Comments on: The Blogs of My Friends #1 Revisited http://www.homeedmag.com/editorial/185/the-blogs-of-my-friends-1-revisited/ From the editors and publishers of Home Education Magazine Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:29:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: slow8steady http://www.homeedmag.com/editorial/185/the-blogs-of-my-friends-1-revisited/#comment-9131 slow8steady Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:20:17 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/editorial/?p=185#comment-9131 I think that a fear of authority probably does not begin in the schools, but rather at home under the guise of "respecting your elders". Actually, I send my students to the principal's office as many times for rewards as for punishment. Most teachers i know, including myself, do not send a student to the office until contacts with the parents have been made and nothing changes. It's also been a long time since I've seen a student or parent intimidated by any authority in the public schools. i am particularly offended by the "dumbed down zombie" reference. This is an unfounded, invalid comment. Believe me, I have spent untold hours working with home schooled children whose parents enrolled them back into public schools helping them to get back on grade level. In a country that attracts all kinds of people from foreign nations who come here because Americans are innovated and willing to take risks to try out new ideas, Trina has a lot of nerve saying that the students we turn out are zombies. Trina has it all wrong. The elite are the ones who champion charter schools (private schools using tax payers' money), vouchers, and other Republican ideas to keep their children away from people who are not like them. I dare say you home schoolers who bash the public schools can relate to that. I think that a fear of authority probably does not begin in the schools, but rather at home under the guise of “respecting your elders”. Actually, I send my students to the principal’s office as many times for rewards as for punishment. Most teachers i know, including myself, do not send a student to the office until contacts with the parents have been made and nothing changes. It’s also been a long time since I’ve seen a student or parent intimidated by any authority in the public schools.

i am particularly offended by the “dumbed down zombie” reference. This is an unfounded, invalid comment. Believe me, I have spent untold hours working with home schooled children whose parents enrolled them back into public schools helping them to get back on grade level. In a country that attracts all kinds of people from foreign nations who come here because Americans are innovated and willing to take risks to try out new ideas, Trina has a lot of nerve saying that the students we turn out are zombies.

Trina has it all wrong. The elite are the ones who champion charter schools (private schools using tax payers’ money), vouchers, and other Republican ideas to keep their children away from people who are not like them. I dare say you home schoolers who bash the public schools can relate to that.

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