Re: Educational "Nuclear Wall Chart" for schools

[Bob Giansiracusa <bobgian@radonc.washington.edu>]

> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 13:11:40 -0600 (CST)
> From: Steven Dapra <sjd@iolnm.net>
> 
> Dec. 1
> 
> 	On Dec. 1, David N. Neil wrote:
> 
> 	"I expect that the original policy was "certified science teachers only",
> and the home school groups pitched a fit until they were included."
> 
> 	This seems a little heavy-handed doesn't it?  Why shouldn't parents who
> are conscentious or dedicated enough to educate their children at home have
> access to the same schooling aids that are available to children who are
> educated in tax-funded schools?
> 
> 	I don't want to start a thread on this, or send us off-topic, but it is a
> well-established fact that overall home-schooled children score better on
> the SAT and do better in college than do children from tax-funded schools.
> This has even been reported in the secular press, which tends to take an
> anti-home and -private school slant.
> 
> 	I have a lot of respect for parents who make the sacrifices to educate
> their children at home, or send them to private schools.  I even know some
> personally, and I've never seen any of them 'pitch a fit' about anything.
> 
> Steven Dapra
> sjd@iolnm.net
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I even know some personally myself, namely my wife and me.  And I second
everything Steve says here.  (My homeschooled son happens to be a physics
major at the Univ of Washington now.)

Bob
 bobgian@radonc.washington.edu
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