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wavesofeuphoria

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24. "I expect you to utilize MY tax dollars and send those kids to a regular school."

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 09:50 AM

Jun 2014

What a daft statement.

Really, just look at it. "I expect you to utilize MY tax dollars ... "

Do you think homeschoolers don't pay school taxes? Do you think homeschoolers don't have to file documentation of their education to the state or doesn't have accountability? It's really not clear what your taxes have to do with this choice. How does you paying taxes somehow take away my right to make a choice?

Again, a modicum of research (google "secular homeschooling" after googling "modicum&quot would indicate why people homeschool for non-religious reasons. A little more googling would show how your opinion is counter to studies examining how wonderful school socialization is. Point being, people have reasons for their choices beyond your experiences and opinions.

Finally ...
"It's tough to excel when you have nobody to excel against."

Another bizarre statement. Excel at what? Socialization?

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Home schooled kids are MORE prone to kill and be gun advocates. OR NOT? [View all] doxydad Jun 2014 OP

I think it would depend upon the agenda of the parent(s). no_hypocrisy Jun 2014 #1

Broad brush much? Tsiyu Jun 2014 #2

Settle down Killer, it's just my opinion. doxydad Jun 2014 #4

Killer, really? Tsiyu Jun 2014 #5

you need to apologized for calling him Duckhunter935 Jun 2014 #7

That theory is perhaps a bit simplistic TexasProgresive Jun 2014 #3

that might be an interesting thing to think through ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2014 #6

Oh say, what is truthy...something that resonates with your beliefs? HereSince1628 Jun 2014 #8

What? doxydad Jun 2014 #9

My homeschooled "angel" read it and understood it. wavesofeuphoria Jun 2014 #12

Swell.. doxydad Jun 2014 #13

What does being a tax payer have to do with it? wavesofeuphoria Jun 2014 #19

I expect you to utilize... doxydad Jun 2014 #22

"I expect you to utilize MY tax dollars and send those kids to a regular school." wavesofeuphoria Jun 2014 #24

Excel at what? Socialization? doxydad Jun 2014 #29

No point was made. I asked for clarification of what your were wavesofeuphoria Jun 2014 #32

Oh, that ain't all you're saying. Iggo Jun 2014 #21

That's not supporting your position...it's a red-herring complaint HereSince1628 Jun 2014 #14

RE If you can't think of a place to start, you might start with answering these questions: doxydad Jun 2014 #15

IMO it garnered criticism because it comes off as evidence free HereSince1628 Jun 2014 #20

I believe the poster just wants to draw people into the thread Tsiyu Jun 2014 #10

Perhaps kids with mental health issues are more likely to not fit in at school hack89 Jun 2014 #11

but the spurious title of the thread was more catchy than that. NightWatcher Jun 2014 #16

Exactly Lee-Lee Jun 2014 #17

People home-school their kids for lots of different reasons. dawg Jun 2014 #18

Trash thread. FSogol Jun 2014 #23

It's an empirical question Recursion Jun 2014 #25

Save time. Try Joyce Foundation. Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #27

Page 242 in iBooks - Republican Gomorrah JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #26

TY! doxydad Jun 2014 #28

Oh the author of the book JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #34

I couldn't agree more! Parents should raise their children based on what I believe hughee99 Jun 2014 #30

Slightly off topic..but anybody else cringe at the lack of trigger discipline in the photo? EX500rider Jun 2014 #31

Maybe he's in the Secret Service. Orrex Jun 2014 #33

My brother and I missheidi Jun 2014 #35