Bonnie Painter

I agree that these are fascinating facts, but I do not agree that it is the
"it takes a village" mentality. I personally feel that it does take a
village to raise a child. By homeschooling, I am chosing my village, not
just handing them over to whoever the state feels is capable of helping me
to raise them...

Bonnie



>
>Public schools these days (and even many private schools that accept
>state/federal $$) are not about education, they are about indoctrination ~
>the "it takes a village" mentality.<<

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Lynda

I have to agree, Bonnie. The whole "it takes a village" thing has been
perverted and turned around. It originally was used to mean the
old-fashioned town where everyone knew everyone, you had an extended family
close at hand and you didn't have to worry about your kids because even if
you weren't there right at the moment that they needed you, you knew
someone else would be.

It is very much the traditional Native American way of looking at children
also. And that sure isn't packing them off to brain-washing school each
day.

Politics, yuck, they ruin everything they touch or come near!

Lynda

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> From: Bonnie Painter <bonniepainter@...>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] A note from our local homeschooling
chapter
> Date: Thursday, August 31, 2000 1:51 PM
>
>
> I agree that these are fascinating facts, but I do not agree that it is
the
> "it takes a village" mentality. I personally feel that it does take a
> village to raise a child. By homeschooling, I am chosing my village, not

> just handing them over to whoever the state feels is capable of helping
me
> to raise them...
>
> Bonnie
>
>
>
> >
> >Public schools these days (and even many private schools that accept
> >state/federal $$) are not about education, they are about indoctrination
~
> >the "it takes a village" mentality.<<
>
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In a message dated 8/31/2000 3:36:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
lurine@... writes:

> I have to agree, Bonnie. The whole "it takes a village" thing has been
> perverted and turned around. It originally was used to mean the
> old-fashioned town where everyone knew everyone, you had an extended family
> close at hand and you didn't have to worry about your kids because even if
> you weren't there right at the moment that they needed you, you knew
> someone else would be.
>

I also think everyone behaved better because we didn't want to embarrass
ourselves in front of the entire community. Worked for kids and adults.

Eiraul