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Visit Texas Ed to find out why regulating homeschoolers is a stupid idea.
The only thing regulating homeschooling will do is drive out the growing number of “non-conservative” homeschoolers who keep the homeschool movement from becoming the illiberal monolithic movement Reich and others are worried about. As groups like HSDLA and their “minions” try to keep homescholing pure, they show themselves for the intolerant, totalitarian organizations that they are. And believe it or not, as more “run of the mill” Christians are exposed to their true beliefs of such groups, they are rejecting them. Yes, they are Christians and their beliefs guide their teaching decisions but they do recognize “that other people have different convictions and that these people are, from the standpoint of citizenship, their equals.”
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Filmchat has an email interview with Philip Pullman. This quote from Pullman is worth thinking about. But that doesn't prevent me from pointing out the arrogance that deforms some Christian commentary, and makes it a pleasure to beat it about the...
- Etiquette For Inclusive Homeschool Groups
A recent commenter pointed out that the Christians who tried to dominate my inclusive group with their prayer request and responses and got huffy when they were asked to email their responses directly to the person requesting prayer instead of posting...
- Exclusivism = Bigotry
Unity~N~Diversity post on how Exclusivism = Bigotry. Sadly enough most of the Christian Homeschool Groups I know fit this description to a T, excluding those of differing beliefs from their groups and homeschool resources. Then many of these same Christians...
- Top Myths About Homeschooling
I am totally mystified by the number of people who know absolutely nothing about homeschooling but feel compelled to write post on homeschooling full of misinformation and false assumptions. Here I will address some myths about homeschooling that have...
- Stupid Comments Of Public School Jingoist
Lately I have read with amusement the comments on some blogs by non-homeschoolers bashing homeschooling. You would think if they were going to comment on another parents educational choice they would at least take the time to find out something about...
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Texas Ed ~ Comments on regulating homeschoolers
Visit Texas Ed to find out why regulating homeschoolers is a stupid idea.
The only thing regulating homeschooling will do is drive out the growing number of “non-conservative” homeschoolers who keep the homeschool movement from becoming the illiberal monolithic movement Reich and others are worried about. As groups like HSDLA and their “minions” try to keep homescholing pure, they show themselves for the intolerant, totalitarian organizations that they are. And believe it or not, as more “run of the mill” Christians are exposed to their true beliefs of such groups, they are rejecting them. Yes, they are Christians and their beliefs guide their teaching decisions but they do recognize “that other people have different convictions and that these people are, from the standpoint of citizenship, their equals.”
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Filmchat has an email interview with Philip Pullman. This quote from Pullman is worth thinking about. But that doesn't prevent me from pointing out the arrogance that deforms some Christian commentary, and makes it a pleasure to beat it about the...
- Etiquette For Inclusive Homeschool Groups
A recent commenter pointed out that the Christians who tried to dominate my inclusive group with their prayer request and responses and got huffy when they were asked to email their responses directly to the person requesting prayer instead of posting...
- Exclusivism = Bigotry
Unity~N~Diversity post on how Exclusivism = Bigotry. Sadly enough most of the Christian Homeschool Groups I know fit this description to a T, excluding those of differing beliefs from their groups and homeschool resources. Then many of these same Christians...
- Top Myths About Homeschooling
I am totally mystified by the number of people who know absolutely nothing about homeschooling but feel compelled to write post on homeschooling full of misinformation and false assumptions. Here I will address some myths about homeschooling that have...
- Stupid Comments Of Public School Jingoist
Lately I have read with amusement the comments on some blogs by non-homeschoolers bashing homeschooling. You would think if they were going to comment on another parents educational choice they would at least take the time to find out something about...