO, I don't think He meant we were only to train them up in certain areas and then let "society" do the rest. Nor do I think that by homeschooling are we hindering our children from being "light" or "salt" in the world! Sorry, I think I'll leave it at this and not respond to the other points of the articles. Time to climb down off my soapbox. LR
Good grief, the both of them are to stupid and unintelligent to even comprehend there are benefits and that there are kids that like being home schooled, away from peer pressure. And socialization? Seriously? I think my kids are more social then they were before.
These have both popped up in groups that I'm part of. I wanted to respond to them, but didn't. So, last night I did a post on my blog about it. I'd love to know what you guys think, if you want to read it.
I could not even finish the first article. I am curious as to why public schoolers feel entitled to write uninformed, narrow minded articles while homeschoolers do not? I "love" how she thinks public schoolers have compassion for the people around them and homeschoolers cannot possibly..not! The typical public schooler has little to no compassion for anyone or anything. Ok..maybe for football, around here anyway.
I had to correct the man on the second link. I just couldn't resist. In his 6th point, he rants about all his degrees in English and asks---more than once--- "...you think you can teach English better than me?" I told him that I obviously could teach it at least as well if not better since I know that you should use the word "I" and not "me" in that particular clause. I'm not usually nitpicky with stuff like that, but the irony of when and where he made that mistake was just too tempting for me not to bite.
I actually got a kick out of the part that we are somehow depriving other children of the benefit of our well-parented, well-educated, children. I guess it's our job to raise good well-rounded children so they can be positive roll models for others. Who cares if they have stinky parents. Whatever.
My response to the second article was " Wow! Your article reeks of hatred towards families who choose to teach their children at home. You are taking this way too personal. You need to realize that a parent has the right to give their children the best education. This does not mean that they are taking a "crack" at the public school teachers. Your opinion on homeschooling is irrational and downright condescending. I really feel sorry for you. You are no better than the people who make fun of public school/private school students, because they are smart. I would hate for one of your best students to take offense to your usage of the "geek" term. They may be smiling with you when you use it in reference to homeschoolers, but deep inside they are questioning whether you feel this way about them."
Funny - you can tell via the logic used in these articles that these essayists were public schooled (j/k - couldn't pass up the opportunity to slam!) Here is what I commented to essay #1: '"Too much of a good thing" ? Are you kidding me? What kind of argument is that? Not qualified? Did she hire someone to teach her kids how to eat? To potty train them? Historically, an eighth grade education was all that was needed to educate the next generation, and that produced some of the most brilliant minds in America. Do high school/college-educated parents somehow fall short of the eighth graders of yesteryear? She also takes in interesting stand that the only the most horrific events are enough justification to keep kids home (Columbine), but what about the collective, minor events that, over time, can cause just as much havoc in a child's life? I find it humorous that she advocates keeping kids in poorly mismanaged schools would somehow benefit society, and that homeschool families that abandon schools are also abandoning their communities - since when is a community totally defined by the local schools? What about the churches? Scouts? Community sports? The problem is this is nothing more than her personal vindication against an idea that she does not understand, and we often fear that which we don't understand. Shakespeare said it wonderfully in Julius Caesar about Brutus: "He thinks too much: such men are dangerous" - and anyone who does not think like us makes us nervous. We see this with race, nationality, sexuality, religion, and now education. By the end of the essay, she seems to want to penalize good parents by forcing them to send their kids to school with the some how lesser parents - which vividly brings to mind the children's crusades of the Middle Ages - a disastrous attempt to convert others. Finally, we live in a free country, a free society, where we can be as "checked in" or checked out as possible. If we apply her logic, soon there will be only one church, one organization, one ideology, one national governmental party - and then where would we be? Oh, right - is a socialist utopia, NOT in an American democracy. "
Wow. Only those who have blinders on, and are scared (of what I am not sure....maybe they are afraid that hs kids will take over the world and make them take their blinders off) could make comments like those. It makes me glad I hs my kids.
