Yes, isn't it!
And regardless of statistics, I just can't bring myself to agree
with them that my kids are illiterate losers. Go figure.
Who has said your kids are illiterate losers?
Do you not understand the concept of calculating test score averages? Home educated children ON AVERAGE score at least one grade level above public schoolers. ON AVERAGE. By high school age, the difference is three to four grade levels.
That means that YOUR kids could be geniuses and still, the home educated kids score ON AVERAGE higher than public schoolers.
http://www.hslda.org/docs/study/comp2001/HomeSchoolAchievement.pdf
The higher AVERAGE test scores of the home educated do not mean your kids are illiterate.
LOL!
Hey, my oldest *illiterate loser* just received her SAT scores. Those scores, along with her weighted gpa, I’m seeing scholarship $$$$ :)
And you can’t agree because it isn’t true (your kids aren’t illiterate losers).
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.
Statistics can kiss my...
Parenting, what goes on in the home, is far more important than everything else. The problems with education today are similar to the problems this country has in general, imo. Too many people not taking responsibility for themselves and their families, wanting something for nothing, etc.
That was my way of agreeing with you with far too many words, lol :)