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

Were you in those classrooms as a visitor or working there?  Like anything 
else, classrooms are on their best behavior when there are visitors.

I've worked in the public school system, as has DH.  You really don't want 
to know what is going on in the teachers' lounge!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>
> Poor analogy. Everyone learns to walk if they can. How else do they
> easily get out of the house and down the steps to the car?
>
> People learn what they have to for their particular environment.
>
> The homeschoolers I know, which includes several families now, are
> doing extremely well. Of course, their environments are condusive to
> learning. But then, I've been in classrooms where the kids are doing
> well too. In fact, I've often been surprised at how little the
> classrooms are like the regimented prisons that James refers to.