Then how come Scott can't find any secular curriculum....??? On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Bullshit. It's perhaps a quarter of homeschoolers who are religious, > Larry. They are merely the most vocal. > > Scott, try Ambleside and if that doesn't look like your cup of tea try > the google term "umbrella school." Or, there is Calvert, but they are > pricy. > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > My sympathies. I would think that given the landscape, you'd be doing > > good to find anything that's not religious in the home schooling > > market. > > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> ...is finding quality, secular curriculum. > >> > >> My wife and I have been looking into homeschool programs that actually > >> give the children diplomas and transcripts. Unfortunately, since a > >> large portion of those who homeschool do so for religious reasons (we > >> do not, BTW), most of these programs have curricula that are heavily > >> religious. This has not bee a huge bone of contention with me as most > >> of the programs allow you to substitute a curriculum for each subject. > >> > >> Yesterday that changed. We visited the main office for one of these > >> programs. Up until yesterday, we were impressed with their reputation, > >> cost and the fact that they were fairly liberal in what you could > >> substitute. For grammar school children, the only subjects you could > >> nit substitute was English and Religion. I was cool with that. > >> However, we were then told that for high school you cannot substitute > >> English, Religion and History. I immediately went and started looking > >> at the High School history books. They had titles like 'Christ the > >> King, Lord of History' and 'Christ and the Americas'. The first book I > >> picked up had chapters named 'Abraham' and 'Moses' - and the 'Moses' > >> chapter was twice as long as each chapter devoted to 'Ancient Greece' > >> and 'Ancient Rome'. > >> > >> The main biology books were different volumes of a series titled > >> 'Exploring Creation'. > >> > >> I was disgusted with all the religious drivel that was included in > >> these books - and was immediately turned off to this program (We had > >> looked at it because of the ones with a good reputation that are > >> accredited, this one was Catholic) > >> > >> My wife is a devote Catholic, I am not. We have discussed raising our > >> children Catholic, but these references in a history book concerned > >> even her. I have no issues with the children learning about > >> Catholicism, but to have those beliefs brought into subjects like > >> history and science is where I draw the line. > >> > >> So, now we must continue the search for a good program, like the ones > >> we have looked at, but that do not cram the religion down the kids > >> throats in every subject. There has got to be a happy medium > >> somewhere.... > >> > >> </rant> > >> > >> -- > >> Scott Stroz > >> --------------- > >> The DOM is retarded. > >> > >> http://xkcd.com/386/ > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315926 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
