I home schooled my 4 kids for many years as we traveled all over the world.
They were also members of the Y and various youth groups and participated in
swim teams everywhere we lived. They ended up being National Merit Scholars and
all got scholarships to college.
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> On May 24, 2018, at 8:51 AM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Home schooling does have advantages as it avoids the manipulations by
> religious and political groups. We have one going on here right now. But,
> the significantly lesser social interaction with other kids is a big negative.
>
>>
>> I am just glad that I left the US just before the older of my two
>> children reached school age (just—he did attend K grade in New Jersey
>> but that was it).
>>
>> And I think I have uncovered the reason why the fascist regime does
>> not want to do anything about this insanity. With every school
>> shooting, home schooling looks like a more attractive option. And
>> this is of course what the fascist right wishes to promote. So do not
>> expect any action beyond vacuous expressions of compassion and other
>> forms of crocodile tears. And prayers, of course.
>>
>>
>>> But I'll just say this: It pi**es me off that my office environment
>>> is more secure and safer than the typical school. In this day and age,
>>> nearly every office building in the world has multiple tiers of
>>> security, but we're lucky to even bother with the most basic of
>>> security measures for our kids. In this day and age, there is no
>>> excuse. None.
>>>
>>> And it isn't about guns. It's about basic security measures. Shooting
>>> people is just one kind of violence. While we direct our attention on
>>> this issue, we ignore the others. We personally have first-hand
>>> experience with this.
>>>
>>> Mental health? Yup, of course it's a problem. But again, that's just
>>> one problem. Consider that statistically, nearly one in every ten kids
>>> in school will become a convicted felon. There are a lot of scary evil
>>> kids with latent issues.
>>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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