James Prior was talking to Donna Ransdall:
JP> DR> thrilled with it. Besides, most homeschoolers get involved in a
JP> DR> homeschool support group with park days, field trips, an dother
JP> DR> "schoolish" activities.
JP>I was refering to the student having to put up with the name calling and
JP>the missing of assignments, the "put-downs" as well as the "lift-ups" from
JP>the other students.  This thing they used to call character that is 
issing
JP>in our society since the mid-60's.
Since when is all this positive? Name calling? "Put downs?" Why would we
need (or even want to) to willingly expose our children to this to build
character? It seems to me that it tests character, but doesn't build
it....Putting our children into that kind of environment...is it any
wonder we have so much failure? It's kind of like a gardener throwing
his weak little seedlings into the freezing, unforgiving earth, just
when they are beginning to grow, and then getting upset when they just
don't make it!  Does he really expect any different?
Before our children's character can be tested, first of all, he must be
taught something...you certainly can't expect Susie to respond correctly
to name-calling until (in the home) he or she has first been taught that
"sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never harm me!"
JP>Children, in our society today need a lot better education than they can 
get
JP>at home.  Not just the 3 R's, but the rest of the alphabet thrown in to 
boot
Seems to me they used to do it back in the "good ole' days" all the time
in things called One room schoolhouses!
JP>I noticed that there was no rebuking me for the statement that less than 
1/1
JP>of 1 percent of the homeschooled students ever make it into college...the
Why would anyone rebuke such an obviously wrong statement as that?!
JP>that a majority of homeschooled children will wind up dropping out before
JP>they ever finish highschool.
Probably more likely, they will end up "dropping in" before they
finish...into honors classes at high school or freshman classes in
college!
JP>GED is as good as a diploma from an accredited school is no more than a
JP>make believe story.
Since when does accreditation mean anything? (Except to another
accredited school?) Everyone knows that a GED isn't as good as a
diploma...but in case you didn't know, most high schoolers who are
being homeschooled have developed ways of getting a bona fide diploma,
either through an umbrella school of some kind or through their
homeschool association, etc....
JP>I am not sorry if I offended you, not if it made you stop and think for 
just
JP>a minute about what is best for the child.  And no way can you convince me
JP>that a parent is a better teacher than the professional.
But most professionals are just that....parents with some specialized
training!
JP>truth, then the students in Bangledesh, Somalia and Zaire are the most 
educa
JP>students on the face of the earth......they learn everything from their
JP>parents.
Let's stick with comparing apples and apples...you're trying to compare
apples and elephants...and sorry, sir, the comparison just doesn't work!
I'm still wondering what magical powers do these public school teachers
have that make them "professionals" and more caring, loving and
energetic than a parent!!!?
Rachael Woodard
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