here we go again...
JP* Excuse me for poking my nose in here, but I take it you ladies are home-
  * schooling your kids?  Why?  Don't you think they will ever amount to 
uch?
  * You think that by home schooling they will be able to qualify for the 
bette
  * scholarships from the better universities?  Unless your children are in-
  * valids or totally retarded, you are just taking advantage of a law that 
was
  * set up for children in that situation, those who could not attend a 
ublic
  * or private school because of their physical or mental disabilities.....
  WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT???
 You come in to this echo, and start abusing the participants.
JP* Seems to me that if you really cared about your children's welfare, you 
wou
  * be doing everything you could to keep them in school, not dragging them 
out
  * and hiding them in a closet someplace.  School is not just Reading, 
writtin
  * and arithmatic, it is also where children learn social interactions, how 
to
  * get along in stressful situations, and where they learn 
discipline.....also
  * where the parents can dump their kids for 8 hours per day, 5 days per 
week!
 sigh..another ignorant "educator" telling us what is "best" for our
 children.
JP* Being an educator, that is what I see more and more each day, parents 
sendi
  * their kids off to to the "professional babysitter" and not taking a lick 
of
  * interest in what or how the child does in school.
   A very good reason to home school right there!  In addition to *liking
 to be with our children* we KNOW what they are doing and learning.
   We don't relinquish our responsibilities of our children to the
  state...we choose
 to make the decisions we feel are best for them.  That is our
 *responsibility* as their parents.
JP* Filling out those forms are mandatory and failure to do so can lead to 
he
  * removal of the child from the parents custody for the welfare of the 
child.
  * You might not like it, I might not like it, but that is the law.  A law 
tha
  * really does not care what the parent does, only that the child is well 
care
  * for, as it should be.  Now damn it, you made the children, you and your 
hus
  * band or boyfriend, now be responsible enought to give them half the 
chance 
  * getting off of the welfare roles.....send them back to school where they 
do
  * belong!!!
 Mr Prior, what state do you live in?
 I thank God each state has its own laws, and that YOU are not the
  one in charge.
 Please do some research before you spout off again....
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