AG Eric Holder's new campaign: to ban homeschooling

[PugnacAutMortem]

The problem is two income families who have a child, stick the child in daycare, drop off the child at school and pick the kid up at daycare.

I gotta take exception to this comment, because not all two income families have terrible kids, nor are all two income families by design. My wife and I both work because we have to, not because we want to.

It's the families that dump their kids off on everyone else so they can both work 80 hour weeks that are the problem. If that's what you meant then apologies. But if you meant every two income family ruins their kids then you paint the picture with the most ignorant brush.

[HBARleatherneck]

first, I really never mean all, always, never, only. I meant the families who the minute they pop out kids allow everyone else to raise them. The ones who take no responsibility for their childrens growth, learning etc. Good children can be brought up anywhere in any situation with proper parenting.

I gotta take exception to this comment, because not all two income families have terrible kids, nor are all two income families by design. My wife and I both work because we have to, not because we want to.

It's the families that dump their kids off on everyone else so they can both work 80 hour weeks that are the problem. If that's what you meant then apologies. But if you meant every two income family ruins their kids then you paint the picture with the most ignorant brush.

i do think many people think they need two incomes and dont. Cut back, live within your means, dont keep up with the Joneses. There are lot of things in life we need less of. More time for family is more important than material things. Homes can be older and smaller, cars can be older and less cool.

[HBARleatherneck]

Many states require a teaching certificate in order to homeschool, .

this is also incorrect. Most states do not require a degree. Actually, I am having a hard time finding any that require a degree higher than high school.

http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000002/00000214.asp

here is some info.

This all goes back to modern marxism and communism. You should not be allowed to raise your own children. And we can thank unions too. Teachers unions, law enforcement unions and public employee unions should be outlawed.

[hatidua]

The crusade to ban things seems to know no bounds.

[spqrzilla]

Many states require a teaching certificate in order to homeschool, which usually necessitates a BA in Elementary Ed, which is the easiest of all majors and can be granted online. I don't support making a teaching certificate mandatory, but it does help to weed out the cretins who want to keep their children locked in the house 24/7 while not providing them an adequate education. As long as the child passes an annual standardized test and isn't being isolated due to neglect, abuse, or indoctrination, I think anyone should be permitted to homeschool their kids.

Clint45 - first of all your bizarre example is a fantasy in your mind. Secondly, every child is already homeschooled ... which you'd know if you had to interact with the current "graduates" of public K12 education.

[Aloha_Shooter]

http://www.examiner.com/article/eric-holder-and-homeschooling-channeling-the-prussian-system?cid=rss


Personally, I have never been a fan of homeschooling, but if one of the parents has a degree in Education and their child can pass an annual standardized test I support their right to homeschool if they wish.

I would submit people whose sole degree is Education are the LAST ones who should be homeschooling. "Professional educators" are the lamebrains that have devolved our educational system over the past 50 years to the point where homeschooling is not only a viable option but a preferable one.

[sellersm]

Well, using that criteria, how the heck did we ever get to where we are today? Wouldn't we have created generation after generation of 'stupid people' providing their children 'an inadequate education'? Sheesh... So you're not going to teach your children about firearms until you have degrees in chemistry, science, mechanical engineering, neuroscience and a dozen other specialties?

[10mm-man]

I lack an "Eduction egree" and teach my son jist fine! Me no needs a degra to teach mi sun......

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Edit: Guess I should prob add that I home school my son for real and I was just joking on the spelling, grammar and in ability to form a coherent sentence.

[HBARleatherneck]

nobody should be able to have a gun unless they are POST certified...right?

[Wiggity]

I was homeschooled until high school and got a scholarship at Colorado School of Mines.