Testing not required for homeschooled children, KTAR 92.3, Phoenix, Arizona
Nearly one percent of all Arizona students are now being home-schooled, but Candace Cochran from the county’s school’s office says there’s no way of knowing how well they’re doing because they aren’t required to be tested.
The rewrite:
Civilizing influences not required for institutionally-schooled children
Nearly ninety-nine percent of all Arizona children are now being sent to school, but there’s no way of knowing how well they’re civilized because they are confined to same-age groupings.
“When institutional schooling first began, children were grouped in one-room schoolhouses so that they were able to both teach and learn from children older and younger than themselves. They’re no longer required to do that.”
The only social requirement is that they not visit with their neighbors.
Learning to get along and mind their manners are optional.
“A number of institutionally-schooled children go on to be very successful. A number of institutionally-schooled children don’t go on to be very successful. It just depends on how much the schooling staff work with children, depends on how much latitude the schools gives the children in learning how to relate to others in a fair and logical manner.”
posted by Valerie
HEM
Helen
Tracy
mark
marynix
ann-lahrson-fisher
valerie
sandi
david
How about…
It is reported that a majority of these so-called “schooled” children have no idea how to interact with adults in a respectful manner. Rather, they practice behaviors such as eye-rolling, snickering, and other forms of blatant disrespect when in the presence of grown-ups. Moreover, their peer-group addiction encourages the proliferation of such behaviors.
Valerie, you really need to do a whole little collection or booklet of these re-writes. When the Bias Shoe is On the Other Foot…..
Concerning Karen’s comment, I saw this played out when we moved back to America. I’d been ‘socializing’ with homeschooled kids for so long (see the last entry at: http://www.nhen.org/newhser/default.asp?id=402 ) that I forgot what it was like to talk to ‘normal’ teens. When our kids made local friends here before going off to college, I was surprised to see the distrust and … ‘shiftyness’ (for lack of a better word) when my husband and I tried talking with the kids’ new friends. I felt like my husband and I were Good Cop and Bad Cop trying to get the drop on the perps.
As for Jeanne’s comment, I’ll put it on my List of Things To Do.
(maybe it’ll be a new blog category??)