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> Oprah Winfrey Responds to HSLDA
>
> In response to our open letter to the Oprah Winfrey Show, HSLDA President
> Mike Smith received a call from Tim Bennett, the President of Harpo
> Productions. Mr. Bennett conveyed that there had been an oversight when
> homeschoolers were excluded from "Oprah's National High School Essay
> Contest," but that it was too late to amend the rules to include
> homeschoolers.
>
> Yesterday, HSLDA received a written reply from Harpo Productions, Inc.
> which recognized that "...homeschooling is an important contributor to the
> educational success of this country."
>
> HSLDA congratulates Oprah Winfrey for acknowledging that homeschooling is
> a viable educational alternative and entitled to equal treatment.
>
>

Lesa McMahon-Lowe

thanks for posting that... I can stop boycotting Oprah now. :)

Lesa

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From: Mother Earth \(Tyra\)
Date: 02/15/06 18:18:21
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Peace
Tyra
Kasamba Spiritual Expert
http://www.kasamba.com/Tyra-O



> Oprah Winfrey Responds to HSLDA
>
> In response to our open letter to the Oprah Winfrey Show, HSLDA President
> Mike Smith received a call from Tim Bennett, the President of Harpo
> Productions. Mr. Bennett conveyed that there had been an oversight when
> homeschoolers were excluded from "Oprah's National High School Essay
> Contest," but that it was too late to amend the rules to include
> homeschoolers.
>
> Yesterday, HSLDA received a written reply from Harpo Productions, Inc.
> which recognized that "...homeschooling is an important contributor to the
> educational success of this country."
>
> HSLDA congratulates Oprah Winfrey for acknowledging that homeschooling is
> a viable educational alternative and entitled to equal treatment.
>
>



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My children are too young to enter but the wording in their rules makes me
wonder if they intended to exclude homeschoolers. Am I paranoid? It states that
applicants must currently be enrolled and in good standing in a public,
private or parochial school. They (the producers and creators of this contest) must
be aware of the homeschoolers winning contests across the country so it
doesn't sit well with me.


In a message dated 2/16/2006 7:16:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,
lesajm@... writes:
Mike Smith received a call from Tim Bennett, the President of Harpo
> Productions. Mr. Bennett conveyed that there had been an oversight when
> homeschoolers were excluded from "Oprah's National High School Essay
> Contest," but that it was too late to amend the rules to include
> homeschoolers.
>
> Yesterday, HSLDA received a written reply from Harpo Productions, Inc.
> which recognized that "...homeschooling is an important contributor to the
> educational success of this country."
>
> HSLDA congratulates Oprah Winfrey for acknowledging that homeschooling is
> a viable educational alternative and entitled to equal treatment.
>
.
That is a lovely response but my feeling is that since it was "too late to
amend the rules to include homeschoolers" for this contest they should offer an
essay contest exclusively for homeschoolers. I'm writing to Oprah to let them
know that they may have missed out on the most amazing essays created in the
free thinking brilliant minds of homeschooled young adults.

Wouldn't they be amazed if they received more essay entries for a hs contest
than they did from the public school enrolled kids?


Here's the link if anyone else wants to write:
http://www.oprah.com/email/tows/email_tows_main.jhtml

Warmly,
Robin in MA


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Daniel MacIntyre

"Too little, too late" - That was my first reaction on reading this too.

On 2/16/06, ohpurple1@... <ohpurple1@...> wrote:
>
> My children are too young to enter but the wording in their rules makes me
> wonder if they intended to exclude homeschoolers. Am I paranoid? It states
> that
> applicants must currently be enrolled and in good standing in a public,
> private or parochial school. They (the producers and creators of this
> contest) must
> be aware of the homeschoolers winning contests across the country so it
> doesn't sit well with me.
>
>
> In a message dated 2/16/2006 7:16:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> lesajm@... writes:
> Mike Smith received a call from Tim Bennett, the President of Harpo
> > Productions. Mr. Bennett conveyed that there had been an oversight when
> > homeschoolers were excluded from "Oprah's National High School Essay
> > Contest," but that it was too late to amend the rules to include
> > homeschoolers.
> >
> > Yesterday, HSLDA received a written reply from Harpo Productions, Inc.
> > which recognized that "...homeschooling is an important contributor to
> the
> > educational success of this country."
> >
> > HSLDA congratulates Oprah Winfrey for acknowledging that homeschooling
> is
> > a viable educational alternative and entitled to equal treatment.
> >
> .
> That is a lovely response but my feeling is that since it was "too late to
> amend the rules to include homeschoolers" for this contest they should
> offer an
> essay contest exclusively for homeschoolers. I'm writing to Oprah to let
> them
> know that they may have missed out on the most amazing essays created in
> the
> free thinking brilliant minds of homeschooled young adults.
>
> Wouldn't they be amazed if they received more essay entries for a hs
> contest
> than they did from the public school enrolled kids?
>
>
> Here's the link if anyone else wants to write:
> http://www.oprah.com/email/tows/email_tows_main.jhtml
>
> Warmly,
> Robin in MA
>
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