Got any evidence to back your claim up, or is that just a wild stab in the dark ?? You seem very opinionated on this particular subject, and have shut down every single poster who dares feign any resistance.
Firstly, I have not "shut down" anyone. I have engaged in discussion with others in an attempt to shed some light on the subject and correct the many misconceptions and negative stereotyping that was being displayed in the thread. If that is your definition of shutting down then you obviously have a problem with anyone who holds a differing view to your own.
Interestingly, I don't see any comments in this thread from you asking anyone who has made negative comments and regurgitated negative stereotypes and myths regarding homeschooling to provide evidence. Why is that, may I ask?
Secondly, my family has been involved in homeschooling for over 25 years. I have met hundreds of homeschooled people from many families across all of NSW and a couple of other states. I have been invovled in different homeschooling organisations which have worked with, and sometimes against, the government on the issue. What are your credentials?
Dazz said:
How many cases are you talking aboout ?? What % of the cases is this majority ??
I am at work so I don't have the stats on me right now. They are easily findable if you are actually interested in the topic and not just looking for an argument.
The % of children who go to a regular school first before entering into some sort of homeschooling situation is approximately 75%. I would call that a majority.
Dazz said:
I'm getting the distinct feeling you're a fully paid up card carrying member of the vocal minority on this subject.
Gee what a clever man you are!! Did you get that idea from my very first post in which I admitted to the majority of my family having been homeschooled and the fact that my family has met many other homeschooled people? Or was it from subsequent posts detailing the experiences I have had over the last 25 years regarding homeschooling? Is this display of amazingly keen insight and intellect an example of the vaunted powers of the traditional school system at work?
Dazz said:
If you actually have an interest in the subject and aren't simply looking to be argumentative the statistics are easy to find.
Dazz said:
The two cases the previous poster cited seemed perfectly consistent with my experiences of home schooled children.
I'm sure they are.
Have you ever met any people educated through the regular school system that have turned out to be socially inept loners with not much motivation and a poor level of education?
I'd hazard a guess you have. So why are you not using those people as supporting evidence that the entire traditional schooling system fails those that attend it?
Dazz said:
How you draw such a long bow and claim that dope smoking bludgers and the like are the result of some failure from the outstanding work the vast majority of teachers and educators do for the benefit of aqll children is ludicrous.
That is not what I claimed at all.
I claimed that the two examples which were given show a failure of the system in place to ensure that children receive a proper education has failed.