for the record

[maevele]

Inspired from some shit being said elselj.


The reasons we homeschool do not include:

Fear the schools will teach evolution.
Trying to keep the kids away from Godless Influences
Fear of mixing with other races/classes
Fear of not being in control of our kids flow of information
Trying to only give them information from our own point of view/lies and half truths


A small sample of reasons that do apply:

Fear the schools will not be allowed to teach evolution
Lack of Faith in the honesty, integrity and motivations of my government
Trying to keep my children from being indoctrinated with christianity and kyriarchy
Avoiding institutional gender policing
Fear of the government being in control of my child's stream of information

and then there are the actual educational theory based reasons, where my kids learn at their own paces, based on their interests, and without the distractions caused by trying to teach thirty kids with different needs and learning styles with one teacher and one lesson plan all scrambling to just get everyone up to No Child Left Behind, instead teaching self education, and teaching the things I feel are most valuable, such as arts and sciences.


ETA And I should make it clear, I do not judge people for public schooling their kids, because every family has different needs, and I totally respect the work parents who public school do to support and balance their kids education.

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[leeoakfire.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that you homeschooled -- good for you!

I am going to post here a shamelessly selfish self-promotion:

My business caters to home schoolers. Part of my business plan is to create some outreach to homeschoolers once I have my mall store set up (that won't be for a few months as we are waiting on a new roof). When I sold antiquarian children's books at antique shows homeschoolers were a major part of my customer base. I not only sold them what they were looking for, I helped them find wonderful things they didn't know existed, and I did it all with an eye towards keeping the price down for them (such as carrying other 1950s readers than the Dick and Jane -- which they were looking for because they wanted books from that era, and that is all they knew about. Dick and Jane books were selling in the $60 - $150 range; other school books from that era were selling for under $10. I could have sold them one Dick and Jane, instead I sold them many books for the same price; I helped their dollars stretch.)

The name which will be on the door of my store is "Paper Emporium and Teacher's Supplies". The teacher's supplies are all old -- out-of-print titles and out-of-production toys. Also, much other paper, some of it over 100 years old. So, for history classes the customer can purchase contemporaneous documents. Or, for other classes the customer will be able to purchase historical stuff which fits in with that subject. Or, if a customer just wants to save some bucks and find some neat things there will be items as low as $1, all of which would be useful in the classroom.

I will mention that the teachers I have been selling to from my yard sales are ALWAYS impressed with the quality of the stock, the reasonable prices, and the organization within which it is displayed (it helps people find what they want when it is well organized).

So, when you are up in the Dells again perhaps you might want to check out my new store! It will be in the back room of Antique Mall #1 (that is the name of the store; Antique Mall #2 -- also the real name -- is the one by the expressway). Antique Mall #1 is on Oak Street in the downtown Dells, and my store will be in the very far back of the mall where there is a separate room (and I will have the entire room).

Hope this shameless self-promotion was okay! I love working with homeschoolers! Good luck with your experiences home-schooling -- I agree with your reasons!