There is the homeschoolers that you know, and then there is the families you encounter in "Jesus Camp". I have no idea how to get around the Dunning-Kruger effect, but to ignore is is dishonest. I haven't made up my mind about the Amish and Hasid communities either.
FTA: The blueprint still used for today’s schools was developed during the Protestant Reformation, when schools were created to teach children to read the Bible, to believe scripture without questioning it, and to obey authority figures without questioning them.
So the worst case of homeschooling is better than the ideal model of public education? As long as we're on the topic of cultish practices, I'm not very comfortable with an institution that forces its "pupils" to pledge allegiance to flag on a daily basis. I hypothesize that people who are against homeschooling pledged to flags many of times, and are probably incapable of forming opinions that aren't regurgitated to them from a figure of authority. It's just a hypothesis.
> The blueprint still used for today’s schools was developed during the Protestant Reformation, when schools were created to teach children to read the Bible, to believe scripture without questioning it, and to obey authority figures without questioning them.
Not the most authoritative resource, but the provided bibliography is at least impressive.
> I hypothesize that people who are against homeschooling pledged to flags many of times, and are probably incapable of forming opinions that aren't regurgitated to them from a figure of authority.
> I hypothesize that people who are against homeschooling pledged to flags many of times
There are other countries besides the US you know... we don't pledge to any flag in Australia, and I'm certainly not "incapable of forming opinions that aren't regurgitated to them from a figure of authority" which funnily enough seems like an opinion regurgitated to you from a figure of authority :P
I'm not against home schooling per say, I'm against idiots teaching kids poorly. This is the dilemma we have.
Just because it is "representative" does not make it an evil source. The driving force behind the stupidity is not home schooling but the faith that drives home schooling.
Peanut allergies are a real problem and kill lots of people. Do we ban peanuts and sue God? Is that the plan?
Considering I have no idea what he may or may not have said in another comment, either before or after my comment. I still don't think that his comment made any claims that it was representative.
