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I never set out to be a homeschool revolutionary
I think I write about it to remind myself everyday why I do it.
I am glad that my writing has opened the eyes of other people as well.
I am honored.
posted by
homegirl
on January 7, 2004 at 8:43 AM
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Cynthia
I like the idea but I know I lack the patience to do it.
However, My other half would be excellent
posted by
beachbelle
on January 7, 2004 at 8:15 AM
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DREAH, you are one of the few people who has managed to get me to look at
something I thought I disagreed with (like homeschooling) and made me see it in a whole new light.
posted by
Cynthia
on January 7, 2004 at 8:12 AM
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Thanks to all of you, WWW, Shawn, Wiley, ginnieb, Sophie and AbleE...
Your thoughtful comments are much appreciated, and Wiley particularly with your kind offers of help. I may just take you up on that.
posted by
Cynthia
on January 7, 2004 at 8:10 AM
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Cynthia:
re Shawn's recommendation of Gatto: Gatto is a good source but terrifically biased toward homeschooling and against public schools - almost to the point of being conspiracy theorist about it. He also espouses a sort of "Golden Years of the Past" philosophy which gets annoying as hell because at times it seems alarmingly short-sighted. Nonetheless, he does offer a unique and reasonably intelligent opinion on the matter and is definitely worth checking out on this issue 
posted by
WonkyWordsMistress
on January 5, 2004 at 2:28 PM
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My friend, I highly recommend the following to you: The Underground History of American Education, by John Taylor Gatto. It will forever put the lie to the notion that our public school system has any interest whatsoever in promoting or preserving democracy. Quite the opposite. Read it. It will scare the living crap out of you.
(And this from a schoolteacher...or, I should say, a former one.)
Shawn
posted by
ShawnMichel
on January 4, 2004 at 7:39 PM
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DREAH helped change the way I think on home-schooling too.
I moved from an inner city area to the suburbs before my daughter started school. I researched in-depth before deciding where to move. She is now in the fourth top-rated public school district in the state. In a public focus school - where she was on the waiting list and got in a week before school started. The district she was in prior to the move had a 50% graduation rate. I am just fortunate that I can afford to live here.
posted by
Bea_Yotch
on January 3, 2004 at 5:46 PM
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I have a niece who has two beautiful children who she intends to homeschool. She and her partner practice 'attached parenting' meaning, I think, that they are with them all the time. They all sleep together in one bed..the kids are two and four months..and they carry the baby around all the time. The results so far are two amazingly calm, gentle babes, the two-year old an intelligent, knowledgeable child! I am confident that they will do a great job homeschooling as well...seems like a great lifestyle.
posted by
ginnieb
on January 3, 2004 at 3:41 PM
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Cynthia,
good post alright, and your little grand-daughter will do just fine I'm sure. Isn't it hard to keep hands off ? Is it possible your daughter, being from "away", is living in a not so nice area of Montreal. If ever I can be of help, I have two daughters in Montreal suburbs, one in St. Lambert and one in Chateauguay, QC, both locations on the south shore. K & B have children, are each in their late 30's and both very kind and helpful mom's.
posted by
WileyJohn
on January 3, 2004 at 1:44 PM
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locally...
In a poignant news story about the parents of one of the victims of the Columbine massacre who have adopted, it was stated "these kids will never set foot in a government school."
posted by
Able_Ergot
on January 3, 2004 at 12:37 PM
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EXCELLENT POST
the old adage "what was good enough for me, is good enough for me kids" does not equate to schooling. Public schools (which I graduated from 15 years ago) and public schools today are two completely different monsters... and I was pretty scary when I was there.
posted by
homegirl
on January 3, 2004 at 9:41 AM
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