NEA declares October....

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>	I just want to put my thoughts in on this conversation on home 
>schooling.  I went to public school from 3rd grade until I finished high 
>school.  I am now in college.  
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>	I guess it is a matter of instilling in your child a well 
>established sense of right and wrong and making sure they know God 
>early in their lives.  I don't know too much about home schooling which
>is why I am reluctant to support it.  I know that the schooling is done
>at home so as to protect the child from the negative influences of the 
>which are found in the schools.  But then I realize that you can't shield a 
>child like that forever.  Sooner or later the child is going to grow 
>up and realize what the world is like.  

The bible says to "train up a child in the way he should go and when he
is old he will not depart from it"  Could you in good conscience say 
the public system presents a good path for the child to walk in?  I think
that too many of our good church families and their ministers are *getting
adjusted to the dark* and don't see the danger in a public education.

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>How do homeschooled children compare to publicly schooled kids as far as 
>test scores are concerned?  Does anyone know?

My son was a christian schooler and a home schooler.  He went to public
school in the first grade and we were not happy with him being in the 
public system.  He did very well on his ged and was getting a 4.0 average
in college (until he got married:-) I think this speaks very well for
home schoolers in general.  For the most part home schoolers score at
least a grade level higher than their public counterparts. This is really
pretty common knowledge.

To me the biggest arguement for home school is keeping the children from
being indoctrinated with humanistic values and from being exposed to the
peer pressure from fellow classmates who have little moral direction.


>Just my $0.02
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Mark

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Mark Strahan	 ac928@rgfn.epcc.edu    GENUINE JESUS' NAME BRAND SALVATION
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