tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post8760463830837083266..comments2023-11-02T02:58:53.594-07:00Comments on From the Pew: A Few Homeschooling ThoughtsSteve Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10297044571819912511noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post-71565882033269296462009-05-20T21:05:35.677-07:002009-05-20T21:05:35.677-07:00Hi Steve -
Found you off of iMonk and I've enjoyed...Hi Steve -<br />Found you off of iMonk and I've enjoyed poking around your blog...couldn't resist adding my two cents to the homeschooling issue.<br /><br />I have friends who I love and respect who homeschool (mostly for scholastic reasons). But pragmatically speaking, as a public school teacher, I can't tell you how helpful it would be to have just a handful of motivated, hard-working Christian parents sending their kids to public school. It's amazing how much "sway" a parent can have, maybe not so much at a district-wide level, but at a campus-level. If you use an economy analogy, the schools are the businesses, the teachers the employees, and the parents/students are the CUSTOMERS. And you know who is always right!Jennifer Amstutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821546991050317674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post-21699480028203640182009-05-19T16:02:29.046-07:002009-05-19T16:02:29.046-07:00I want a separation of school and State, but I cou...I want a separation of school and State, but I couldn't help but chuckle at some of the comments in the MacArthur piece. Many a homeschooler are just fundies that want to clobber others. I am with them and want to be against them.<br /><br />I imagine some of these folks think Christian parents are responsible to provide for their children, but does that necessity growing and killing your own food? Should prayer not be a part of Church life?<br /><br />Maybe I've become too passive as I get older, but I guess in my postmill convictions I see taking this hill in two or three more generations.p90mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03273917470823484162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post-76777763026284711302009-05-19T14:19:05.975-07:002009-05-19T14:19:05.975-07:00We have homeschooled for 15 years and operated a p...We have homeschooled for 15 years and operated a private school before that.<br /><br />Originally, we homeschooled out of conviction. In later years, we moved numerous times, so we homeschooled for pragmatic reasons.<br /><br />For us.......our kids excel in English, reading, spelling, and history.<br /><br />They are weakest in Science and advanced math. (as their parents are)<br /><br />We determined if their college classes required advanced math (beyond Algebra 1 and geometry) or Science (beyond basic science, biology) that they could take a remedial course and catch up. This has worked well for our kids.<br /><br />If we lived in one place for a long time I doubt we would homeschool. (if we lived in a small town,rural area like we do now) I would never send my kids to a large school. If the school has to have armed security and metal detectors I am not interested in sending my kids there (as was the case when we lived in San Antonio)<br /><br />BruceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post-87715319683220704062009-05-19T10:16:00.000-07:002009-05-19T10:16:00.000-07:00Nice post Steve.Nice post Steve.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08620052971723645107noreply@blogger.com