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Drop by Cocking a Snook to read Individualism AND — not VERSUS — Institutionalism and Individualism and Institutionalism, Part Two
“Public schooling in practice today is a socialist collective. Homeeducation is an individual repudiation of that collective. Every debate among us homeschooling individuals seems to rest on this tension between the claims of the collective and the yearning for self-determination — for ourselves AND our own children.
No wonder home education is viewed as such a threat by collectives like unions and government bureaucracies, who perversely claim they can strengthen and support individuals by subsuming them.
I saw this first hand when my local public schools went to mandatory school uniforms with no opt out for those parents who were opposed to dressing their children like clones. The number one reason cited by the school for this socialist program "to level the playing field".
- My Response To Mr. Rosemond's Absurd Article
Mr Rosemond, you are extremely off base in your article on uniforms. The parents who are opposed to mandatory public school uniforms are the parents who always made sure there children were dressed in compliance with the dress codes at their schools (Dress...
- Aelfric Worries About Socialization Of Homeschoolers
Aelfric says I am all for the right of a parent to home-school his or her child, but it's a choice to be carefully undertaken. Few parents can bring the intellectual diversity and educational acumen to bear that the panoply of school teachers could...
- Level The Playing Field
Because kids feel bad when their parents have to work. So, if you can’t bring enough parent involvement for the whole class, don’t allow any for anyone. Level the playing field by taking all the kids away from all the parents, all day long. Parents...
- Homeschooling In Mississippi
I have really loved homeschooling in Mississippi. It has been a wonderful experience for my family. But what do other people think about homeschooling in Mississippi? Natalie at the Homeschool Cafe ask How do Mississippi public school superintendents...
- Educational News
Homeschoolers are a very diverse group contrary to what some people think. For the Native American Homeschoolers amongst us The Native American Homeschool Association and Native American Homeschoolers are two groups you may want to check out. *********************************************************************************...
Animals
Public schooling in practice today is a socialist collective
Drop by Cocking a Snook to read Individualism AND — not VERSUS — Institutionalism and Individualism and Institutionalism, Part Two
“Public schooling in practice today is a socialist collective. Homeeducation is an individual repudiation of that collective. Every debate among us homeschooling individuals seems to rest on this tension between the claims of the collective and the yearning for self-determination — for ourselves AND our own children.
No wonder home education is viewed as such a threat by collectives like unions and government bureaucracies, who perversely claim they can strengthen and support individuals by subsuming them.
I saw this first hand when my local public schools went to mandatory school uniforms with no opt out for those parents who were opposed to dressing their children like clones. The number one reason cited by the school for this socialist program "to level the playing field".
- My Response To Mr. Rosemond's Absurd Article
Mr Rosemond, you are extremely off base in your article on uniforms. The parents who are opposed to mandatory public school uniforms are the parents who always made sure there children were dressed in compliance with the dress codes at their schools (Dress...
- Aelfric Worries About Socialization Of Homeschoolers
Aelfric says I am all for the right of a parent to home-school his or her child, but it's a choice to be carefully undertaken. Few parents can bring the intellectual diversity and educational acumen to bear that the panoply of school teachers could...
- Level The Playing Field
Because kids feel bad when their parents have to work. So, if you can’t bring enough parent involvement for the whole class, don’t allow any for anyone. Level the playing field by taking all the kids away from all the parents, all day long. Parents...
- Homeschooling In Mississippi
I have really loved homeschooling in Mississippi. It has been a wonderful experience for my family. But what do other people think about homeschooling in Mississippi? Natalie at the Homeschool Cafe ask How do Mississippi public school superintendents...
- Educational News
Homeschoolers are a very diverse group contrary to what some people think. For the Native American Homeschoolers amongst us The Native American Homeschool Association and Native American Homeschoolers are two groups you may want to check out. *********************************************************************************...