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jberryhill

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15. Ah, relevance?

Reply to The Straight Story (Reply #14)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 10:58 PM

Dec 2012

Clearly homeschooling does not have some magic power to prevent kids from shooting people. The notion that it does have such magical power is clearly contradicted by several counterexamples readily at hand.

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Families turn to homeschooling after Newtown, Connecticut shooting [View all] The Straight Story Dec 2012 OP

the Conservatives are smiling phantom power Dec 2012 #1

There are a lot of knee jerk reactions by people all over the place The Straight Story Dec 2012 #2

"I need to buy a gun!" and "I need to homeschool my kids!" are both manifestations of the same thing Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #25

Actually, here in California homeschooling and private education serve to fortify public education… Journeyman Dec 2012 #9

Fear makes people irrational. nt kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #23

Seems like the right decision to me. shintao Dec 2012 #32

No accounting for stupidity, as schools are among the safest places for students to be, duffyduff Dec 2012 #3

Yes bullying, fighting mzmolly Dec 2012 #27

Yes, just like Adam Lanza. The killing maching at Newtown question everything Dec 2012 #4

For but a brief time. Correlation does not equal causation. The Straight Story Dec 2012 #5

True. But the irony... (nt) question everything Dec 2012 #7

exactly my thought, i figure people would have the opposite reaction jade3000 Dec 2012 #11

There have been several homeschooled children who have gone on shooting sprees jberryhill Dec 2012 #10

Ok...and what does that mean to you? The Straight Story Dec 2012 #12

What does it mean to me? jberryhill Dec 2012 #13

Not really - because you have yet to explain your point The Straight Story Dec 2012 #14

Ah, relevance? jberryhill Dec 2012 #15

I didn't think it did The Straight Story Dec 2012 #17

"kids are safer at home than in some schools" jberryhill Dec 2012 #18

"Some" is always a key word we should use. SOME The Straight Story Dec 2012 #19

Some people ruin things for others jberryhill Dec 2012 #21

Well I can respect that honesty The Straight Story Dec 2012 #22

What if adults don't vaccinate? mzmolly Dec 2012 #29

There have been several public schooled children who have gone on mzmolly Dec 2012 #28

Quite obviously homeschooling does not prevent shooting sprees jberryhill Dec 2012 #31

Quite obviously, children who are home-schooled will not be shot mzmolly Dec 2012 #33

It all depends on what is best for the child. femmocrat Dec 2012 #6

It was only a matter of time. Many home/charter schools have been successful for decades libdem4life Dec 2012 #8

if moving to a smaller town doesn't help my son I would be open to private or home schooling liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #16

This is precisely the reason Charter Schools were originally formed...we did one of the first ones libdem4life Dec 2012 #24

Sad. musical_soul Dec 2012 #20

Who cares? NoOneMan Dec 2012 #26

Aw fuck. Homeschooling can lead to these tragedies! The killer was homeschooled! Taverner Dec 2012 #30

He was briefly homeschooled. mzmolly Dec 2012 #34