Saturday, October 20, 2012

Home schooling and home-work - Maggie's Farm

Home schooling has been around forever. Whether it was the wealthy with education via Moms and tutors, or poor immigrants working all day and then educating themselves in the New York Public?Library, or pioneer kids like Abe Lincoln, it was all home schooling.

As one example, Teddy Roosevelt - who wrote more books and articles than any President ever - never attended any school until he went to Harvard College. (As I recall, though, he did have to cram his Ancient Greek and Chemistry a bit?for the Harvard entrance exams. At home, of course.)

Here's a good update on the topic, explaining why the Education Establishment is hostile to home schooling.

Related to the topic is the latest educational egalitarian wackiness coming out of France. Schneiderman does a good semi-rant on the topic: Dumbing Down Education in France. Many are not aware that there are similar Harrison Bergeron?movements afoot in the US.

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Source: http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/20808-Home-schooling-and-home-work.html

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