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California Court Rules Homeschooling Illegal
LifeSiteNews.com ^ | 3-4-08 | edcoil

Posted on 03/06/2008 7:32:18 AM PST by edcoil

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To: sitetest
You're making an assertion without any evidence. Your citation of Mr. Jefferson means little, is little more than an illegitimate appeal to authority, unless you're telling me that he was some sort of infallible guide, in which case, I assume that you also reject the Bible as commonly received, and only accept the Bible as produced by Mr. Jefferson?

As I said: "Whackadoodlery." Seriously, sir -- how can you even make such ridiculous statements and accusations, and hold yourself out as an honest and responsible adult?

Now I really am finished with you.

181 posted on 03/06/2008 2:09:20 PM PST by r9etb
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To: r9etb

>>Yes, it is. The state has a legitimate and obvious interest in ensuring that its citizenry be well-educated.

I disagree. The state has an interest in the populace having a pretense of education. It desires a malleable, permanently adolescent polity. You assume the ideal case, in which the state is a guardian of liberty. But it hasn’t been one in quite some time.

Despite the democratic dogma to the contrary, most people are not educable in the true sense. True education exists in a handful of places, but there is much training going under the name of education. For the few who desire a true education, it is necessary to “homeschool” oneself.


182 posted on 03/06/2008 2:16:23 PM PST by oblomov
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To: r9etb
You and I have a right to complain (and more) if a kid is so uneducated that he becomes a burden on, or even a positive danger to, a free society.

LOL. Your comments are so divorced from reality that they approach absurdity. Now be honest--is a kid who is "uneducated and a burden on or a danger to a free society" more likely to come out of the public school system or a home-school family?

I am not at all defending California's public education system -- but I side with Jefferson on this one. We don't need a bunch of ignorant fools deciding our future for us.

Jefferson would be appalled at what our public school system has become. And if you want to see "ignorant fools" in action, visit your local teacher education college. My acquaintances who were studying "education" (one of whom even went to Harvard for graduate school) were some of the most ignorant people I ever knew. The fact that people like them make educational policy in this country is part of the reason I decided that homeschooling was the way to go.
183 posted on 03/06/2008 2:21:13 PM PST by Antoninus (Tell us how you came to Barack?)
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To: r9etb
Dear r9etb,

“Seriously, sir — how can you even make such ridiculous statements and accusations, and hold yourself out as an honest and responsible adult?”

It's real easy. Thomas Jefferson wrote and said a lot of things. Some of what he wrote and said was good, and some of it was crap. The Declaration was good stuff. What he did and said about the Bible was crap.

Thus, stating that Thomas Jefferson said something is irrelevant. It's turned around. If he said something, then it should be scrutinized for its value rather than used as a support for an otherwise bald assertion.

If you want to make an argument WHY what Mr. Jefferson said is worthy, then make it. But saying it's worthy BECAUSE Mr. Jefferson said it is an appeal to authority, and not a legitimate one, and that's a logical fallacy.

You're just making two unsupported assertions, and using one as “evidence” of the first. You're saying, the state should be the final arbiter of the education of children, and then you're saying that it's so because, after all THOMAS JEFFERSON SAID SO!

Well, I don't care. Thomas Jefferson also said Jesus performed no miracles.


sitetest

184 posted on 03/06/2008 2:21:53 PM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: UCANSEE2
"So when does the Revolution begin?"

It already has, when parents realized that the schools were deliberately defiling their children. The only question is when the blood literally starts to flow.

185 posted on 03/06/2008 2:22:08 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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To: massgopguy
Who was it that said, “they’re coming for your children!”?

The John Birch Society, in june of 1958. They've never been wrong, either.

186 posted on 03/06/2008 2:23:39 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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To: MrB

Hear hear, well said. I joined the Navy and served 20.5 years, I have defended our country and stand by its principles, but, when the attach comes from our own government, our own country what then? I am not antigovernment, regardless of who is in the whitehouse, Im not antiestablishment for it is through the establishment that our country became the greatest on earth. Now with the economy in a slump, prices soaring through the roof, they want to take our children away from us? They will have to pry my children from my cold dead fingers.


187 posted on 03/06/2008 2:24:35 PM PST by GoRepGo (Diplomacy: The art of letting someone have your way)
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To: Antoninus
Dear Antoninus,

Ah, I see you prefer the pragmatic arguments against state control of education.

