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Lord of Elves
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So far as I can tell, the whole point of this homeschooling is so that he knows virtually nothing about evolution or any other religiously-contradictory subjects. I could be wrong.
(as cited by the quote "a God based education")
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Indeed. Every single homeschooler I've ever encountered online has been homeschooled for this specific purpose.
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Well, to be fair, there are reasons to homeschool otherwise. Some parents may in fact be better equipped to inform their children about certain subjects (in the admittedly rare case of a Ph.D schooling their children at home) than a teacher with a large class of a dozen or several dozen kids and a limited amount of time to actually discuss at length a subject.
This is somewhat unfair to the homeschooling community. I've met some actually rather astute, informed and non-Bible-thumping homeschoolers, either as adults, or in the wilderness of the Internet. As far as peoples' right to their illusions... Let them keep it. People can and will throw off their upbringing at times, and if you're of the opinion that this kind of religious focus is unhealthy, then the ones that don't can be written off in the first place.
Ultimately I don't think any "damage" done to a child homeschooled for religious purposes is irreparable unless the tendency to that kind of blind acceptance already exists in the individual.
Furthermore, here's a hypothetical, specifically for your point that homeschooling ought to be outlawed. If you were a parent in a state that had a very religion-based school system, wouldn't you want the option to teach the kid yourself or at least somewhere outside of that school system?
The purpose of education is not merely, to give you knowledge or expand your mind, or set you up for going to college or a career.
It has a socializing function and makes you a productive member of the community and a good citizen. Homeschooling undermines this.
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And inevitably we come to the question, what then is the role of the parent in the child's upbringing? We all of course know from both experience and reason that a child in the public education system is highly likely to meet most of their friends within school in their classes, and most of their social life will occur within school. But at what point does the role of the parent to provide important social concepts and manners end?
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One of my good friends in HS actualy was homeschooled until HS. I think homeschooling only really becomes a wish to impose ideological conformity by the parents once the kid reaches high school age.
Darth Caesar
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Alright i'm blocking any further questions until I catch up, I just got back from the beach and am wiped out so I'll only answer a couple.
Darth Caesar
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My mom said to me that there is not a legal requirement for her due to the reason I am homeschooling to be religous.
Not really, I do feel I might need to catch up on my social and communicatoin skills but I don't feel disadvantaged.
No I do not.
More of briefly reviewing and that was early in the school year.
It doesn't end. The purpose of the parent is to complement what the school does, adding their own knowledge or experience, helping the child with homework, supporting the child in activities, in developing critical thinking and examination, and providing the child with moral guidance and responding to questions.
civver_764
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I'm a fan of modern schools myself.
Those sound like democratic schools http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_education http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_democratic_schools
Darth Caesar
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You live in the metric world.
No, and the various other books I read help round it out.
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What various other books would those be?
There really are some books that at some point in their lives, people should read, if only because they're very, very good.
Luckymoose
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Homeschooling offers alot of problems. I find it hard to believe that you aren't missing out on the socializing aspects, and factual education, that is in the public system. It seems to me that you are not truly prepared for an adult life. Do you find this 'religious education' to be cult like? It seems to me, and most of the world, that sheltering children from non religious knowledge is cult like and frowned upon. Even the church supports education, minus those denominations that are really whacked out. How do you feel about the fact that when you enter college you will be a decade or more behind everyone else socially? And quite obviously scientifically.
Your sex ed only has to do with learning about the reproductive system but your location says you're in the bikini bottom and you're 15. I can see one problem here already. Granted the public school system may not do much better.
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I spent my last year of high school in a private school that utilized many aspects of this system. I'd never enjoyed school before until I went there. The teachers were actually there to assist in learning instead of ruling over you like a little despot.
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