Fundamentalism and homeschooling are not the same thing.

[unschooler]

There. I said it. I feel much better.:hippie:

[ultraist]

1. No, they are not

There is a lot of over generalizing about homeschooling around here. Not all homeschool parents are fundies.

We homeschooled our daughter for two years and we are not religious, at all.

[niyad]

2. a good many pagans I know also homeschool.

[Erika]

Who said it was?

I know many liberals who home school because of the slant right wingers place on their schools.

Care to post again?

[unschooler]

4. Sorry. I've heard this nonsense enough times recently to make me

a bit cranky.

Thanks for listening!

[Moochy]

3. Perhaps not.

But A Venn Diagram might be useful to see where the intersection of those two populations lie. :) My sister had homeschooled off and on and found it to be a very difficult to keep up the discipline. She happens to be an ex-homeschooler who was not a fundamentalist. SO I suppose this is anectotal evidence to support your assertion !

:hippie: :smoke:

[unschooler]

5. A minority of "us" claim religion as a reason for homeschooling.

Nonetheless, I'm sure there is considerable overlap. Overlap, however, does not create a causal relationship.

We NOT-fundy homeschoolers get tired of constantly being ignored by the MSM in favor of the loud, extreme fundies who also happen to not send their kids to school

I'd like to think that for every white power type or brain-dead fundy homeschooling so they can brainwash their dumb ideas into their kids, there's at least one homeschooled kid who has avoided picking up the consumerist, homophobic mentality that is so present in many schools and who is out there demonstrating against the war or volunteering for an environmentalist group.

[janx]

6. This is what bothers me:

I'd like to think that for every white power type or brain-dead fundy homeschooling so they can brainwash their dumb ideas into their kids, there's at least one homeschooled kid who has avoided picking up the consumerist, homophobic mentality that is so present in many schools and who is out there demonstrating against the war or volunteering for an environmentalist group.

Education, especially early education, should not be political. Students should be taught to use reason. They will figure it out from there.

[unschooler]

7. I agree completely. I'm not advocating counter-indoctrination.

I do think we have to admit there is a lot of peer-to-peer transmission of "values" in schools, and a lot of it isn't positive.

[FreedomAngel82]

8. I agree

I had a friend in high school who was homeschooled. Her family was Christian but they weren't fundies I don't think. The friend was pretty cool and I enjoyed hanging out with her. My cousin and his wife are homeschooling their son with kindegarten. They're saying they're going to let him go to public school after that.

[unschooler]

9. Nice photo collection.

I feel better just looking at those guys.

[MazeRat7]

10. Your right, both are bad ideas...(n/t)

[unschooler]

11. Call me what you want. Just don't imagine I don't exist.

[NMMNG]

12. Of course they aren't

Otherwise why would there be so much push for school prayer, abolition of comprehensive sex-ed, refusal to allow schools to mention homosexuality as anything but an abomination, etc. Obviously many fundie wingnuts are sending their kids to school.

Furthermore, there are reasons besides being a fundie to homeschool, which the general public doesn't often realize. Some people feel that their children can get a higher quality education that way, can be safer, can get a more individualized education, etc.

[funflower]

14. I just saw a poll that said 62% (!) of American believe creation "science"

s/b taught in the public schools. Imagine how high that percentage must be in some states!!!

[Nite Owl]

13. Sure isn't

We homeschooled both our sons. They are both in college now so it was a while ago. The homeschooling movement was originally quite liberal then the fundies came in and decided to make it regimented and incorporate religion into the curriculum. It's different today then when we did this but there are lots of reasons for people to choose homeschooling. DU has it's very own homeschooling group.