On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 14:28:20 GMT, wrote:

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 06:01:25 GMT, Gunner
wrote:

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 00:35:11 GMT, wrote:

Exactly. I live in the boonies, and there are quite a few
home-schooled kids in the area. Any talk of them doing better as a
group than public-school kids is just nuts. And it's easy to see why
if you look at the reasons many of the boonie parents don't send their
youngns' to school - 1. won't, or can't afford to drive them 15 miles
one-way twice a day to meet the bus. 2. don't want them to associate
with non-fundies....ever. 3. didn't go to school themselves, so don't
see the need. sigh Given the circumstances and attitudes, overall
success rates are bound to be pitiful.

When generalizing about groups, I don't see how statistics can be
meaningful considering how many home-schooled kids live below the
radar. In our county there probably isn't a practical way for
officials to know that the kids *exist*, must less how well they're
schooled.

Wayne

I see a post full of assumptions. Where are the test scores of those
children?


I don't know.... same place as the soap and water? If they aren't
bathed, then it isn't likely that they're getting much of an
education. If the parents aren't too bright, it's not likely that
they're going to be teaching much. If kids aren't socialized, it's
unlikely that they're well adjusted. If officials don't have a way to
know that home-schooled kids live in their district, it's unlikely
that the kids have been tested. If the parents meet visitors at the
gate with a rifle, it's unlikely they'd agree to have their kids
tested. But hey, those are all just assumptions, and I'm sure that
you're about to tell me that a guy with a two dozen beer a day habit
*could* be giving math lessons in his shack, and his kids are
*probably* better off than if they'd gone to gasp public school.

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Once again all I see are assumptions and some generic claims.
When you can provide some data, Id be happy to look it over, but until
then, its noted as your opinion.

My posts included anecdotes based on personal observations and
discussion with local home-schoolers. I note that you're quite happy
to use anecdotes elsewhere in the discussion to support your own
position. Besides, where would you expect anyone to get statistics for
people who go out of their way to avoid being included in statistics?
Most of these people refused to participate in the census, much less
in education studies.

BTW, who are you and what did you do with that other gunner who's so
fond of the "walks like a duck...." homily?

Wayne

I only use it as needed. I dont use a hammer to cut grooves in
inconel.

Gunner

What you mean is, when you see something obvious and are questioned
about your observations, you're happy to fall back on a homily. But
when someone else comments on the obvious, you insist on "research",
which you seem to think is copying and pasting URLs no matter which
quack sites they link to.

Wayne

Sorry. You are once again wrong. Looks like its habitual with you.
Bummer

Gunner
"To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem.
To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized,
merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas