BF2S Forums Should homeschooling be legal?

Roc18 wrote:

War Man wrote:

Macbeth wrote:

If I recall correctly the state doesn't recognize your homeschooling? I'm curious as to what your parents think about the situation in you are in.

Insistent that I'm having a better education than if I was in a public school, can't provide any good arguments against that. At least I am not willing to bother as they will still continue on with their thinking and I have no other pathway to take.

By the way, my state doesn't recognize my homeschooling? Where did you get that?

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>Say Public Schooling is shit
>Now saying Public Schooling would make you better off

Make up your mind War Man

-Sh1fty- wrote:

Suffer? MacBeth how dense are you? I was only homeschooled for 2 years and I have just as much of a social life as any public schooled child. I spent too few years going to church and hanging around the right people. I only wish I was more like the ~50 homeschoolers I went to a dance with last night.

You say they're narrow-minded? I don't think so at all. Just because you are religious doesn't make you narrow-minded. If open-minded means you accept new ideas and whatnot that are contrary to scriptures than that's not being religious. In fact I'd say open-minded is a con is most cases meaning you're willing to accept any random crap that pops out somebody's "certified" mouth.

I don't think the government should have a say in things like, don't take drugs, don't drink alcohol until x,y, or z age, age of consent, etc. I think parents should be in charge of their children and they have a right to raise their child as they see fit. This is supposed to be a free country. I think homosexuality is a sin, but I don't hate homosexuals. I know a few of them, some have stayed gay/lesbian and others have turned back; therefore I agree with the girl that it isn't genetic but that people have a choice.

You guys need to stop bashing on homeschoolers and religious folks. Just because you have differing opinions doesn't mean yours are correct. In fact that would be narrow-minded.

Sh1fty wrote:

In fact I'd say open-minded is a con is most cases meaning you're willing to accept any random crap that pops out somebody's "certified" mouth.

-Whiteroom- wrote:

well shifty has recently realized that his amazing homeschooling has crushed his ability to get his dream job... and that job doesn't exactly have high standards.

jord wrote:

The problem obviously lies with children not being able to have a choice, and the route they're being forced down is probably going to have a negative impact on them in the long run. Adults dying from stupid shit is natural selection, children too young to know isn't, it's a tragedy.

Finray wrote:

Gays have as much choice in wanting to bum guys as you or I have in wanting to bum ladies.

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

Finray wrote:

Gays have as much choice in wanting to bum guys as you or I have in wanting to bum ladies.

You're giving an awful lot of control to parents here Shifty. Do you think there's any value in that? See child abuse is a major problem where I live and the common theme whenever an episode comes up is that parents feel they have they right to do what they want with their kids. This can often involve harsh disciplinary measures or indoctrination into questionable beliefs. Some people just shouldn't be parents Shifty, that's the crux of the matter. What's more is that children shouldn't be the property of their parents, it can't be a matter of essentially allowing a parent completely free reign over another human being regardless of whether it's their child. All well and good in a perfect world where every parent cares for their kid as they should, not so great in the real one where they don't.

Spark wrote:

You're giving an awful lot of control to parents here Shifty. Do you think there's any value in that? See child abuse is a major problem where I live and the common theme whenever an episode comes up is that parents feel they have they right to do what they want with their kids. This can often involve harsh disciplinary measures or indoctrination into questionable beliefs. Some people just shouldn't be parents Shifty, that's the crux of the matter. What's more is that children shouldn't be the property of their parents, it can't be a matter of essentially allowing a parent completely free reign over another human being regardless of whether it's their child. All well and good in a perfect world where every parent cares for their kid as they should, not so great in the real one where they don't.

This times twenty million.

FEOS wrote:

Spark wrote:

You're giving an awful lot of control to parents here Shifty. Do you think there's any value in that? See child abuse is a major problem where I live and the common theme whenever an episode comes up is that parents feel they have they right to do what they want with their kids. This can often involve harsh disciplinary measures or indoctrination into questionable beliefs. Some people just shouldn't be parents Shifty, that's the crux of the matter. What's more is that children shouldn't be the property of their parents, it can't be a matter of essentially allowing a parent completely free reign over another human being regardless of whether it's their child. All well and good in a perfect world where every parent cares for their kid as they should, not so great in the real one where they don't.

This times twenty million.

Parents SHOULD have control--until they show they aren't worthy of it. The default shouldn't be anyone else...certainly not the state. Parents are held responsible for their children until they reach the age of majority--you can't force accountability without also giving responsibility.

And "questionable"?! To whom? If their beliefs aren't infringing on anyone else's rights, who are you or anyone else to question their raising in a certain belief system? Pretty fucking arrogant/ethnocentric of you...

HITNRUNXX wrote:

It amazes me how many people have gone from  "The government is there to serve, protect, and represent us." to "The government needs to run every aspect of our lives because we are too stupid to take care of ourselves."