thank you, cause I don't. I homeschool because a) I have concerns about schools teaching kids that learning is boring b) I dislike high-stakes testing and its consequences, even though my kids consistently test way ahead and c) I don't feel a school does -- or can really -- properly tailor itself to add and adhd children.
Dana On 6/10/05, SStewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The homeschoolers that I've come in contact with (My ex-wife's sister and her > husband and others) home school because there's a certain "element" that they > don't want there kids coming in contact with that "element" is something > racial. (Dana I'm not saying that you fit in this category) > > I don't want any money I put into the tax system to pay for that. > > sas > > Scott A. Stewart, > Web Application Developer > > Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) > 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 > Chantilly, VA 20151 > Phone: (703) 995-1737 > Fax: (703) 834-5527 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 02:25 pm > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Homeschool > Importance: Low > > Well, what about college and stuff like that? > > Most homeschoolers I know took certain tests and things so they could have > high school equiv. It was like a GED but different. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 2:13 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Medical Marijuana Poll > > > > from the homeschooler's perspective -- well, mine -- it's a bad idea > > because then the accountability for tax dollars means you have to take > > these stupid tests they have for No Child Left Behind, then you have > > to teach to the test just like the schools do, so what's the point? > > > > Dana > > > > On 6/10/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Interesting idea. > > > > > > But I'm not sure why funding kids education, regardless of where it is > > being > > > done is a bad idea. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 1:55 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: Medical Marijuana Poll > > > > > > > > That better not be true. What about us suckers who don't want kids, > > yet > > > > have to endure the damn tax increases every year to expand the school > > > > system? Where is OUR refund? > > > > > > > > I proposed an idea to my wife - we'd start our own town where you're > > not > > > > allowed to live there unless you are childless. No school system, > > there > > > > goes 50%+ of our tax money - back into our pockets. Now, I just need > > to > > > > purchase one of those towns on eBay.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:160447 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
