Even though my children were in community college and completely finished with **all** college general education course and Calculus III ( at the age of FIFTEEN!) they were still required to file those utterly asinine reports! No, the government pin heads would NOT accept a college transcript as proof of their being educated. What idiots!
Also...If the standard for passing in the government school is complete illiteracy and innumeracy then that should be the passing standard for homeschoolers as well!
Hey! I have a better idea! If the government schoolers are below average on their standardized exams, I think the government teachers, parents, and kids should be forced ( under threat of police action ) to report to a HOMESCHOOLER!
Please remember that behind every government teacher and school bureaucrat stands an armed policeman with real bullets in his gun on the hip!
I always do.
We have to keep attendance records ("Record dates on which you conducted academic instruction or educational activities," which is every day, but I only count days when we sat down for work or had a field trip other than the Wal-mart, church, or library.)
The state is allowed to verify that we *have* the attendance and immunization records, but they're not authorized to review them. They can inspect our test results, but they can't have an opinion on them. Pretty easy.
The DNPE has been trying to get homeschoolers to bring their records, school work samples, and children to meetings (one was planned at a Police Station!), but HSLDA reminds everyone to tell the state to Go Fish. If they show up on my doorstep or call, I'll be happy to arrange to meet their rep at the library and show them the 3 required pages per school-age child.
I’m not sure in which county you lived. Different counties enforce the laws differently. And things change over time.
I live in Anne Arundel County, and not 10 years ago, portfolio review was a pain. But a couple of things happened. First, someone sued them over some of the policies that they were pursuing, and the county and state, once they saw they were facing a big loss in court, decided to settle the case amicably. Second, the guy who is in charge in our county, I guess, figured out that life can be easy. It doesn’t have to be hard. I think he figured out that he had potentially the easiest, most pleasant job in the school system - reviewing homeschoolers. All he had to do was recognize that the vast majority of homeschoolers do a very good job pretty much nearly every day.
“If the government schoolers are below average on their standardized exams, I think the government teachers, parents, and kids should be forced ( under threat of police action ) to report to a HOMESCHOOLER!”
LOL. I proposed that some time ago. Let the failed report to the successful, not vice versa. ;-)
“Please remember that behind every government teacher and school bureaucrat stands an armed policeman with real bullets in his gun on the hip!”
That’s true. That’s why I stated in my last post that I’d prefer to do away with compulsory education and school attendance laws.
But some people don’t think that ordinary Americans can be trusted with that sort of freedom.
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