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In reply to the discussion: Families turn to homeschooling after Newtown, Connecticut shooting [View all]NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)26. Who cares?
Its everyone's own agenda. Where I live most homeschoolers I talk to are "liberal". Its not my thing. I don't do it.
All in all, everything is broken and lost. Systematically, that makes people afraid to trust their kids' safety in the hands of the public. This might lead to a more messed up environment when more nuts are created, but its just the system flaking apart. Why get angry about it? I have no power or will to fix a broken, oppressive, destructive system riddled with cancers of its own creation
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Families turn to homeschooling after Newtown, Connecticut shooting [View all]
The Straight Story
Dec 2012
OP
"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
No accounting for stupidity, as schools are among the safest places for students to be,
duffyduff
Dec 2012
#3
There have been several homeschooled children who have gone on shooting sprees
jberryhill
Dec 2012
#10
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
Aw fuck. Homeschooling can lead to these tragedies! The killer was homeschooled!
Taverner
Dec 2012
#30