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Compelled to Attend

In this first of three posts, titled Compelled to Attend, HEM’s Road Less Travelled columnist, Linda Dobson, is revisiting her first book, The Art of Education: Reclaiming Your Family, Community and Self, published by Home Education Press in 1995. An excerpt:

And if colleges and universities ignore the true meaning of education and accept indoctrination as their function in society, what then is the purpose of all the years of schooling that lead up to college, starting at the tender age of five or, in many cases today, even younger?

Continue reading at the link above.

Nov 30 2010 in Higher Education, History of Homeschooling, Politics, Reasons to Homeschool HelenTags: Charter Schools, Compulsory Attendance, Home Education Press, homeschooling, Ivan Illich, John Holt, Linda Dobson, public school, Reasons to Homeschool, schooling, The Art of Education, virtual schools, Weblogs
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