home school

[Ravn]

Hi all, boy, what a choice for a first post LOL!! Anyway, this is why I plan to homeschool. I want my child to be his own person, not some government robot zombie that can fill in the bubbles on a scantron sheet. I want my child to learn to think, not to learn how to memorize someone else's opinions. I want him to learn that EVERY human being has value, and is worthy, no matter what "clique" they belong to. I want him to work to *HIS* potential and noone else's. I don't want him labeled "gifted" if he is an "easy" learner or "LD" if he learns slower. I don't want him to be exposed to the premature sexualization of children going on in the schools, ie, the incident in OH (I think) of 2 2nd graders having oral sex in a bathroom. I don't want him to celebrate state sponsered celebrations of slaughter and slavery like Columbus day and St. Patrick's Day (which, right there is a RELIGOUS holiday and has no place in a public school system where there is supposed to be a seperation of church and state.) Saying "Happy St. Patrick's Day" is akin to saying "Happy Hitler Day" because St. Patrick leading the snakes out of Ireland is a nice, clean way of saying he massacered the indiginous people. Not that I am against religion, in fact, I am quite religious in my own way, but it is *MY* job to teach my child religion and no one else's.

This is how *I* feel, I realize everyone is different and has different priorities and beliefs, but it really hurts me to see the generalization of homeschooler and their children in the above posts. MOST homeschoolers aren't like the freaks that say God tells them to kill their children. MOST homeschoolers belong to homeschooling groups wherin they have fieldtrips and socialization with other children. MOST homeschooled children belong to organizations such as the Scouts, Little League, Swim team, peewee football, etc. Do not judge all of us by the freakshow's that make the news. It makes the news because it is bad news and draws ratings. If the news showed positive things they would end up being taken off the air for lack of intrest.

Just my .02