Comments on: German Homeschooling Family Granted Asylum in the US http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/german-homeschooling-family-granted-asylum-in-the-us/ An intellectual climate favorable to marriage Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:17:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Jennifer Roback Morse http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/german-homeschooling-family-granted-asylum-in-the-us/#comment-894 Jennifer Roback Morse Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:50:38 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1327#comment-894 Sez who? who decides what counts as a "good" or a "productive" adult? The German goverenment? you are way out on a limb, here nerdy girl. Sez who? who decides what counts as a “good” or a “productive” adult? The German goverenment?
you are way out on a limb, here nerdy girl.

]]> By: nerdygirl http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/german-homeschooling-family-granted-asylum-in-the-us/#comment-891 nerdygirl Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:54:53 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1327#comment-891 Parents are to teach their children the best strategies and techniques to be able to make their own decisions in life and be good, productive adults. They are not to teach them to blindly follow on specific path. That is indoctrination and bad parenting. Parents are to teach their children the best strategies and techniques to be able to make their own decisions in life and be good, productive adults. They are not to teach them to blindly follow on specific path. That is indoctrination and bad parenting.

]]> By: Marty http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/german-homeschooling-family-granted-asylum-in-the-us/#comment-883 Marty Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:21:07 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1327#comment-883 "What is needed is a system that presents things as a neutral. " Good luck with that! lol "The individual needs to be nurtured and given the chance to choose what they believe." That's hardly neutral. Just another form of indoctrination, it seems to me. Not that there's anything wrong with that -- it's what parents are <i>supposed</i> to do. “What is needed is a system that presents things as a neutral. ”

Good luck with that! lol

“The individual needs to be nurtured and given the chance to choose what they believe.”

That’s hardly neutral. Just another form of indoctrination, it seems to me. Not that there’s anything wrong with that — it’s what parents are supposed to do.

]]> By: nerdygirl http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/german-homeschooling-family-granted-asylum-in-the-us/#comment-880 nerdygirl Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:09:45 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1327#comment-880 Ah, but at what point is the school-girl her own person? When does she get to make decisions, without parental input on her own? If her parents control her fully, is that any better then the state controlling her? Devils advocate aside, it depends on individual situations. Not all homeschooling is bad, but it also isn't all good. Some homeschoolers receive excellent education. Others receive an education comprised entirely of what their parents think they should think. What is needed is a system that presents things as a neutral. Being indoctrinated into a conservative system is just as repugnant as being indoctrinated into a liberal system. Being indoctrinated into religion is just as repugnant as being indoctrinated into atheism. The individual needs to be nurtured and given the chance to choose what they believe. Ah, but at what point is the school-girl her own person? When does she get to make decisions, without parental input on her own? If her parents control her fully, is that any better then the state controlling her?
Devils advocate aside, it depends on individual situations. Not all homeschooling is bad, but it also isn’t all good. Some homeschoolers receive excellent education. Others receive an education comprised entirely of what their parents think they should think. What is needed is a system that presents things as a neutral. Being indoctrinated into a conservative system is just as repugnant as being indoctrinated into a liberal system. Being indoctrinated into religion is just as repugnant as being indoctrinated into atheism. The individual needs to be nurtured and given the chance to choose what they believe.

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