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To: SeekAndFind

“Most of Founding Fathers were Homeschooled”

What does that even mean? That despite being homeschooled they were able to achieve great things?


27 posted on 11/18/2012 6:49:39 PM PST by turn_to
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To: turn_to

RE: That despite being homeschooled they were able to achieve great things?

Or the things they learned while being schooled at home HELPED them to achieve great things.


37 posted on 11/18/2012 8:50:16 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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“Most of Founding Fathers were Homeschooled”

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. And to render even them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree. . . . An amendment to our constitution must here come in aid of the public education. The influence over government must be shared among all people. Thomas Jefferson State of the Union Address December 2 1806

Preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people. Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils, and that the tax which will be paid for this purpose is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests, & nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance.Thomas Jefferson To George Wythe, from Paris, August 13, 1786

The North Carolina Constitution of 1776 provided that "a school or schools shall be established by the Legislature, for the convenient instruction of youth, with such salaries to the masters, paid by the public, as may enable them to instruct at low prices; and all useful learning shall be duly encouraged, and promoted, in one or more universities."

Wrench and turn to you will find that some of the home schooling advocates are very reasonable people, you will also find that quite a few of them are part of the "kook fringe" element. They will employ every Saul Alinsky tactic that they have to belittle and demean you.

45 posted on 11/19/2012 3:21:19 AM PST by verga (A nation divided by Zero!)
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