Brenda Voydatch has battled her ex-husband, Martin Kurowski, over the education of their daughter Amanda since she began home-schooling her in first grade. Last month, a Laconia (N.H.) family court judge adopted a marital master’s recommendation that it would be in the girl’s best interests to go to public school in the 2009-10 academic year.
“[T]he Court is guided … by the premise that a child requires academic, social, cultural, and physical interaction with a variety of experiences, people, concepts, and surroundings in order to grow into an adult who can make intelligent decisions about how to achieve a productive and satisfying life,” the master, Michael Garner, said in his order.
Kurowski had testified that “exposure to other points of view will decrease Amanda’s rigid adherence to her mother’s religious beliefs.”
#40–marylamb==”I’m home schooled and I’ve got a ton of friends. Same with my cousins who are also home schooled.” /// Hah, hah. Can you spot the unstated admission?
But to your main point, as far as I know the only measure of home school performance is their superlative testing on mandated tests.
Any other “objective” data points out there besides your family experience?
Catholic schools produce children merely riddled with guilt and shame. Home schooled kids will kill their entire family or become serial killers. I kind of lean toward the home schooling on the chance that the kid becomes the lifeguard in the gene pool.
#40 – How many people have you killed?
Shouldn’t the state be serving families, and not the other way around?
#41 Yes that is true but it’s not like SAT’s and such really don’t matter these days. More and more collages are not recurring them. Sure when I go into collage I’ll have to take some tests but it’s not really a big deal for me. Plus my mom meets quarterly with someone who reports to the state and they tell me and my mom what I need to improve on.
#43 None, bring up some instantiates when a home schooler killed someone.
Jewish kids go to their own “Hebrew School”s. Catholics can go to their own private schools. And nobody’s hassling these groups about public school “socialization”. They wouldn’t dare! Even the Quakers aren’t hassled about sending their kids to the state’s schools. But come anyone else, who isn’t grandfathered out of the system, that wants to home school their kids. And the government acts like the children have been kidnapped by an anti-social cult, of two (mom and dad). Not much more than a 100 years ago, some kids were home schooled simply because there were no schools where they lived. So why are the bureaucrats so worried that little Johnny or Mary won’t turn out right, if they don’t get a year of public school. Could it be because of the federally mandated curriculum that ensures exposure to things like Evolutionary theory, and alternative sexual lifestyles. The US government really has a huge worry that not enough children will be made to swallow Darwinism, and perverse sexual behaviors. Not to mention, hooking them on Football, Baseball, and other moneymaking spectator sports. Plus they need to allow the military to get a whack at them. “Career day” is just a front for military recruitment. There are no other career choices exposed to them.
If every parent put their kids thru home schooling. You can bet the Pentagon and Congress would have something to say about bring the kids around on “Career Day”, as mandatory! And of course, exposing them to Darwinism, makes it easier to sell the idea that the enemy is “less evolved” or inferior, and deserves to die. What does teaching about Jesus ever gotten this country, Peace?! Can’t have that, it’s not as profitable.
All US children should be force fed public school lunches, so they don’t turn out as vegetarians. Or at least healthy eaters. What would McDonald’s and Pizza Hut do without them? And forced to smoke at least one pack of cigarettes (what they would normally be exposed to in public schools). Or what would RJ Reynolds do with younger addicts? And force fed Darwinism, so they’ll learn to devalue life as just some freak accident, that’s gotten a mind that it’s sacred somehow. What would military do with a load of pacifists? And forced to play Football and Baseball, rather than some more efficient and less injurious exercise program. Or else what would the Football and Baseball Leagues do without young fans, to replace it dying ones.
Just how much of the American education curriculum is really based on reinforcing certain mainstream consumer values and political goals? They teach about every war America has ever fought. But nothing about diplomacy or negotiation. Any wonder, the US is lousy at these? And teaching that life is just a battle of the fittest, also supports this “war as solution to all” policy. The problem isn’t that home schooling might make children anti-social. It’s that public schooling makes them violence and sex crazed. Is that the kind of “socialism” that’s preferred?
#46, Glenn,
What does teaching about Jesus ever gotten this country,
Alphie.
#40, maryland,
Ignorance is usually blissful. Especially for those in denial.
Your post is indicative of a non inquieing mind. You make lots of “I think”, “ifs”, and “probably”, that you use to form a concrete opinion. No facts, just conjecture.
Well, here is something to add to your blank mind. And it is from FOX Spews.
So the judge objects to home-schooling itself. Hasn’t JCD posted about how computers can revolutionize education?
The whole diversity benefit is bogus. Used to be they were saying that black kids can only do well if they are sitting next to a white student. Now anyone can only do well if they are sitting next to other students? I thought smaller class size and one-on-one instruction are good things?
#45 Maryland157, if you’re going to brag about the higher quality of your home school edumacation, you might want to spellcheck your posts (“collage” for college, “instantiates” for instances).
#38, –> NH schools are underfunded, but NH has no income tax, so they get to keep more of their hard-earned dollars… giving their kids a crappy education is a small price to pay! (sarcasm)
SAY WHAT???
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#51 You realy expetc me to have perfeck engrish for a blogg comment.
#53 When you’re bragging about your superior education, yes.
#54 I was not bragging nor do I think my education is superior.
RE #46,
Gee, somedays are worse than others. Here, I just can’t spell.
Second paragraph, first line should read,
Your post is indicative of a non inquiring mind.
Geeze, I can’t even get my correction right. #56 should refer to #49.
#45, maryland,
While some colleges do not insist upon passing your SATs for entrance, most do. Unless you wanted to attend Liberty u, Oral Roberts U, or some other Fourth Tier school, then I would study a few things your mommy didn’t teach you.
Posts #56, #57 and #58 … the product of a Government education.
If daughter is in public school, daddy can’t compete with the young svelte boys there.