Comments on: Licensed to Parent

By: Practical_Econ

Practical_Econ — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:07:30 +0000

Really? I have a relative who home schooled her children. I don’t think her 19 year old daughter can read much of anything. Her son…. going to a community college and interacting with “real” people for the first time in his life. Public school is a good thing. Maybe not for Princeton folks, but for most of us. I think if you are going to home school your children you should prove that you can do it or be arrested for truancy.

By: Jeffrey Ellis

Jeffrey Ellis — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:13:09 +0000

This kind of governmental arrogance will only contribute further to the mass exodus that parts of CA are already experiencing.

By: TC

TC — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:21:34 +0000

Some years ago there was a guy named Swap that was murdered by State police for having such a belief that he could educate his own.

Some years later another confrontation with the same family resulted in the death of a cop at the hands of a 14 yr old, protecting his home from police invaders. Oh and as a side the state built a training facility in his honor, the dead cops of course. House I think was his name. (he was not a bad cop, but ordered into a situation that cost him his life).

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,
but too early to shoot the bastards."

Is it?

By: Allen

Allen — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:40:25 +0000

Now why would anyone want to move out of California?

By: jb

jb — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:10:30 +0000

Fortunately, for those of us who give a rip, the "establishment" will betray its intents every now and then, and give us a window into their true intentions.

Unfortunately, there are too few of "us" . . .

And way too many of the establishment, and those who support it, to nurture any sense of hope or deliverance. Don't know if Beck has put it this way, but . . . the game is over--the final score of the rout is all we await.

By: Jim Hall

Jim Hall — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:10:33 +0000

Indications that it may be an error in L.A. Times coverage, as opposed to an actual problem:

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/257230.php

By: bob longendyck

bob longendyck — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:35:41 +0000

morganovich, that quote scared the hell out of me too. If there never was a reason NOT to put your child into the jaws of public education, that “judge” certainly provides it.

By: bob longendyck

bob longendyck — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:34:13 +0000

morganovich, that quote scared the hell out of me too. If there never was a reason NOT to put your child into the jaws of public education, that “judge” certainly provides it.

By: Sunsword

Sunsword — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:17:52 +0000

The sieg heiling and the goosestepping — that’s gym class.

By: M. Hodak

M. Hodak — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:04:18 +0000

“What’s best for a child is to be taught by a credentialed teacher.”

The evidence says otherwise:

http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200410250.asp

But who cares about evidence