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On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:51:04 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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"Canuck57" wrote in message
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On 12/01/2010 5:53 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:

A parent has a choice to home-school, given certain requirements.
Children
don't typically have a legal voice of their own. They must usually be
represented by an adult. It's in the best interest of society for the
population to be educated. I suppose you disagree with this.

And given how people make excuses, and get away with it. Might as well
repeal the requirements.

BTW, I think all children should be going physically to a school unless
circumstances are abobiously unavoidable. Such as a family on an island
manning a lighthouse and the nearest school is 100 miles away.

Chop the squakers hair and march to school...

Actually, homeschooled kids tend to do better academically.

This is true, with reservations.

They tend to be excellent readers with good written communications
skills. One-on-one verbal skills are excellent.

Group verbal communication and socialization skills tend to be from
fair to exceedingly poor.

They tend to do very well in math, through college algebra.... trig
and beyond is a vast sea of ignorance.

They tend to be well versed in certain areas of history, but perform
poorly in world history.

Most home schooling texts stress recall and these kids excel at that,
though they have a lot of issues with synthesis of ideas and problem
solving. They perform very well when given directions, but suffer when
tasked with giving directions. (Probably not surprising, other
countries teach in much the same fashion and those foreign nationals
suffer from identical issues.)

Employers.... when asked what is important in the workplace, seldom
mention "academics." Communication and Teamwork are usually at the top
of their list..... and most home schooled and private schooled kids

Bingo! You are not going to live the rest of your life in the arms of
your parents nor in the arms of your community that espouses home
schooling, generally speaking.

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