Home schooling's such an easy target.
"It's not just for scary religious people anymore." - Buffy
Do you know what else has blood in it? Blood.
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Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Feb 18, 2011 4:48:15 pm PST #23741 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
sumi - Feb 18, 2011 4:48:57 pm PST #23742 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Typo Boy - Feb 18, 2011 4:50:26 pm PST #23743 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Buzzfeed has great set of pictures of best protest signs from the Wisconsin demos. [link]
The "don't read the comments" thing goes double, because the comments thread includes a fair number of people who make you go "Don't want you on our side. Please shut up. You are not helping."
Calli - Feb 18, 2011 4:50:47 pm PST #23744 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Home schooling's such an easy target.
One of my fundier cousins home schooled her kids for religious reasons, so I may have a slanted view of it.
DavidS - Feb 18, 2011 4:51:57 pm PST #23745 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Are dogs normally allowed on the observation deck?
I don't think so. I've been up there twice and no dogs. Twice isn't really enough to make an assessment, and yet, I'm recklessly willing to toss out my bullshit anecdata.
DavidS - Feb 18, 2011 4:52:51 pm PST #23746 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have a negative view of homeschooling, I have to admit. I think it's too controlling.
Parents don't need to be all up in their kids bidness. A little benign indifference is valuable.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 18, 2011 4:58:48 pm PST #23747 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Close friends of mine are doing it to deal with ADHD issues and the horrifically bad school system they used to live in, but those kids are never going to be able to do anything that requires biology knowledge the Right Wing gets its panties in a twist over.
Hil R. - Feb 18, 2011 5:02:30 pm PST #23748 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I've considered homeschooling for my hypothetical future kids, but it would depend on the kid and the schools available and a bunch of other factors. If the kid was doing fine in a regular school, then great. I'd just want to consider all the other options for if the school and the kid weren't a good fit, and homeschooling would be one option to consider.
sarameg - Feb 18, 2011 5:03:32 pm PST #23749 of 30001
Hell, all the homeschoolers I knew were crazy hippydippy types, so learning there was a fairly conservative wing of it was a revelation.
There are times I want to say I don't want a baby in my uterus, much less a gov't, but I recognize this sort of rhetoric is polarizing and not helpful.
shrift - Feb 18, 2011 5:08:40 pm PST #23750 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I've had friends who've considered homeschooling so their kids wouldn't be taught creationism and the like.