Heh, I learned in Stat 200 (that was considered Statistics for math dummies like me)that statistics can be manipulated. And, yes on the average we can say that homeschooled children have a lower illiteracy rate or higher test scores than public school children BUT that statistic doesn’t necessarily mean than a homeschooled education is better than a public school education because other correlating factors have to be considered (economic and social). For instance, for a child to be homeschooled, the family has to be well off enough financially for one parent to stay home (not work)or flexible enough to do both. In addition, homeschooling families value education enough to put all that time into their child’s education. As a result, the pool of public school kids included in any statistics, includes a lot more kids from single parent homes, welfare kids, and kids whose parents couldn’t care less about parenting to begin with, those with victim mentality, and all that other nonsense. Public school education isn’t a one way street -parents and children have to work at it, care about education, take responsibility for learning, etc. and some just don’t.
Very well said!
75 posted on 03/22/2008 2:52:56 PM PDT by 50mm
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