homeschooling article
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As I read the article (and I apologize for being so late----yahoo vs aol is
SOOO infuriating, plus we were OOT for four days. So sorry), I saw the benefits
of what he was trying to convey with the IDEA of living in the real world as
opposed to schooling at home or HOMEschooling. But I cringed throughout the
piece. It *could* be that I'm an atheist in the heart of the Bible Belt. <BWG>
It *could* be that because of my geographical location I'm just a bit more
hypersensitive to "fundie-speak" than the average Joe. Could be.
But even as I read it, I knew that I could probably send it to my in-laws and
that it might strike a cord with them. I won't, though. I couldn't in good
faith promote *anything* along those lines. Remove the bigotry, the hatred, the
euphemisms, and the bold-face religious aspect, and it might work for me.
Like I said, the overall message is good---it's the underlying CRAP that does it
in!
But this guy has an agenda. He also leaves his website available so that
unsuspecting folks will wander in and maybe "see the light" (just like Sandra
does----it's not ALL evil! <G>). On the bright side, I guess it *could* help the
fundies see that they DON'T have to worship Bob Jones and Abeka and Sonlight
and that it *could* help their children to have happier, more joyful lives. So
I've got to give him that.
I don't believe that the article was written for *US*; his audience is really
right-wing, fundamentalist Christians who (in my opinion) DO need to lighten
up and see that learning exists in the great, big, wild, wide world (although
he might argue that the world shouldn't be *that* great*, *that* big, *that*
wild, or *that* wide!). But I'll give him credit for trying to open up their
"schooling" world a bit!
Maybe I'll rewrite it to be more "unschoolingly politically correct". <g> You
notice he NEVER used that word, "unschooling"----it would put off too many of
his audience members! I'll work on that today and see whether it can be
fixed. Until then, I'll definitely refrain from sending it on!
~Kelly
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SOOO infuriating, plus we were OOT for four days. So sorry), I saw the benefits
of what he was trying to convey with the IDEA of living in the real world as
opposed to schooling at home or HOMEschooling. But I cringed throughout the
piece. It *could* be that I'm an atheist in the heart of the Bible Belt. <BWG>
It *could* be that because of my geographical location I'm just a bit more
hypersensitive to "fundie-speak" than the average Joe. Could be.
But even as I read it, I knew that I could probably send it to my in-laws and
that it might strike a cord with them. I won't, though. I couldn't in good
faith promote *anything* along those lines. Remove the bigotry, the hatred, the
euphemisms, and the bold-face religious aspect, and it might work for me.
Like I said, the overall message is good---it's the underlying CRAP that does it
in!
But this guy has an agenda. He also leaves his website available so that
unsuspecting folks will wander in and maybe "see the light" (just like Sandra
does----it's not ALL evil! <G>). On the bright side, I guess it *could* help the
fundies see that they DON'T have to worship Bob Jones and Abeka and Sonlight
and that it *could* help their children to have happier, more joyful lives. So
I've got to give him that.
I don't believe that the article was written for *US*; his audience is really
right-wing, fundamentalist Christians who (in my opinion) DO need to lighten
up and see that learning exists in the great, big, wild, wide world (although
he might argue that the world shouldn't be *that* great*, *that* big, *that*
wild, or *that* wide!). But I'll give him credit for trying to open up their
"schooling" world a bit!
Maybe I'll rewrite it to be more "unschoolingly politically correct". <g> You
notice he NEVER used that word, "unschooling"----it would put off too many of
his audience members! I'll work on that today and see whether it can be
fixed. Until then, I'll definitely refrain from sending it on!
~Kelly
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What you wrote is pretty much where I was at on it. Here many HSers do follow
a religion and would benefit from relaxing and I agree this article was
saying just that to them.
I should not have forwarded it to this list and NO I dont think many if any
on this list need the sting (to relax) from a religious end. I do however think
that those who know others may benefit from some of the comments especially
the curriculum part. It would have been misleading for me to pick the post
apart and send to the list but for others sake I totally would and did.
Laura-Who also has not seen a yahoo email in days..today I get one?....
