I agree. I was thinking about Marlon's concen about uneducated parents. Those are actually the children I do *not* worry about because their parents have a certain humility and know what they don't know.
I do worry about a child whose parents aren't going to let him see Google News because it is unamerican. Or, at the other end of the spectrum, the parents who don't want to oppress their children by teaching them math. But children are resilient and these things have a way of working out. Maybe those children will rebel by becoming informed on world affairs, or theoretical physicists, which would not be a bad thing in my opinion :) And see, you cannot regulate that parent without running the risk of someone coming along and saying Terry Pratchett, Wired magazine and certification study guides! You can't count those as reading! You have to use a "reading curriculum"! Whereas those of us who suffered through endless iterations of Dick and Jane would have killed for something intelligent to read :) Amazing concept, that children can learn to read by, well, reading. LOL. Thanks for the thoughts, I was kinda discouraged yesterday. Dana On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 07:38:40 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess my final point on this would be....if as a parent, you are actively > involved in your child's schooling, constantly evaluating the quality of > their education and ensuring a positive social experience.......your child > has a much, much better chance of succeeding in whatever educational setting > you choose, home or otherwise. > > Parents are the key. > > >> I agree that there's a definite social experience (although whether > >> that's > >> positive or negative I think depends on the kid) to be had, but the > >> primary > >> purpose is an education - and if they're not getting a good one there, > >> what > >> do you do? > > > > Depends. > > > > Home schooling is one option. Private school is another. We send our kids > > to private school and we're generally happy, although the schools we send > > to are specialized religious schools. > > > > Judith > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141792 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
