Bright the day, Donna!
Friday May 10 1996 16:07, Donna Ransdell wrote to Glen Todd:
DR> Oh, I don't know about that. If anything gives homeschooling a bad name,
DR> it's those that keep their kids home and then ignore them most of the 
ay,
DR> in the name of "homeschooling", and then try to take them to school 
another
I've not encountered that; then again, I'm not a teacher, so I wouldn't 
necessarily except secondarily via someone like yourself.    Of course, 
there's also the fact that with some kids (such as ours) just having them in 
the same house with the library and the computers is enough -- they _want_ to 
learn.
DR> The majority of textbooks available have a bias of some type. I
DR> examined a lot of history textbooks over the years as a teacher, and
DR> then more recently as a prospective homeschooler. Every book I see has
Of course.   That's why (IMO) you want to use as many different sources as 
possible, rather than restricting yourself (and the kids) to just one or two. 
That way you and they have a chance to sort through all the various biases, 
identify the commonalities and the differences, and come away with a more 
complete and hopefully more accurate view of the world, as well as one which 
acknowleges the existence and validity of various points of view.    Of 
course there are those in the homeschooling community (and outside it), 
including those cited at the beginning of this thread, who do not consider 
the above to be a good thing. :(
                                        Wind to thy wings,
                                                        Glen
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