“the only kids that mattered at the school where the jocks.”
“Both were too intelligent to do crap homework that involved "MOM" running all over town for stupid projects that meant nothing and wasted money.”
“Not all of us, however, are gifted with local schools worth noting. Many of my son’s friends that stayed in the local high school had very low grades/ACT scores whereas he managed a 26 on the ACT with his first and only try.”
“One of my son's professors told him that the home school students usually did much better adjusting to college and studying than did the high schoolers.”
“HOME SCHOOL RULES”
“I was using that as a fact that he was better prepared than the high school kids at his old school.”
“Since TSC obviously has geniuses for children, or had them take the test 30 times like so many others, good for him.”
“White flight is a fact from bad school systems, although its not just 'whites' leaving.”
“To the others, find another thread as I will no longer respond to this one or ever even read these forums again. I see one thing you all learned and kept from your high school days was the art of bullying. Isn't that a fine example of what our school systems are teaching?”
“homeschoolers would have liked for their kids to go to public school if they felt it was safe and their kids could get a good education”
The above are all quotes of yours, littlemeanmama. Now Kindred shares that her kids are finished with high school. She stated that it’s a case-by-case decision. She also shared that her oldest child who went to public school scored the same as her youngest child that was home schooled. She praised home schooling but she did it without putting down public schools.
My kids are in public schools. If you will look at the high school rankings here , you will see that there are two public high schools in our area that are ranked very high. The free available rankings are from the year 2004. The school report card we received when registering our 3 children at the beginning of this school year has Muscle Shoals even higher on the list for the 2006-07 rankings.
I understand you started this thread to get information/opinions about home schooling, but with the above statements that you’ve made on a public forum that seem to insinuate that sending your child to public schools will result in a bad education, what did you expect to hear for the parents of children in public schools?
Had you, for example, stated that you were starting a non profit group for parents of home schooled children and would like information or opinions to help those get started, then it wouldn’t have seemed like such a home school vs. public school thread. It’s great that your children have done well, but since they are through with high school and are well on their way in college, why do you need information about home school? You stated, “Amanda was kind enough to give me some inside tips so thank you and your Mom.” Why do you need “inside tips”?
When a democrat talks about their political views, it’s their right. When they start calling Republicans names, that’s when it becomes offensive to the Republican and vice versa. When an atheist has their beliefs, it’s their right and that’s fine. But when they start making fun of Christian beliefs and start spouting off hatred toward the Christian belief, then it becomes offensive to the Christian and vice versa. Home school vs. Public school, likewise.
I'm not sure why you feel the need not to post here because of your feelings: "I was hurt very deeply by the recent scathing attacks on me for trying to post an informative thread. I do not understand why
any one would willing ask for that kind of verbal abuse." And then to say "
Goodbye and enjoy attacking someone else. I am not playing the game anymore." It's only a forum. Heck. I usually only check in on this forum a couple of times a week and that's mainly because of one poster-Interventor. Dude is smart! And well, vick13 is pretty funny to read as well.