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I am what I think you mean by Mormon--a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I don't know you at all, so I have no idea whether you are go

I am what I think you mean by Mormon--a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I don't know you at all, so I have no idea whether you are going to hell, but my default guess is no. I'm not qualified to know even if I did know you so I don't know if that will make you feel any better. Please don't try to prove me wrong. :-) I agree with your generalization about cheerful, conscientious people. I have been mostly pleased with the efforts of people within that faith who have taught my children. Then again, I have been mostly pleased with the efforts of people not within that faith who have taught my children. But I have been pretty dissatisfied with the efforts of people who were not professional teachers. I have seen a discouraging share of toxic individualism and narcissism among people in all faiths, including my own. Perhaps I fall into the same pit. I'd like to defend all the good folks in London and New York and caution everyone to not depend on a person's religion as a teaching credential. (Or even a ticket to an after life.)

throw46365 2y ago
Crossing threads a bit: I don’t think I would put the LDS in the homeschooling bracket in the UK. From what I have always understood, Mormons have tended to be integrationists here; the opposite of extreme. The minority faiths that engage in homeschooling are more likely to be Christian Scientists and some of the British minority groups such as the Plymouth and Exclusive Brethren. The latter particularly (think Amish, but with very English sensibilities and our commitment to petty bureaucracy, and you are most of the way there; come to think of it, they might be quite successful at some aspects of homeschooling). Even many Seventh Day Adventists send their kids to mainstream schools here.
rayiner 2y ago
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- tptacek 2y ago
  You can't write these kinds of generalizations about millions of people here like this. You need to stop doing this.
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throw46365 2y ago

Crossing threads a bit: I don’t think I would put the LDS in the homeschooling bracket in the UK. From what I have always understood, Mormons have tended to be integrationists here; the opposite of extreme. The minority faiths that engage in homeschooling are more likely to be Christian Scientists and some of the British minority groups such as the Plymouth and Exclusive Brethren. The latter particularly (think Amish, but with very English sensibilities and our commitment to petty bureaucracy, and you are most of the way there; come to think of it, they might be quite successful at some aspects of homeschooling). Even many Seventh Day Adventists send their kids to mainstream schools here.

rayiner 2y ago

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tptacek 2y ago
You can't write these kinds of generalizations about millions of people here like this. You need to stop doing this.
- rayiner 2y ago
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