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mzmolly

(50,978 posts)
27. Yes bullying, fighting
Thu Dec 27, 2012, 09:12 PM
Dec 2012

and now - gun fire. All safe.

Calling traumatized parents and children stupid is ... stupid.

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
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