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You schoolfolk could easily rep one another, y'know, if you'd stop isolating yourselves in the Ed forum. Get out occasionally. Go to other forums, read other posts, and spread your rep points.
And yes, Gentle Reader, the sound the sound you just heard was a room full of Irony Meters (TM) melting down.
Too many kids grow up thinking society owes them instead of them owing society. Where do these groups get the idea they are so special when compared to everyone else?
Well, with all due respect, y'all are the ones who say my kid is special (points to big ol' SpEd label). Of course, that's because she doesn't fit into one of those boxes you're so fond of. At home, we don't keep her in a box-- she's just part of the gang.
As for society owing...where do you get this silliness? Quote the post of mine or Becky's or Charles's that says society owes any of our kids anything?
How about we sue parents for not doing their jobs, because lets face it teen pregnancy, alcoholism, and other assorted other problems are not just the problems of public education. Public schools have the burden of taking on all of the problems without a key solution, parent involvement. It is not the school's job to police the issues labeled above, although the schools take it on anyway. The goal of the public school is to provide an education to the masses, yet they also have the task of teaching morals to a society of kids who do not have them. If there were more parents involved then the issues above would be tackled at home where they should.
Thanks. I caution you, though, it's early, and Charles hasn't signed on yet.
That's a good point. I'm waiting with bated breath for his take on all this.
Just for kicks, I'll add this personal development to the conversation:
My spouse and I have been mulling over taking the kids on the road for a year in an RV in 2011. Although we have yet to work out the details, it seems entirely doable. Life has been very good to us. We recently paid off our house, which we'll rent out while we're away, and my husband can take a sabbatical or consult from the road, so why not? We are fully capable of homeschooling the kids through fourth-grade and seventh-grade, and we'll re-enroll them in public school at the end of our adventure. It's a big, beautiful world that we only go around once, and we'd love to discover it together. Anyone else ever thought of doing this?
but apparently you think that the government agencies, or "we as a community" have some type of ownership over children! LOL
No.
I think parents have the responsibility to protect their children.
If they can not or will not do that, then the state has the responsibility to protect those who cannot protect themselves.
I don't understand your negativity about this. The state may be an imperfect solution but who else can or will do that job?
You certainly do not advocate allowing children to be left as sheep in a wolves' den?
Yeah, I get it that you don't like the state stepping in - but then, who should or can?
That's a good point. I'm waiting with bated breath for his take on all this.
Just for kicks, I'll add this personal development to the conversation:
My spouse and I have been mulling over taking the kids on the road for a year in an RV in 2011. Although we have yet to work out the details, it seems entirely doable. Life has been very good to us. We recently paid off our house, which we'll rent out while we're away, and my husband can take a sabbatical or consult from the road, so why not? We are fully capable of homeschooling the kids through fourth-grade and seventh-grade, and we'll re-enroll them in public school at the end of our adventure. It's a big, beautiful world that we only go around once, and we'd love to discover it together. Anyone else ever thought of doing this?
Have you read the book "One Year Off: Leaving it All Behind for a Round-the-World Journey With Our Children", by David Elliott Cohen? It's not an RV, but it would be direclty relevant. Frankly, that's almost the only scenario for myself that I could imagine personally homeschooling, but I would do it in a minute if I could.
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