On 15 Feb 2004 08:24:59 -0800, (Dan Caster) wrote:

I don't know too much about home schooling, but my niece lives in
Alaska and is home schooling her daughter. My sister ( her mother )
told me that in Alaska home schooled children have to take tests and
pass to be home schooled.


That's probably true of most counties, perhaps even ours. But having
rules and enforcing them are two different things. Here's an example
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,101277,00.html A 40lb 19 year-old,
church friends who claim the parents aren't responsible, and officials
powerless to prevent the problem even though they were under the
microscope owing to previous foul-ups. (remarkable improvements in
their conditions now that they're being fed properly) When stuff like
this can happen, you gotta' know that a lot of routine things are
being neglected.

In a perfect world, the words "home schooling" wouldn't become a
euphemism for "no schooling". Then again, in a perfect world you'd
have to demonstrate some proficiency in child rearing before...well,
you know what. I don't have cites to prove that the learn-as-you-go
method has problems. But there might be a parallel to society's
well-proven need to license fishermen. Hopefully Gunner will
"research" this for us. :-)

Wayne