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The good thing is that flavor of homeschooling is fairly rare. Growing up my parent were involved in a fairly rare/fringe homeschooling movement (IBLP/ATI) that

by jauer 12y ago

The good thing is that flavor of homeschooling is fairly rare. Growing up my parent were involved in a fairly rare/fringe homeschooling movement (IBLP/ATI) that espoused all the things that ika8god mentioned. Out of the ~30 families in our area homeschool coop I think only 4 were that far out.

Domenic_S 12y ago
Oh my gosh, ATI. I had some friends who were into that, and I even borrowed their Sacred Texts that showed with diagrams how boys and girls should dress. I was homeschooled but those guys were out there. Made it hard to make friends though, since a good portion of our group was ATI. I was kind of an outcast because I listened to music that had drums in it.
- harkyns_castle 12y ago
  I find it hard to believe there are still people getting brought up under this kind of stuff. http://store.iblp.org/product/ZHABE.html http://store.iblp.org/product/ZHABE.html Edit: I believe it, just find it really sad.
dublinben 12y ago
Extremists might be rare, but over 80% of families who choose homeschooling do so for religious reasons. Based on the quality of this curriculum that I've seen, those children are being done a disservice. They might be able to score well on a GED or other standardized test, but they are not being given a real education.
- walljm 12y ago
  most of my knowledge of this area is anecdotal (and personal). but it feels like, comparatively, that homeschooling as a methodology isn't doing a worse job than public institutions, as I've met people educated on both sides, some who have turned out great and some who have turned out not as great. also, i was homeschooled (all 12 grades) and have a lot of homeschooled friends and general acquaintances. sure, some hold beliefs about origins that differ from the mainstream (i in fact, hold beliefs that differ from the main stream), and some decided to pursue careers and paths in life that did not require intense scientific inquiry, but many chose very scientific fields (doctorates in chemistry, biology, graduate degrees in math and engineering). nearly all of them are productive members of society who can read, write and to varying degrees reason and think and act responsibly. i say all that because, it feels like you're using "a real education" as a pejorative. but my experience has shown that most of the time, these people do get a "real education". what a person chooses to do with the knowledge he/she is given is entirely up to them. my friends aren't unaware of the arguments for/against origins, global warming, etc... and they may be wrong, but that isn't because they weren't educated.

by jauer 12y ago

Domenic_S 12y ago

Oh my gosh, ATI. I had some friends who were into that, and I even borrowed their Sacred Texts that showed with diagrams how boys and girls should dress. I was homeschooled but those guys were out there. Made it hard to make friends though, since a good portion of our group was ATI. I was kind of an outcast because I listened to music that had drums in it.

harkyns_castle 12y ago
I find it hard to believe there are still people getting brought up under this kind of stuff. http://store.iblp.org/product/ZHABE.html http://store.iblp.org/product/ZHABE.html Edit: I believe it, just find it really sad.

dublinben 12y ago

Extremists might be rare, but over 80% of families who choose homeschooling do so for religious reasons. Based on the quality of this curriculum that I've seen, those children are being done a disservice. They might be able to score well on a GED or other standardized test, but they are not being given a real education.

walljm 12y ago
most of my knowledge of this area is anecdotal (and personal). but it feels like, comparatively, that homeschooling as a methodology isn't doing a worse job than public institutions, as I've met people educated on both sides, some who have turned out great and some who have turned out not as great. also, i was homeschooled (all 12 grades) and have a lot of homeschooled friends and general acquaintances. sure, some hold beliefs about origins that differ from the mainstream (i in fact, hold beliefs that differ from the main stream), and some decided to pursue careers and paths in life that did not require intense scientific inquiry, but many chose very scientific fields (doctorates in chemistry, biology, graduate degrees in math and engineering). nearly all of them are productive members of society who can read, write and to varying degrees reason and think and act responsibly. i say all that because, it feels like you're using "a real education" as a pejorative. but my experience has shown that most of the time, these people do get a "real education". what a person chooses to do with the knowledge he/she is given is entirely up to them. my friends aren't unaware of the arguments for/against origins, global warming, etc... and they may be wrong, but that isn't because they weren't educated.