why the hostility? I do not think that my comment merited a such a response.
something pissing you off in real life? Your response is not your typical behavior on this list. If not then as far as I am concerned you can go take a flying... my life is too short to have to deal with that sort of foetid and well ripened manure. On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hah, you blather endlessly about your preconceptions and then bewail > MY biases? You were the first to characterize the group -- let's see > YOUR souces, and I insist, given that it's you, on a peer-reviewed > journal article. > > What the hell. > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> interesting numbers where did you get them? pull them from something >> that agrees with your own biases? >> >> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:18 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:315941 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
