Replies to '11/24 Great School Debate'

if you had neighbors who claimed to be homeschooling, yet you KNEW all they were doing was watching TV all day,

But this is a slippery slope here, because on occasion *I* watch TV all day, and so do my kids.  But it all depends.  We have unlimited TV (right now it's rarely turned on).  We have unlimited computer time.  Right now my kids are on Neopets a lot.  Yes, they're having fun, but there's a boatload of learning going on there as well.  Primarily reading, writing, math, and geography, time zones, etc.  But we travel, work, have play dates, go camping, museums, and all that good stuff, too.  But some weeks, if some nosy neighbor were spying on us, they'd claim we watched tv all day and there was no learning going on.  But TV is very educational.  Sets, writing, lighting, props, characters, actors, Hollywood, and that's before we even get to the music from the shows, bands, cultural references, etc.  Then add in the history channel, discovery.  We learned about labor unions one day on Sponge Bob Squarepants...

I disagree with regulation of homeschoolers for the main reason is once they start, they won't stop, and before we know it they'll be dictating curriculums and having us teach to the test.  No thank you.

if you had neighbors who claimed to be homeschooling, yet you KNEW all they were doing was watching TV all day,

But this is a slippery slope here, because on occasion *I* watch TV all day, and so do my kids.  But it all depends.  We have unlimited TV (right now it's rarely turned on).  We have unlimited computer time.  Right now my kids are on Neopets a lot.  Yes, they're having fun, but there's a boatload of learning going on there as well.  Primarily reading, writing, math, and geography, time zones, etc.  But we travel, work, have play dates, go camping, museums, and all that good stuff, too.  But some weeks, if some nosy neighbor were spying on us, they'd claim we watched tv all day and there was no learning going on.  But TV is very educational.  Sets, writing, lighting, props, characters, actors, Hollywood, and that's before we even get to the music from the shows, bands, cultural references, etc.  Then add in the history channel, discovery.  We learned about labor unions one day on Sponge Bob Squarepants...

I disagree with regulation of homeschoolers for the main reason is once they start, they won't stop, and before we know it they'll be dictating curriculums and having us teach to the test.  No thank you.

if you had neighbors who claimed to be homeschooling, yet you KNEW all they were doing was watching TV all day,

But this is a slippery slope here, because on occasion *I* watch TV all day, and so do my kids.  But it all depends.  We have unlimited TV (right now it's rarely turned on).  We have unlimited computer time.  Right now my kids are on Neopets a lot.  Yes, they're having fun, but there's a boatload of learning going on there as well.  Primarily reading, writing, math, and geography, time zones, etc.  But we travel, work, have play dates, go camping, museums, and all that good stuff, too.  But some weeks, if some nosy neighbor were spying on us, they'd claim we watched tv all day and there was no learning going on.  But TV is very educational.  Sets, writing, lighting, props, characters, actors, Hollywood, and that's before we even get to the music from the shows, bands, cultural references, etc.  Then add in the history channel, discovery.  We learned about labor unions one day on Sponge Bob Squarepants...

I disagree with regulation of homeschoolers for the main reason is once they start, they won't stop, and before we know it they'll be dictating curriculums and having us teach to the test.  No thank you.

if you had neighbors who claimed to be homeschooling, yet you KNEW all they were doing was watching TV all day,

But this is a slippery slope here, because on occasion *I* watch TV all day, and so do my kids.  But it all depends.  We have unlimited TV (right now it's rarely turned on).  We have unlimited computer time.  Right now my kids are on Neopets a lot.  Yes, they're having fun, but there's a boatload of learning going on there as well.  Primarily reading, writing, math, and geography, time zones, etc.  But we travel, work, have play dates, go camping, museums, and all that good stuff, too.  But some weeks, if some nosy neighbor were spying on us, they'd claim we watched tv all day and there was no learning going on.  But TV is very educational.  Sets, writing, lighting, props, characters, actors, Hollywood, and that's before we even get to the music from the shows, bands, cultural references, etc.  Then add in the history channel, discovery.  We learned about labor unions one day on Sponge Bob Squarepants...

I disagree with regulation of homeschoolers for the main reason is once they start, they won't stop, and before we know it they'll be dictating curriculums and having us teach to the test.  No thank you.