Where I live most home school devotees are driven by religious and political
motives.
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From: "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 7:51:46 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Just another day
Home schooling does have advantages as it avoids the manipulations by religious
and political groups. We have one going on here right now. But, the
significantly lesser social interaction with other kids is a big negative.
>
>I am just glad that I left the US just before the older of my two
>children reached school age (just—he did attend K grade in New Jersey
>but that was it).
>
>And I think I have uncovered the reason why the fascist regime does
>not want to do anything about this insanity. With every school
>shooting, home schooling looks like a more attractive option. And
>this is of course what the fascist right wishes to promote. So do not
>expect any action beyond vacuous expressions of compassion and other
>forms of crocodile tears. And prayers, of course.
>
>
>> But I'll just say this: It pi**es me off that my office environment
>> is more secure and safer than the typical school. In this day and age,
>> nearly every office building in the world has multiple tiers of
>> security, but we're lucky to even bother with the most basic of
>> security measures for our kids. In this day and age, there is no
>> excuse. None.
>>
>> And it isn't about guns. It's about basic security measures. Shooting
>> people is just one kind of violence. While we direct our attention on
>> this issue, we ignore the others. We personally have first-hand
>> experience with this.
>>
>> Mental health? Yup, of course it's a problem. But again, that's just
>> one problem. Consider that statistically, nearly one in every ten kids
>> in school will become a convicted felon. There are a lot of scary evil
>> kids with latent issues.
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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