<<<As I read the article (and I apologize for being so late----yahoo vs aol
is
SOOO infuriating, plus we were OOT for four days. So sorry), I saw the
benefits
of what he was trying to convey with the IDEA of living in the real world as
opposed to schooling at home or HOMEschooling. But I cringed throughout the
piece. It *could* be that I'm an atheist in the heart of the Bible Belt.
<BWG>
It *could* be that because of my geographical location I'm just a bit more
hypersensitive to "fundie-speak" than the average Joe. Could be.
But even as I read it, I knew that I could probably send it to my in-laws and
that it might strike a cord with them. I won't, though. I couldn't in good
faith promote *anything* along those lines. Remove the bigotry, the hatred,
the
euphemisms, and the bold-face religious aspect, and it might work for me.
Like I said, the overall message is good---it's the underlying CRAP that does
it
in!
But this guy has an agenda. He also leaves his website available so that
unsuspecting folks will wander in and maybe "see the light" (just like Sandra
does----it's not ALL evil! <G>). On the bright side, I guess it *could* help
the
fundies see that they DON'T have to worship Bob Jones and Abeka and Sonlight
and that it *could* help their children to have happier, more joyful lives.
So
I've got to give him that.
I don't believe that the article was written for *US*; his audience is really
right-wing, fundamentalist Christians who (in my opinion) DO need to lighten
up and see that learning exists in the great, big, wild, wide world (although
he might argue that the world shouldn't be *that* great*, *that* big, *that*
wild, or *that* wide!). But I'll give him credit for trying to open up their
"schooling" world a bit!
Maybe I'll rewrite it to be more "unschoolingly politically correct". <g> You
notice he NEVER used that word, "unschooling"----it would put off too many of
his audience members! I'll work on that today and see whether it can be
fixed. Until then, I'll definitely refrain from sending it on!
~Kelly
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a religion and would benefit from relaxing and I agree this article was
saying just that to them.
I should not have forwarded it to this list and NO I dont think many if any
on this list need the sting (to relax) from a religious end. I do however think
that those who know others may benefit from some of the comments especially
the curriculum part. It would have been misleading for me to pick the post
apart and send to the list but for others sake I totally would and did.
Laura-Who also has not seen a yahoo email in days..today I get one?....
<<<As I read the article (and I apologize for being so late----yahoo vs aol
is
SOOO infuriating, plus we were OOT for four days. So sorry), I saw the
benefits
of what he was trying to convey with the IDEA of living in the real world as
opposed to schooling at home or HOMEschooling. But I cringed throughout the
piece. It *could* be that I'm an atheist in the heart of the Bible Belt.
<BWG>
It *could* be that because of my geographical location I'm just a bit more
hypersensitive to "fundie-speak" than the average Joe. Could be.
But even as I read it, I knew that I could probably send it to my in-laws and
that it might strike a cord with them. I won't, though. I couldn't in good
faith promote *anything* along those lines. Remove the bigotry, the hatred,
the
euphemisms, and the bold-face religious aspect, and it might work for me.
Like I said, the overall message is good---it's the underlying CRAP that does
it
in!
But this guy has an agenda. He also leaves his website available so that
unsuspecting folks will wander in and maybe "see the light" (just like Sandra
does----it's not ALL evil! <G>). On the bright side, I guess it *could* help
the
fundies see that they DON'T have to worship Bob Jones and Abeka and Sonlight
and that it *could* help their children to have happier, more joyful lives.
So
I've got to give him that.
I don't believe that the article was written for *US*; his audience is really
right-wing, fundamentalist Christians who (in my opinion) DO need to lighten
up and see that learning exists in the great, big, wild, wide world (although
he might argue that the world shouldn't be *that* great*, *that* big, *that*
wild, or *that* wide!). But I'll give him credit for trying to open up their
"schooling" world a bit!
Maybe I'll rewrite it to be more "unschoolingly politically correct". <g> You
notice he NEVER used that word, "unschooling"----it would put off too many of
his audience members! I'll work on that today and see whether it can be
fixed. Until then, I'll definitely refrain from sending it on!
~Kelly
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