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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Tsk, tsk.  Not the case with the majority of the unschoolers I know.  Lots 
of us are militant with our local schoolboards and at least make them 
accountable.

Where we live now there isn't much need for militancy because it is still 
run on a relatively small basis with a whole lot of parent participation and 
everyone knows everyone so there isn't the big problem of teachers bullying 
students.  Teachers know that if the child in question doesn't tell then 
someone else in the class will.  AND, since some of the parents probably 
tried out of Wrong Turn or Deliverance and were too wild to get a part, the 
teachers walk the straight and narrow <g>

Where I used to live, the school district even gave out homeschooling 
information.  And, they knew that even though we (the larger homeschooling 
community) didn't have kids in the schools, we were just as likely to take 
them to task as the parents who did.  A bunch of us "adopted" kids who 
didn't have involved parents.

I know this is done up and down my state and I know folks in other states 
who do this too.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Schools


> On 11/23/06, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:
> > Well, try as one might, there are some people who are never going to get 
> > it.
> > It's not a matter of agreeing or disagreeing with the premise, it's 
> > whether
> > one understands it to begin with.  It would be more frustrating if it 
> > weren't
> > so amusing the number of times one hears, "I went to PS and  it did me no
> > harm" and yet the indoctrination is so deep and permeating that they 
> > still can't
> > get past the notion that any critique of the idea of government schools 
> > is
> > saying that they are broken down, deteriorated, in need of repair.
>
> Using public school to explain the numerous failures of the society at
> large strikes me as a dogmatic position, nearly religious in its
> intensity. Much as it pains many of us, we have the system we have. I
> suppose that it's satisfying in some way to say that anyone who
> disagrees with the total unschooling of America to say that anyone who
> sees that some good can come from schooling is brainwashed -- and
> their opinions that therefore be discounted -- but it doesn't get
> anyone very far down the road of figuring out if there are any
> possible reforms.
>
> Outlawing standardized tests of all kinds would be a good start....
>
> I have the feeling that the unschoolers -- and I personally have a
> great deal of sympathy for them until they begin to wax messianic --
> don't give a damn about all the kids . It's important to save your own
> kids, but if you don't speak up for all kids, your efforts may not
> amount to much.
>
> Marie
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