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Comment on News 9 hates homeschoolers by: JiggaDigga

Sat, 08 Apr 2006 03:28:55 +0000

Great reading, keep up the great posts.
Peace, JiggaDigga

Comment on News 9 hates homeschoolers by: Joel

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:05:39 +0000

Good for you Sean! Of course what can you expect from a small market TV weasel? I’m just surprised those guys can actually remember to breathe.

Comment on News 9 hates homeschoolers by: Sean

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:09:09 +0000

No, that was a human. Not sure what it was all about, though. Mrs. Anderson says some of my remarks were “WRONG,” even though she allows that they were right, because I should never take “STABS” at people with whom I disagree? I should think it was obvious that my gentle correction of Mr. Winkler’s errors was done out of love, just as our Lord chastised the Pharisees out of love.

Mrs. Anderson: when I point out errors of fact in a shoddy piece of reporting, these are not subjective “impressions” which may be attributed to “feelings” or “beliefs” of mine, or yours. In his story, Nick Winkler said that homeschooling is legal only because powerful homeschool lobbyists have bribed the legislature. This assertion is quite simply either true or false, regardless of how you feel about whether God called you to homeschool your daughter. My own calling is to tell the truth, and to correct falsehood, sometimes to ridicule it.

Comment on News 9 hates homeschoolers by: feebee

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:11:28 +0000

Did you let the AVM loose again Sean?

Comment on News 9 hates homeschoolers by: SHANNON ANDERSON

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:53:22 +0000

I’D LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM A CHRISTIAN AND I FIND SEVERAL OF THE REMARKS THAT WERE MADE WRONG, NOT BECAUSE OF HOW YOU BELIEVE BUT HOW YOU STATED IT BY TAKING STABS AT THOSE YOU THINK DON’T AGREE WITH YOU. I WILL NOT HOMESCHOOL MY CHILD, NOT BECAUSE I THINK IT IS WRONG BUT BECAUSE I DON’T FEEL LIKE GOD IS CALLING ME TO THAT. I SAW THE STORY THAT NICK DID AND I DID NOT GET THE IMPRESSION YOU APPARENTLY DID. DO YOU THINK THAT MAYBE YOU SAW IT THAT WAY BECAUSE YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND YOUR BELIEFS ABOUT THE SUBJECT? I’VE KNOWN SEVERAL HOMESCHOOLED CHILDREN AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT SOME PEOPLE, NOT THE MAJORITY, DO HIDE BEHIND IT AND IN THAT CASE IT IS A DISSERVICE TO THE CHILD. I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD SERIOUSLY THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK, DON’T RIDICULE , SPEAK IN LOVE AS CHRIST WOULD!

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Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:39:32 +0000

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Comment on News 9 hates homeschoolers by: Scott Woodruff

Tue, 20 Sep 2005 19:58:11 +0000

Most child abuse ocurrs BEFORE children reach compulsory attendance age. The home school-public school issue is irrelevant for those children.

Scott Woodruff
Home School Legal Defense Association

Comment on News 9 hates homeschoolers by: Melinda Lyons

Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:55:32 +0000

I am a homeschooling mom. We have tried public school and private school. We are happiest at home and my daughter is flourishing intellectually, physically and spiritually.
I was a publicly schooled child. I was also sexually and emotionally abused. My teachers never commented on that fact until much later when I was an adult. I hear things like, “Oh, I am so glad that you have turned out okay. I was so worried about your home life.” Really. And you didn’t say anything because….
Public school failed me. I made good grades, but if public school is supposed to protect children from home abuse as Winkler implies, then it is doing a poor job.Our public education system now is a failure due to poor legislation by people who have not spent any time in a classroom and by too much busy work put on our teachers. There are always children who will fall through the cracks, whether homeschooled or not. It is so unfortunate. And I believe there is a place in hell for those that do abuse children. But by and large, homeschool children excel in their studies, in their extra curricular activities, in volunteer services and in their ethics. I think perhaps Mr. Winkler could use a bit of homeschooling himself.

Comment on News 9 hates homeschoolers by: Renee Camille

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:19:03 +0000

this was one of the best and funniest things I’ve been linked to all year. GREAT job. Well said and done.

Comment on News 9 hates homeschoolers by: Lori Hill

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:48:06 +0000

A school superintendent actually recommended that I continue homeschooling my seven-year-old son. My son went into kindergarten at age 5 already reading well but at the end of the year the kindergarten teacher recommended T-1 (a year in between kindergarten and first) because he wouldn’t color in the lines and handwriting was sloppy. Instead of letting him go to T-1 to learn to color better, I homeschooled for one year and then had him tested by an Oklahoma SDE certified school psychologist . After one year of homeschooling, my son is two grade levels advanced in math. He is able to read at a very high level and comprehension is at 5th grade level.

If I had left him in public school he might have learned to color better.

I believe children who are ready, willing and able to learn should be allowed to learn as much as they want. This doesn’t happen in public school. I think bright children are left behind in public school. I won’t let that happen to my child.