Whoa, wait. "They all seem"??   Generalizations are ... what shall I say? 
... well, maybe I'd best not try to complete that thought with more than, 
generalizations aren't good.   Please don't "find" support for one thing 
(SOLs) in things that are not related (use of structured Christian-based 
curriculums).  Not "all" of any group think alike, work alike, study alike, 
sing alike, dance alike ...

Homeschoolers don't all: homeschool for the same reason, have the same 
philosophy, use the same curriculum ... or use a "curriculum" period.  They 
don't all dress alike, although most probably do wear clothes (That's a 
joke; there was an article, I don't remember where, a decade or more ago 
that managed to imply that homeschoolers didn't wear shirts.  I assume the 
writer intended to reference the male students, altho I seem to remember 
that that wasn't entirely clear. <G>).  They do not all belong to the same 
homeschooling organizations.  Some want and need all the guidance and 
structure they can get; others want none of that.  Some might swear by ABeka 
or Bob Jones or KONOS, and others might swear at them.  [No attacks, please! 
I'm joking.]  And the later might swear *by* John Holt, and the former might 
never have heard of him or might be certain that he's the root of anything 
weak in homeschooling.  Or might like John Holt but still choose to go a 
different route.

I don't know statistics re how many use structured curriculums and how many 
unschool (if my aging memory serves, that term was coined by Holt) or how 
many "use" the SOLs or any given curriculum, boxed or otherwise.  Last I 
knew, VA didn't require that information be recorded with the 
counties/cities, so I'd assume coming up with "real" statistics would be 
difficult.  Not to mention, unnecessary.

OK, I'll go crawl back under my rock! <G>

Susan


>From: Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history         
>      <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: VA homeschooling
>Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 08:00:46 -0400
>
>J South,
>
>Some of the homeschoolers are using the SOLs, some are using Ed Hersch's 
>original curriculum. Others swear by Abeca, a fairly controlled curriculum. 
>Even among the small number of home schoolers, there aren't many who are 
>choosing an electic curriculum. They all seem to want the same guidance 
>that the SOLs provide.
>
>Anne
>
>Anne Pemberton
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