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you are just afraid to admit that it is the parents that did a crappy job of raising these kids that raped that girl. It had nothing to do with the school system.

If children attend schools that are godless in their worldview they **WILL** learn to think and reason godlessly. They **must** simply to get along, participate in the program, and do the assignments.

Having generation after generation of Americans subjected to government godless indoctrination, is, ( in my opinion) a large contributing factor in the moral degeneration that we see all around us. This incident involving the rape of this poor girl is merely one more drop of pee floating in the sewer.

You know D@mn well that Public schools do work for the majority for the population

Well...The U.S. government disagrees with you. Please do a Google on the words: "32% eighth graders". You will see that only 32% of the nation's eighth graders read at a proficient level. Here is a link:

"US 'report card' on reading: 8th-graders gain, 4th-graders don't "

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2010/0324/US-report-card-on-reading-8th-graders-gain-4th-graders-don-t

Unfortunately it is unknown if some, or **all**, of the success of those children who can read is due entirely to the efforts of their parents and tutors IN THE HOME. ( My guess is that if a child can read it has everything to do with the work the parents and tutors are doing.)

And...I bet the government's idea of "proficient" isn't the standard of proficient that I used for my homeschoolers! I'd bet my entire 401K on that!

Oh sweety I see you still are ignoring my offer,

I am already taking up your offer with my own county's government institutionalized children. Members of our congregation and I are putting in **tons** of hours **AFTERSCHOOLING** our county's government institutionalized children. If they know anything at all it is because we have taught them and their parents have supported our efforts. Any success that they are having is **NOT** in any way related to the government institutional schools.

And while you are at it you might as well admit that homeschooling was not 100% effective for you.

I was not homeschooled. I was after-schooled by my parents and myself. Nearly all learning I have acquired occurred outside of an institutional setting ( except for laboratories). This is true even on the undergraduate and graduate school levels.

Are you referring to my children? If so, I consider the following to be 100% effective:

My three homeschooled children entered college at the ages of 13, 12, and 13. All finished all general college requirements and Calculus III by the age of 15.

The two younger children finished B.S. degrees in mathematics at the age of 18. The oldest of these two earned a masters in math at the age of 20. She taught math in a private school but is now happily married to a wonderful man and is the full-time mother of two adorable children. The youngest is now finishing the requirements to enter a nursing program.

The oldest took a somewhat different approach to his education. He studied accounting part-time at night and trained full-time in a sport. He has competed on the highest national and international levels. He also choose to take off from his sport for a few years to work with our church in Eastern Europe. As a result he is completely fluent in Russian. In fact, he speaks so well that native Russians think he **is** Russian! In his early twenties he took up his sport again and trained full-time while completing an accounting degree at night. He now is in a masters degree program in accounting and will soon finish. He is married to a beautiful young lady.

All of my children, and their spouses and children, are very active in our church and fully committed to the gospel. My homeschooled children are accomplished ball room dancers, play instruments, (one is a pianist for her congregation) and sing in the choir.