if everyone homeschooled....
Joylyn
I'm having a discussion, sorta, with a
friend. She said...
"the problem I see with the entire world
choosing to homeschool or live on a farm is
that we would revert to a gregarian society,
and anarchy, as there would be no law makers
or politicians, or law keepers, or
grocers..as all would be at home teaching our
kids"
Please help me find words for why this simply
is not true.
Joylyn
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Joylyn
Mom to Lexie (6) and Janene (3)
For great nursing clothes and slings, go to
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"Wasn't it Mark Twain who said it takes a
very dull person to spell a word only one
way?"
friend. She said...
"the problem I see with the entire world
choosing to homeschool or live on a farm is
that we would revert to a gregarian society,
and anarchy, as there would be no law makers
or politicians, or law keepers, or
grocers..as all would be at home teaching our
kids"
Please help me find words for why this simply
is not true.
Joylyn
--
Joylyn
Mom to Lexie (6) and Janene (3)
For great nursing clothes and slings, go to
www.4mommyandme.com
"Wasn't it Mark Twain who said it takes a
very dull person to spell a word only one
way?"
Pam Hartley
Well, everyone wouldn't choose to homeschool, so there's no way for either
of you to prove your point. But, for fun:
There's no need for anyone, kids included, to be home when you homeschool. A
political family could take their kids to the state capitol, or politics
might become web-based so that internet conference calls between elected
officials would decide law. Grocers might be young adults who have no kids,
or older adults whose kids are grown, or web-based home delivery services,
or mom and pop shops with the kids right there.
Your friend could say, "If everyone homeschooled, there'd be no bookstores
because people would be home teaching kids..." and I'd have to tell her
she's wrong :) as we have an internet bookstore and still homeschool. We've
toyed with opening a brick and mortar shop and we'd just take the kids there
with us.
"Home"school is a flexible creature.
Pam
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From: Joylyn <joylyn@...>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] if everyone homeschooled....
Date: Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 12:49 PM
I'm having a discussion, sorta, with a
friend. She said...
"the problem I see with the entire world
choosing to homeschool or live on a farm is
that we would revert to a gregarian society,
and anarchy, as there would be no law makers
or politicians, or law keepers, or
grocers..as all would be at home teaching our
kids"
Please help me find words for why this simply
is not true.
Joylyn
--
Joylyn
Mom to Lexie (6) and Janene (3)
For great nursing clothes and slings, go to
www.4mommyandme.com
"Wasn't it Mark Twain who said it takes a
very dull person to spell a word only one
way?"
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of you to prove your point. But, for fun:
There's no need for anyone, kids included, to be home when you homeschool. A
political family could take their kids to the state capitol, or politics
might become web-based so that internet conference calls between elected
officials would decide law. Grocers might be young adults who have no kids,
or older adults whose kids are grown, or web-based home delivery services,
or mom and pop shops with the kids right there.
Your friend could say, "If everyone homeschooled, there'd be no bookstores
because people would be home teaching kids..." and I'd have to tell her
she's wrong :) as we have an internet bookstore and still homeschool. We've
toyed with opening a brick and mortar shop and we'd just take the kids there
with us.
"Home"school is a flexible creature.
Pam
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From: Joylyn <joylyn@...>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] if everyone homeschooled....
Date: Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 12:49 PM
I'm having a discussion, sorta, with a
friend. She said...
"the problem I see with the entire world
choosing to homeschool or live on a farm is
that we would revert to a gregarian society,
and anarchy, as there would be no law makers
or politicians, or law keepers, or
grocers..as all would be at home teaching our
kids"
Please help me find words for why this simply
is not true.
Joylyn
--
Joylyn
Mom to Lexie (6) and Janene (3)
For great nursing clothes and slings, go to
www.4mommyandme.com
"Wasn't it Mark Twain who said it takes a
very dull person to spell a word only one
way?"
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 12:49:12 -0800 Joylyn <joylyn@...> writes:
can't even see it as a misspelling of a word I know ;-) Although a
gregarious society sounded okay...
Homeschoolers (both kids and adults) can be lawmakers, politicians,
grocers, whatever, all while still being homeschoolers. I spend an
average of zero minutes a day at home teaching Cacie.
Ditto with living on a farm. I could still live here and be a police
officer, or state senator, or something. I suppose if I were president,
I'd be expected to live in the White House, but perhaps I could make some
design changes, put in an orchard or a few acres of corn...
Dar, needing diversion from unpacking boxes
> I'm having a discussion, sorta, with aWhat is a gregarian society? My dictionary didn't know either, and I
> friend. She said...
