tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114569.post2034799799024111949..comments2023-10-28T08:10:09.173-05:00Comments on Alasandra's Homeschool Blog: Respect is a two way streetAlastriona, The Cats and Dogs http://www.blogger.com/profile/13233710830920626326noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114569.post-88443523317120439712008-05-21T07:40:00.000-05:002008-05-21T07:40:00.000-05:00Truthfully, yes. Especially since I don't think we...Truthfully, yes. Especially since I don't think we ever finished a single textbook when I was in school And it was one of my children's chief complaints. They never got to the end of the textbook.Alastriona, The Cats and Dogs https://www.blogger.com/profile/13233710830920626326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114569.post-14814323542100984022008-05-21T06:58:00.000-05:002008-05-21T06:58:00.000-05:00"Even if it's in the textbook the majority of stud..."Even if it's in the textbook the majority of students will not read it, if it's not assigned."<BR/><BR/>Scienish, schmience, isn't that the worst commentary of all on the effects of public do-gooderism. . .JJ Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493570025415687789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114569.post-44584061507250742882008-05-21T05:18:00.000-05:002008-05-21T05:18:00.000-05:00Thanks for the link Doc. I look forward to checkin...Thanks for the link Doc. I look forward to checking it out.<BR/><BR/>A great many of the publically educated people I know are CREATIONIST! <BR/><BR/>I don't remember ever having a science class where we were "taught" evolution. In fact the teacher usually skipped over that chapter. Annoying student that I was I always read the whole textbook, unlike the majority of my peers. Mississippi has seem to hit upon the perfect strategy for staying out of the debate while keeping it's preference for CREATIONISM, just ignore it. Even if it's in the textbook the majority of students will not read it, if it's not assigned.Alastriona, The Cats and Dogs https://www.blogger.com/profile/13233710830920626326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114569.post-51677864339681106182008-05-20T20:36:00.000-05:002008-05-20T20:36:00.000-05:00The most vocal (and coincidently, the most ignoran...The most vocal (and coincidently, the most ignorant) of the homeschool critics like to harp on a couple of issues; socialization, the myth of which has been repudiated time and time again, and science education (as it relates to creationism). The missing part of the discussion is that few public school systems spend any amount of time on the single issue of evolution - they don't. A majority of Americans, who are the product of public schooling, can no more explain evolution in simple terms than the average Christian homeschooler (and I'm betting, due to the fact that most Christian homeschoolers teach evolution, as a fallacy, but they still teach it, that the Christian homeschooler knows MORE about evolutionary theory than the average publicly schooled american). On one of the excellent scienceblogs, as opposed to the ridiculous parody-of-scienceblog, PJ Myers links this study of American evolutionary education.<BR/><A HREF="http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0060124&ct=1" REL="nofollow">Evolution and Creationism in America's Classrooms: A National Portrait</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114569.post-2828748643773111232008-05-20T16:25:00.000-05:002008-05-20T16:25:00.000-05:00..........like fingernails on a chalk board.I do k.............like fingernails on a chalk board.<BR/><BR/>I do know a few homeschoolers, usually of the fundamentalist variety that insist everyone should homeschool because your children will suffer irreparable damage if you send them to public school. I always feel like strangling them.<BR/><BR/>Then of course there are the fundamentalist that insist you should send your children to public school to be SALT.<BR/><BR/>And then there are those annoying anti~homeschoolers.<BR/><BR/>Why don't they all get a life and stop worrying about everyone else's.Alastriona, The Cats and Dogs https://www.blogger.com/profile/13233710830920626326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114569.post-82870015832784589902008-05-20T11:30:00.000-05:002008-05-20T11:30:00.000-05:00There's a radio commercial on the conservative tal...There's a radio commercial on the conservative talk channel here, that grates on me in exactly this vein. An unidentified announcer woman's very serious, confidential-sounding voice says: "We need to talk. It's about YOUR children . . ."JJ Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493570025415687789noreply@blogger.com