-=> Quoting Sondra Ball to Jim Casto <=-
 JC> From what I read in the news around here, most of the objection to home
 > schooling comes from those that stand to lose monetarily if people are
 > allowed to home school (or charter school or private school). These are
 > groups like the NEA, teacher's unions, textbook sellers, etc. I don't
 SB> Agreed.  Although text book sellers are beginning to come around,
 SB> simply because many home schoolers buy textbooks for their kids. 
 I'll have to take your word for it because I don't shop for textbooks. I
 have to rely on what I read (not only here in this echo but books like
 "Lies My Teacher Told Me", NHS, etc.) that History textbooks are poor and
 that the majority of the market is school districts.
 Most of the better History profs I had did not use what I would call
 "textbooks".
 SB> It's not *entirely* their fault.  Parents, the community, and the
 SB> neighborhood all play a part.  But it is at least partly the fault of
 SB> the folks running the schools and the classrooms.
 
 I agree. These cases are intentionally a "wake-up" call.
 
 JC> Actually, an uneducated parent probably knows _more_ about what public
 > schools _don't_ provide than an educated parent who is "assuming" their
 > child is getting an education.
 SB> That's *very* true.
 
 SB> Yep!  And the results are absolutely shocking!
 SB> On the question, "how many hours per day does this child watch
 SB> television?," six percent of homeschooled kids watched three or more
 SB> hours a day compared to sixty-two percent of public schooled kids.
 
 Doesn't "shock" me. I am a firm believer in "Kill Your Television" (except
 for about five worthwhile channels )
 Jim
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