"People of different heritage, people of different culture, tolerance, group problem-solving, making friends, losing friends — all of the things that come with a public school education."
Yes, yes. This is a direct quote from a news story carried by Fox about a case in New Hampshire that involves a 10 year-old girl who is homeschooled.
The child's parents are divorced, and awhile back a court ordered the girl back into public school because she too vigorously defended her religious beliefs during a court-ordered counseling session. The girl's parents are divorced and the above quote is from the father's attorney.
The argument here is that the father is concerned his daughter -- who by all accounts is likable, sociable and, yes, academically on par or advanced relative to her peers -- is not getting everything she needs because she is, gasp, being taught at home.
Sadly, we assume our attorneys are well educated. After all, they are supposed to be able to argue from standpoints of logic, reason, precedence, cultural relevance, the Constitution, right?
All the things that ostensibly come with a public school education CAN come with a homeschool education, too. It just takes pulling one's head out of dark environs to see this.
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