Of course, why not? They're so much easier! The examples abound! LOL.


sitetest

188 posted on 03/06/2008 2:24:55 PM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: sitetest
Ah, I see you prefer the pragmatic arguments against state control of education.

The evidence couldn't be more clear. Anyone who doesn't understand the danger posed by government-run schools--when the government itself is under the control of corrupt, power-hungry, immoral freaks--is just an idiot.
189 posted on 03/06/2008 2:30:01 PM PST by Antoninus (Tell us how you came to Barack?)
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To: editor-surveyor
It already has, when parents realized that the schools were deliberately defiling their children. The only question is when the blood literally starts to flow.

When they start coming for the kids of honest folks who won't obey these immoral laws.
190 posted on 03/06/2008 2:31:32 PM PST by Antoninus (Tell us how you came to Barack?)
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To: Antoninus

As I said, the examples abound!


191 posted on 03/06/2008 2:31:44 PM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: sitetest
As you can see, although the court may be semantically correct that no one in California may “homeschool,” those who actually homeschool may do so legally by informing the state that they are a private school,

According to Pacific Justice Institute, Sunland Christian School WAS in compliance re registering as a private school for over 20 years. This case is the real deal.

192 posted on 03/06/2008 2:32:26 PM PST by Carry_Okie (We have three options with Islam: victory, surrender, or death.)
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To: Antoninus
Now be honest--is a kid who is "uneducated and a burden on or a danger to a free society" more likely to come out of the public school system or a home-school family?

It depends, of course. The trial court said that the kids in this case were getting a lousy education, even as it ruled in favor of the home-schoolers. And those kids may well have turned out as burdens on society. OTOH, it's quite obvious that many of the products of California public schools are of questionable worth ... though it's difficult to determine whether the fault lies with the teachers, or the parents in many of those cases. Based on second-hand information from teachers I know, the "average" home environment of the student body determines much of the educational environment within a school.

Ah ... but that brings up the "parent" word again. What say you about parents who don't much care about their kids' education?

And in any case, I've made no comments on how a good education should be provided; only that we have an obvious interest in kids being well-educated. You cannot deny that, surely?

As it happens, I don't have anything against home-schooling per se, having home-schooled my own daughter at one time. I know a number of folks who do a very good job at it. On the other hand, I've seen some home-schooling products who have gotten a seriously bum deal from their parents.

As for the quality of public education in California -- I agree that California public schools are pretty poor, as a general rule.

However, California LAW says what it says, and thus the quality of California public education is actually irrelevant to the case at hand ... unless (again) you're an advocate of judicial activism.

Are you suggesting, perhaps, that these judges should undertake to reform California public schools? I'd think Kansas City's experience would argue against such ideas.

At any rate, California's education problems are not a matter for the 2nd Appellate Court to decide.

193 posted on 03/06/2008 2:38:15 PM PST by r9etb
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To: Originalist

Cut and run works for Murtha too.


194 posted on 03/06/2008 2:44:56 PM PST by Syncro
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To: Carry_Okie
Dear Carry_Okie,

You may be right. The more I review the opinion, the more it seems to ignore the plain language of the law.

It appears that these “justices” were bent on a certain result with this family, and didn't let the actual law get in the way.


sitetest

195 posted on 03/06/2008 3:20:37 PM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: Originalist
A wee bit melodramatic, aren’t we?

A wee bit one sided aren't we?

Well, I can only hope the next tornado storm in Arkansas wipes out most of the state, causing epic chaos and hardship to the residence...Ya think I'm kidding?

Ya see when some moron posts this kind of sh*t, so might have a tendency to take notice...Are "we" on the same page here?

196 posted on 03/06/2008 4:22:34 PM PST by dragnet2
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To: wintertime

ping


197 posted on 03/06/2008 6:16:19 PM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
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To: dragnet2
Are "we" on the same page here?

I'm going to have to say "No"...

I just don't waste my time getting bent over hyperbole.

198 posted on 03/06/2008 6:35:02 PM PST by Originalist (Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. - RWR)
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Libertarian ping! To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.
199 posted on 03/06/2008 7:01:17 PM PST by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm)
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To: D Rider

nice one. :)


200 posted on 03/06/2008 7:04:15 PM PST by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm)
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