By now, most of you who are homeschoolers are familiar with the North Carolina divorce case of Venessa Bell in which her admittedly adulterous husband has acknowledged the successes of the couple's three homeschooled children yet wants them put in public school.
The judge in this case is no less an idiot and has ordered Mrs. Bell to finish out this year with her children at home and then to enroll them in public school in the fall so that they can, in his opinion, receive proper socialization and a well-rounded education.
If the stakes weren't so high, this last part would be funny.
Turns out that Mrs. Bell is a member of a church that is not recognized among mainstream Christian denominations. The judge thinks her young children should be "challenged" in their faith so as not to grow up with horns sticking out of their heads or fangs protruding from their mouths.
Divorce cases are messy and best left to jurists to sort them out.
Children who are thriving in a homeschooling environment in a state where home education is LEGAL ought to be left alone.
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