Would you have voted for the Oregon Compulsory Education Act?

[dead0man]

No, because I don't have an irrational fear of private or home schools.

[dead0man]

He is authoritarian.

[dead0man]

Really, are there that many on the Left that are so incredibly Statist?

Yes.

Homeschooling is keeping one under a jar.

It certainly can be, but it doesn't have to be and obviously isn't always.

[dead0man]

I don't understand how someone can look at the status of many many public schools in this country (granted, the vast majority of public school systems aren't as bad as different people want you to believe at different times depending on whether they want them to be perfect or sh**t).  Then look at the statistics of homeschooled kids and then come to the conclusion that homeschooling should be out and out banned.  Simply boggles my mind.  The arguments against it are weak and easily countered, but the overriding "win" for homeschooling is the freedom of choice parents and students should have in their choice of education.  Yes, abuses can take place, yes some students may end up screwed by sh**tty parents, but it's not like the exact same fricking things can't happen with kids forced to go to public schools.

FTR I was NOT homeschooled and for your average kid in your average town it's probably better for the kid to go to "regular" school, but taking away the option with a law (or even adding a large number of hoops to jump through) is a horrible horrible idea.

[dead0man]

Yes. Private education is backward, stupid and a perpetuator of the class system.

You know that logic is only a half step better than

I'm on homeschooling.
And do you know what I'm gonna say?
F**k you guys.