>
> "the problem I see with the entire world
> choosing to homeschool or live on a farm is
> that we would revert to a gregarian society,
> and anarchy, as there would be no law makers
> or politicians, or law keepers, or
> grocers..as all would be at home teaching our
> kids"
can't even see it as a misspelling of a word I know ;-) Although a
gregarious society sounded okay...
Homeschoolers (both kids and adults) can be lawmakers, politicians,
grocers, whatever, all while still being homeschoolers. I spend an
average of zero minutes a day at home teaching Cacie.
Ditto with living on a farm. I could still live here and be a police
officer, or state senator, or something. I suppose if I were president,
I'd be expected to live in the White House, but perhaps I could make some
design changes, put in an orchard or a few acres of corn...
Dar, needing diversion from unpacking boxes
Shyrley
Joylyn wrote:
ran their farms, bartered their goods etc and their kids did not go to
school. School as weknow it has only been around for the last hundred years
or so. the renaisaance still happened.
Shyrley
> I'm having a discussion, sorta, with aErrrr, point to History. Going-to-school is a very recent thing. Most people
> friend. She said...
>
> "the problem I see with the entire world
> choosing to homeschool or live on a farm is
> that we would revert to a gregarian society,
> and anarchy, as there would be no law makers
> or politicians, or law keepers, or
> grocers..as all would be at home teaching our
> kids"
>
> Please help me find words for why this simply
> is not true.
>
> Joylyn
>
ran their farms, bartered their goods etc and their kids did not go to
school. School as weknow it has only been around for the last hundred years
or so. the renaisaance still happened.
Shyrley
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"the problem I see with the entire world
choosing to homeschool or live on a farm is
that we would revert to a gregarian society,
and anarchy
**And what's wrong with that? ;o)
<<as there would be no law makers
or politicians, or law keepers, or
grocers..as all would be at home teaching our
kids">>
ALL of us? only about half really. and kids do grow up.
~Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein
choosing to homeschool or live on a farm is
that we would revert to a gregarian society,
and anarchy
**And what's wrong with that? ;o)
<<as there would be no law makers
or politicians, or law keepers, or
grocers..as all would be at home teaching our
kids">>
ALL of us? only about half really. and kids do grow up.
~Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein
Amy Scott
> What is a gregarian society?i'm thinking agrarian
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In a message dated 3/21/02 2:23:23 PM, freeform@... writes:
<< What is a gregarian society? >>
agrarian, probably was meant
<< What is a gregarian society? >>
agrarian, probably was meant
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> "the problem I see with the entire worldWell - GOSH - many of us have found ways to pursue a career and homeschool,
> choosing to homeschool or live on a farm is
> that we would revert to a gregarian society,
> and anarchy, as there would be no law makers
> or politicians, or law keepers, or
> grocers..as all would be at home teaching our
> kids"
so there is THAT argument to start with. And the child-rearing years aren't
forever, either, by the way - so people can take time out of other careers
to homeschool their kids. Here are a number of scenarios:
A woman goes to college or pursues a career while in her 20's and has two
children at 30 and 32 years old. For then next 13 years she devotes all her
time to being a homeschooling mom and then, when her youngest is 13 and mom
is 43, she returns to her career on a part-time basis for the next five years
and then, at 48, she returns full time.
Father and mother both continue to pursue full-time careers, juggling
schedules so one of them is always available to the kids. Exhausting, but
people do it.
Father and/or mother creates a home-based business so that one or both can be
available to the kids.
Mom has kids young - the last one by the time she is, say, 22. When her
youngest is about 13, mom is 35 and she decides to start her own business.
Or, maybe the 35 yo mom decides to go to college and she takes her time and
graduates when she is 40, ready to launch a new career now that her youngest
child is 18.
Or maybe, like me, mom pursues college, grad school, and full-time career and
then has her kids while in her 30's and, at that time, cuts down to a small
amount of part-time work in her field. Maybe she'll go back full-time when
her youngest is grown - or maybe she'll just stick with the part-time level
until she retires.
Or maybe mom continues to work full-time and dad pursues part-time work in
HIS field so that he can spend considerable time with the kids.
So - those are examples that you could use. But what I resent about this is
the implication that homeschooling/parenting is not a productive pursuit
itself. That is so sad.
And a society that was more child-friendly would be one where it was even
EASIER to move more flexibly in and out of other kinds of productive
activities.
--pam
Sharon Rudd
>perhaps it is social socially as in a gregarious group
> << What is a gregarian society? >>
>
> agrarian, probably was meant
Sharon of the Swamp
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