Alright...so I'm not into the whole cramming diversity down everyones throat idea that our government insists on doing. I realize the U.S. is a 'diverse' country of racial and cultural tolerance. But thus far this whole melting pot thing hasn't worked out so well in my honest opinion. Alot of the public schools around where I live are considered 'diverse'. The problem with these 'diverse' schools is they mostly full of minorities who: use drugs, get pregnant regularly, involved in gangs, and are all around bad enviornments. Since I don't have the option to send my child to a school of my choosing (no minorities) I have chose instead to homeschool my child for their safety while also teaching them the importance of tolerance. I like to think of myself as pro-tolerant but anti-diversity. I think we can all agree that our public schooling in the U.S. is complete garbage. Just look at how the U.S. scores in education on an international level. It's pitiful. Additionally, I live in Texas. And there's a large amount of minorities that are springing up here. Most of these children aren't doing well in school. In fact it's projected that because of this large minority population that Texas will fall significantly in comparision to the rest of the US on test scores. So yeah. Homeschooling to get them away from all this multicultural crap that the federal government and leftist are cramming down peoples throats. It sucks.
The best reason to consider homeschooling is that "compulsory education" is an oxymoron. Who's ever heard of "unfree scientific inquiry"?
I would have to question the qualifications of any individual that chooses to homeschool when they fall into the trap of stereotyping minorities. There is an obvious lack of knowledge related to social issues and if a person doesn't understand social issues then they probably don't understand many other issues related to education. Sadly in such cases it is the child that suffers because of bigoted beliefs of the parents.
While I will agree the US education system is...less than satisfactory...you post rings loudly of racism, and I simply do not believe you are planning to home-school you kids because of educational quality. Your comments about the "minorities" and their behavior is rather telling. Do you suppose...just perhaps...that like yours and every other family in the USA, these "minorities" came for a better life for themselves and their children? And do you suppose that at least part of the reason these "minority" kids wind up preggo or in gangs or whatnot...might just be because they've spent their time in the USA running into bigots who look at them with mistrust and complete disdain? You know the type I'm talking about...the type of people who think they are "better"...the type of people who would pull their kids out of public schools and home-school them so their kids don't have to be "dirtied" by these undesirable "minorities". I live in the inner-city of Toronto. There are "minorities" and gangs and drugs and so on. I have 3 kids whom I have carefully taught confidence, fairness, work ethics and for good measure, I've sent them to Karate school. They do well in school, and they interact well with all others...regardless of skin colour. They are, in fact, more accepting of "minorities" than I am, and I am quite proud of the little tad poles. Perhaps you might wanna try some positive parenting instead of hiding your family behind closed doors? I'm gonna make an educated guess here...and please correct me if I'm wrong but...I'm guessing you are an avid supporter of the Tea Party...aren't you?
Tea party...ehh, not an avid supporter but some of their ideas are interesting. Well..most of the minorities here are black. I think if you took a stroll down some of these local schools you'd probably not want to send your kids there either. Sorry but I'm not going put my child in a school that's 50% black. That's cruel. And if that makes me a racist then so be it. I'm a (*)(*)(*)(*) racist.
Negative racial stereotyping is what makes a person a racist. Sadly racism is often handed down from one generation to the next which is why it persists. Certainly homeschooling and teaching negative racial stereotyping is going to be highly influential in making a person's child a racist as well. A child might see that racial stereotyping is false if allowed to interact with other races but lacking that first hand knowledge could easily turn the child into a bigoted racist just like their parents. It really is a pity because in the end it is the racist that loses. The child, in the end, will be a loser if they cannot overcome the racism of their parents.
Unfortunatley some stereotypes are true. I'm not willing to risk anything negative happening to my child just for the sake of them gaining first hand expierence. But since this is a free country, you're more than welcome to let yours expeirence hell.
Stereotypes are always false when addressing individuals. The only way anyone avoids anything negatively happening is if they're dead. Life happens and a part of life is experiencing negative as well as positive events throughout one's life. Life is about overcoming negative events moreso than anything else. A simple question might be, "How can a child avoid becoming a racist when their parents are racists?"
AGW hysterics. Even if you send your children to a public school, you have to do home schooling to correct the nonsense they're taught. I had to spend time explaining to my children that the Holocaust did happen and Mr. Kiel was an idiot. I had to explain to my children that communism was not the only compassionate system. I had to explain to my children that the world would not end in a few years. I had to explain to my children that grammar, punctuation, and structure were really important parts of writing in spite of what the English teacher said. FWIW, I did chat with the school on each of these and got the same smarmy lecture about academic freedom each time. I suppose if a teacher teachers that 2+2=5, they aren't stupid but are just exercising academic freedom. So, whatever else you do, educate your children at home.
Of course every parent should be educating your child at home. Just not everyone has the luxury of devoting 6-8 hours or more a day to do so. We make sure that our child reads tons of books- both fiction and non-fiction. We go to the Museums- Science, Art. We go to the cultural events in the neighborhoods in the City so she can learn about other cultures. My daughter goes to a public school that is probably 70% 'minority'- and is entirely over-achieving and very, very safe. Now by the one posters standards, just because there are minorities there he wouldn't send his child or children. But to my mind it is: a) Is the school safe for my child? b) Can my child get a quality education? In our case the answer is yes and yes and my child is thriving. If the answer is yes to both, then I could care less about how many minorities or how few minorities there are. I suspect however that the term 'minority' is reserved for two specific minorities in this specific circumstances. But feel free to homeschool your child if you have the time and the inclination. If you do a good job your child should get a good education- after all- no public school can devote a single teacher to a single child.
Asian kids are fine for white kids to go to school with. Latinos going to wealthy white schools are fine. Whites going to poor latino schools is to be avoided because of the vatos. Blacks going to wealthy white schools are fine. White going to poor Black schools means your kid is going to get a beat down every day. Charter schools are the best bet. Homeschooling is the next best bet.
