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NickB79

(19,257 posts)
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 03:14 PM Dec 2012

Is it time to more heavily regulate homeschooling now?

From what I've read, the mother homeschooled the shooter from a young age, and there are varying reports on whether or not she was herself a little "off", being into collecting guns and preparing for the collapse of civilization (Doomsday Prepper). People familiar with the family have also described Adam Lanza as having mental and personality disorders that apparently went untreated as far as anyone knows.

If he had attended public school as a teenager, is it possible the school psychologist/counselor would have been able to intervene in some way and get him help? Was being kept at home, isolated from society by his mother as he was, a factor in his killing spree? By all descriptions, he was incredibly smart, yet still living at home at 20 yr of age, and never even applied to enter college. I haven't even read of him holding a job so far.

Anyone want to chime in with their opinions?

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Is it time to more heavily regulate homeschooling now? (Original Post) NickB79 Dec 2012 OP
He went to public high school. He was assigned a school pyschologist... nessa Dec 2012 #1
I didn't know that NickB79 Dec 2012 #2
I think he was homeschooled at one point. I don't know when. (nt) nessa Dec 2012 #3
given that, maybe we should more strictly regulate public schooling ProdigalJunkMail Dec 2012 #7
Homeschooling worries me.. sanatanadharma Dec 2012 #4
you have no idea what homeschooling is if ProdigalJunkMail Dec 2012 #8
put a cop in every house! Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #5
GUNS! GUNS! GUNS! GUNS! GUNS! GUNS! GUNS! GUNS! GUNS! ellisonz Dec 2012 #6

NickB79

(19,257 posts)
2. I didn't know that
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 03:44 PM
Dec 2012

The original news reports were that he was homeschooled by a somewhat nutty mom. But as we've all seen, the first reports were pretty rushed and spotty.

Guess that's what I get for not double-checking what I originally read before opening my mouth. Thanks!

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
7. given that, maybe we should more strictly regulate public schooling
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 04:35 PM
Dec 2012

what a fucking stupid knee-jerk reaction to something you obviously know nothing about...

sP

sanatanadharma

(3,713 posts)
4. Homeschooling worries me..
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 04:34 PM
Dec 2012

...it seems to be sure way to guarantee that the next generation never gets any smarter than the parents.
Also, kids need to interact with others from different backgrounds to learn social skills.
This nation is becoming too Balkan-ized.

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
8. you have no idea what homeschooling is if
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 04:36 PM
Dec 2012

knowledge transfer and socialization are your point against it.

sP

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