Group Asks Court to Reconsider Removing Girl from Home School
Since I don't know all the particulars of this case, I'm not going to say whether or not this child should be made to go to public school. I will say, however, that it bothers me to see precedent set in this way:
"[E]ducation is by its nature an exploration and examination of new things," the court order read. "[A] child requires academic, social, cultural, and physical interaction with a variety of experiences, people, concepts, and surroundings in order to grow to an adult who can make intelligent decisions about how to achieve a productive and satisfying life."That is getting into dangerous territory when it comes to homeschooling rights, and the rights of parents to decide how their child should be raised and educated. I hope this ruling is overturned for that reason, alone.
2 comments:
I agree completely. I've never been interested in home schooling myself but it's certainly the right of every family to do this as long as they meet some basic standards.
Government overreach once again.
I almost blogged about this the other day. Makes me furious. I have a really old fashioned idea that education is about learning practical things like how to write a proper sentence and how to calculate how much wallpaper you need to buy.
I'm pretty sure that my high school did nothing to encourage me to make intelligent adult decisions. My freshman year of college had me careening from one bad decision to another. I did have fun. But I didn't exercise my intelligence. And I wasn't productive.
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