Soviet State of California

[Grace]

I think it's all about money and control more than anything. It's no secret to homeschoolers that the NEA has had an agenda for years to do away with home education, and I wouldn't be a bit surprised if NEA money is involved in backing the recent events in CA.

Originally Posted by someday

To quote this judge, he said: "Keeping the children at home deprive them of situations where, one, they could interact with people outside the family; two, there are people who could provide help if something is amiss in the children's lives; and three, could help develop emotionally in a broader world than the parents' cloistered setting."

That is just laughable!
My youngest daughter is now in public school 9th grade honor classes after being hs'ed from 2nd grade thru part of 8th grade---from day one in PS, she was amazed at the atrocious "socia-lization" skills of most of her peers!
It makes me wonder from whose pocket that CA judge is reaping rewards--LOL! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the "socia-lization" argument was made null & void years ago.
California must really be regressing compared to other states. My girls attended free phys ed, nature science, and art classes for hs'ers funded by city and state parks dept's and inexpensive science classes at the city zoo and the museum of science history. They attended book discussions for hs'ers at local libraries, photography classes, camp outs, and many, many educational field trips and get-togethers just for fun with other hs'ing families.

I just signed the petition at Welcome to HSLDA and browsed a couple of articles while there. I doubt the judge's ruling is going to stand---most homeschooling families are intelligent and honest, and will fight for what's right.

[Just Me]

I would also think an argument could be made that until the State can guarentee the safety of a child, they cannot force a parent to send a child into harms way on daily basis.

[Brad]

That does seem to me to be wierd ruling. Although it's drawing a very long bow comparing the decision to communism or so******m...

The reasoning has some validity (that the child would miss out on a certain amount of interaction with their peers), but I would imagine that any parent would strive to include that interaction during the week.

Home schooling is allowed down here in Oz and it's no big deal and I think that I'd accept the anecdotal eveidence that the kids are better educated (although you could have an interesting discussion of one's definition of 'better educated').

Now if the children were being force fed religion (any religion, that is - I'm not to stir anyone up. Oh, OK, yes I am...), then I might have a different read on the matter.