Mar 06 2008
Much Ado About CA Homeschooling
The latest “sky is falling” panic to hit the homeschool lists is this case, wherein a judge basically declared homeschooling illegal unless you have a credentialed teacher in front of the child each day.
Naturally, mayhem, speculation, and doomsaying commenced.
My friend Tammy really summed it up nicely on her blog, where she states:
But right now, the best course of action is to know that we are strong here. We aren’t afraid that everything will fall apart, and we don’t need to spread panic in order to feel better about something we don’t know a whole lot about… If we panic now, how is that any different than being sucked in by sensationalist news on TV? Let’s rise above and be calm, wise and ready.
Precisely. It boggles my mind that people can think for themselves enough to become homeschoolers, and yet still do the Chicken Little thing on email lists, when a quick common-sense check tells you that the already overburdened, underfunded, and closing California state schools are NOT pushing for a return of the homeschoolers. While I’m the first to admit that our government is not always out for our best interest (HA!), even they would not set up such a scenario. At least, not in an election year. In 2009, maybe I’ll worry again.
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Very well put. I am in Arkansas and already the word is getting around that this could happen to us. My first thought was yeah right, where will they put all the kids considering our educational system here went bankrupt last year. A calm voice is so much more powerful.
Peace
If you notice, the alarmists are primarily groups who profit financially from making homeschoolers afraid, much like a certain President I could name. Read the actual court case and the family’s history with the courts. This is about (alleged) child abuse within the context of homeschooling, rather than being about homeschooling per se.