Comments on: NC Judge Orders Mom to Send Homeschoolers to Public School for Exposure to “Real World” http://catholicexchange.com/2009/03/14/116695/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: GaryT http://catholicexchange.com/2009/03/14/116695/comment-page-1/#comment-38825 GaryT Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:43:49 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/03/14/116695/#comment-38825 "It will do them a great benefit to be in the public schools, and they will challenge some of the ideas that you’ve taught them, and they could learn from that and make them stronger," Mangum told Mrs. Mills at last week’s court hearing. It is comments like this that really make me cringe. The pre-supposition made here is that public schooling is right and homeschooling is wrong. Of course objective evidence suggests the exact opposite based on the children's scores. Perhaps it is the public schools whose ideas are the ones that need to be challenged. “It will do them a great benefit to be in the public schools, and they will challenge some of the ideas that you’ve taught them, and they could learn from that and make them stronger,” Mangum told Mrs. Mills at last week’s court hearing.

It is comments like this that really make me cringe. The pre-supposition made here is that public schooling is right and homeschooling is wrong. Of course objective evidence suggests the exact opposite based on the children’s scores. Perhaps it is the public schools whose ideas are the ones that need to be challenged.

]]> By: kansas http://catholicexchange.com/2009/03/14/116695/comment-page-1/#comment-38824 kansas Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:29:53 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/03/14/116695/#comment-38824 Our prayers are with this mother and her children. We experienced a similar injustice in TX several years ago. My husband had the "exclusive right to choose the school" for his daughter through high school. After graduating from the Catholic junior high school, we decided to homeschool her for High School. Her mother sued via the domestic courts and the judge decided that there was to be "no homeschooling in her courtroom." We did not even get a hearing. Because of divorce court laws allowing children 12 years of age and older to weigh in on all decisions affecting them, we had no more leverage to fight and win. As a 14 year old she did not want to be homeschooled. Prayers sustained us and God's graces flow abundently. We continue to homeschool our other children and our daughter, who is a mother herself now has decided to homeschool her own children. I firmly believe that much heartache and confusion could have been avoided had our daughter been allowed to be schooled at home with a solid Catholic christian environment. Lord, please lift up this family and bring peace to their wounded hearts. Our prayers are with this mother and her children. We experienced a similar injustice in TX several years ago. My husband had the “exclusive right to choose the school” for his daughter through high school. After graduating from the Catholic junior high school, we decided to homeschool her for High School. Her mother sued via the domestic courts and the judge decided that there was to be “no homeschooling in her courtroom.” We did not even get a hearing. Because of divorce court laws allowing children 12 years of age and older to weigh in on all decisions affecting them, we had no more leverage to fight and win. As a 14 year old she did not want to be homeschooled. Prayers sustained us and God’s graces flow abundently. We continue to homeschool our other children and our daughter, who is a mother herself now has decided to homeschool her own children.

I firmly believe that much heartache and confusion could have been avoided had our daughter been allowed to be schooled at home with a solid Catholic christian environment. Lord, please lift up this family and bring peace to their wounded hearts.

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