Thank you, Joanne. I appreciate that! Susan >From: qvarizona <[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 10:21:22 -0700 > >Crawl out from under that rock more often. Susan. You made a good point. >--Joanne > >Susan Sheppard <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 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. ). 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! > >Susan _________________________________________________________________ http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=hmtextlinkjuly07