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To: metmom
So you're opposed to educational choice for parents? That parents would have any say in where their tax dollars went and how they were used?

I'm opposed to jumping on board any bandwagon without considering the possible unintended consequences. And I'm opposed to any proposition that can only be defended on the terms you've chosen.

67 posted on 01/30/2009 4:22:24 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic
I'm opposed to jumping on board any bandwagon without considering the possible unintended consequences.

You think that home educating kids is something new? What do you think happened for likely millions of kids before the public indoctrination centers were established?

And I'm opposed to any proposition that can only be defended on the terms you've chosen.

What does that mean? That you oppose parents selecting their children's curriculum?

Instead of tax credits or any kind of vouchers, they should make school a pay as you go proposition. I paid way less in curriculum costs for my three kids per year than I do in school taxes each year.

69 posted on 01/30/2009 4:45:28 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: tacticalogic
I'm opposed to jumping on board any bandwagon without considering the possible unintended consequences.

Look at the statistics. Homeschoolers by far out perform public school kids. Colleges and universities actively seek out homeschool students and usually have a home school liaison for dealing with getting them processed since many don't have typical public school documentation.

The only consequences are a more literate, socially adjusted, well balanced group of young people entering society and the workforce. Kids who worry about more important things than breaking a nail or curling their eyelashes. They're not slaves to fashion or peer pressure.

70 posted on 01/30/2009 4:49:32 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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