On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Gabriel Sechan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:06:21 -0700
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: Schooling funding debate ... again (Was Re: Wifi leeches
> (Was:   Multiple NAT layers))
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Why does she need to be equal to 10 educators?  Homeschooled kids
> > > do *better* than public school kids.  That is a *fact*.  Explain
> > > why that is true *now* if homeschool parents *aren't* equal to 10
> > > professionals.
> > >
> >
> > One thing to keep in mind though, education aside, is that public or
> private
> > school also lets the kids experience socializing with their peers, along
> > with adults that aren't related to them.  Peers/adults outside their
> family
> > and immediate neighbors, and it's usually a wide range of races,
> religions
> > and social backgrounds.  Dealing with a variety of different people is a
> > valuable experience to kids.
> >
> That's what most homeschoolers want to avoid.  Apparently there's
> exceptions on this list, but every one I've ever met were right wing
> religious nuts who didn't want their kids to learn how to think or to
> appreciate diversity-  they wanted them to be carbon copies of their racism
> and religion.  They home schooled specifically so they wouldn't meet Jews,
> blacks, hispanics, etc.
>

I find that statement incredibly idiotic. I don't know a single homeschooler
with that view of the world, and I know a bunch.

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