Kolleen

>Joyce writes:
>(The Bryants stance is they don't have to submit an education plan to be
>approved by the Superintendent since the compulsory attendance law is
>unconstitutional. One of the problems that prevents people from rallying
>around the case is that the education plan is not a much of a hoop to jump
>through (I use Carol Narigon's which I can pass on if anyone's interested)
>and the case law is very clear that the state can't dictate the manner of
>education so unschooling is very easy in MA.)


This is what I feel about this case in essence. Its not as outright
apalling as it seems at first.

The Bryants have decided to take on this fight of a constitution that is
surely up for interpretation. Additionally, they have decided to take it
on before getting support of least a few hundred other homeschoolers.
This leaves them at a disadvantage.

Their beleif that, and I quote "I consider this to be a spiritual battle.
It takes faith in God and conviction to truth." Is altruistic and beyond
anything I myself have the energy for.

As I have stated in the NY-Alert listserv, from where this discussion is
also heatedly taking place and also subcribed to by the Bryants, that one
takes on the big guys when one has enough voices behind them to listen.

Again, again and again I repeat. This is by no means an opinion to take
away from the emotional pain that the entire Bryant family is going
through.

regards,
kolleen