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Vito wrote:
"Stephen Trapani" wrote Frank wrote: snip After all the comentary and back slapping nobody responded to Larry's challenge: "In other words, name 4 very successful people you know who were home schooled at sea by correspondence course". I've done a lot of hiring for well-paying jobs. Employers want credentials. Your home-schooled kid may be better educated than the product of PS101 but do you have a paper that says so, or that (s)he has any education at all. And if I'm to compare several candidates I want to see scores on standardized tests. I did answer him, but maybe you'll like this better: http://www.home4schoolgear.com/famoushomeschooler.html or this: http://users.safeaccess.com/olsen/famous.html or this: http://www.homeschoolutah.org/pages/pastandpresent.htm Even on these very incomplete lists you can see there have been plenty of successful homeschoolers, no matter how you measure "success." I'm an employer also. What matters most to me is past work experience and some indication from the person that they can do what I want them to do. Their schooling is one of the least important things I consider. And a "standardized test" is worthless unless performance on the test somehow relates to their prospective job duties. Anyway, most homeschoolers would do well on such tests. Why wouldn't they? -- Stephen |
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