susan

hi,

just thought some people might be interested.

-susan

"taffie for Susan Frederick " wrote:

> Howdy, I asked homeschool author Linda Dobson directly what was going on
> with this show because I had heard she had been contacted.
>
> Here's her response:
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [NHEN] [Fwd: Homeschool on Oprah] Tuesday?
> Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 10:45:33 -0400
> From: Linda Dobson <ldobson@...>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> References: <38EC9EB8.6E49F66@...>
>
> Hi, Susan.
>
> I was contacted, along with a gazillion other folks, in regard to the
> show. The show will be *taped* Tuesday and, sorry, I forgot to ask when
> it
> will air (but I don't think it will be Tuesday).
>
> The show is part of what they call "Letters to Oprah." In response to
> Dr.
> Botstein's appearance on the show they received a lot of letters about
> hsing, as well as recommendations to do a show on the topic from
> audience
> guests. The producer kept talking about "segments," so I'm still not
> clear
> on whether or not the entire hour is hsing, or if part is hsing and
> another
> part about another topic of "letters to Oprah."
>
> The conflict about what kind of show it is, I think, comes from a lot of
> information flying through hsing grapevines. It *appears* that they are
> asking everyone they contact for "failure" stories of some sort. At the
> same time it was explained to me that they will probably go with one of
> the
> sociologists or psychologists they've already interviewed in an effort
> to
> appear "neutral" on the subject. The sociologist/psychologist they have
> in
> mind would be one who has "worked with homeschoolers" and has "no agenda
> of
> his/her own on the topic."
>
> Bottom line? I don't think they have the slightest idea of what they're
> doing - I don't think anyone at Oprah has read two lines of any hsing
> book
> - and I don't know why, if the sociologist/psychologist is the case,
> they
> are following through with 3 or more phone calls to people like me.
>
> Hope this helps clear things up,
> Linda