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Quoting ChrisMasterjohn@...:

> In a message dated 9/4/03 12:31:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> heidis@... writes:

>

> > I like it! Of course in an area like I live in, we wouldn't be able to

> > afford our school ... that is one problem with funding. The rich

> > areas would get better schools.

>

> I say trash the schools. The better the schools get, the lower the

> literacy rate gets, so I don't see the point.

If a school is producing illiterate graduates, then it isn't a good school,

is it? Perhaps you mean that there seems to be an inverse correlation

between funding and performance?

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> Sorry, I meant over time, not between current schools. I was just

> trying to

> say that schooling has become bigger, more complex, more compulsory,

> more

> extensive, over time, but according to several sources literacy rates

> are

> significantly worse now.

....which is why we homeschool our two. :)

Lynn S.

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> ...which is why we homeschool our two. :)

Hi Lynn ---

And we homeschool our three (ages 9, 12 and 14).

Perhaps there are other homeschoolers on this list, or some families who

are considering it --- although many of you would consider this subject

off-topic (and I wouldn't blame you at all), I think of home-based

learning (I prefer this expression to " homeschooling " because our family

doesn't do " school at home " ) as an extension of the health-promoting

life choices we make as NT/WAPF'ers. Not a necessity, of course ---

many, many happy, healthy families include children who attend school

--- but the experience of learning together as a family (and taking a

complete pass on the school experience) has been deeply rewarding and

emotionally enriching for us.

Pat

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I am very interested in this subject as I have a nearly 2yr old I would like to

learn with. Amy

Re: OT: Good schools

> ...which is why we homeschool our two. :)

Hi Lynn ---

And we homeschool our three (ages 9, 12 and 14).

Perhaps there are other homeschoolers on this list, or some families who

are considering it --- although many of you would consider this subject

off-topic (and I wouldn't blame you at all), I think of home-based

learning (I prefer this expression to " homeschooling " because our family

doesn't do " school at home " ) as an extension of the health-promoting

life choices we make as NT/WAPF'ers. Not a necessity, of course ---

many, many happy, healthy families include children who attend school

--- but the experience of learning together as a family (and taking a

complete pass on the school experience) has been deeply rewarding and

emotionally enriching for us.

Pat

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My wife and I homeschool 4 and 6 year old. I would not be surprised

to see a lot of homeschoolers here. To me, the choice to feed my

kids this way comes from the same root feeling as the choice to

homeschool them, finding our true nature as humans. To me much

modern schooling is as unnatural as the junk food people eat.

-Joe

> > ...which is why we homeschool our two. :)

>

> Hi Lynn ---

>

> And we homeschool our three (ages 9, 12 and 14).

>

> Perhaps there are other homeschoolers on this list, or some

families who

> are considering it --- although many of you would consider this

subject

> off-topic (and I wouldn't blame you at all), I think of home-based

> learning (I prefer this expression to " homeschooling " because our

family

> doesn't do " school at home " ) as an extension of the health-

promoting

> life choices we make as NT/WAPF'ers. Not a necessity, of course --

-

> many, many happy, healthy families include children who attend

school

> --- but the experience of learning together as a family (and

taking a

> complete pass on the school experience) has been deeply rewarding

and

> emotionally enriching for us.

>

> Pat

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