Oh, sorry I haven't read the rest of the thread, give me a few minutes to read yours through.

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There's power in a factory,power in the land, power in the hand of the worker. But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand, there is power in a union.
The union forever defending our rights, down with the blackleg, workers unite. To our brothers and our sisters in many far off lands, there is power in a union.
Money speaks for money, the devil for his own. - Billy Bragg

Ok, well I disagree. I'm sure you and many other homeschooled people turned out with a great education and were a credit, but the problem with homeschooling is that it leaves children open to abuse through lack of a good education. At the very least parents wishing to home-school their children should be monitered very closely and be forced to attend courses on proper teaching, though I would still want all parents wishing to home-school their kids to be qualified teachers.

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Trust me, I'm a socialist!

There's power in a factory,power in the land, power in the hand of the worker. But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand, there is power in a union.
The union forever defending our rights, down with the blackleg, workers unite. To our brothers and our sisters in many far off lands, there is power in a union.
Money speaks for money, the devil for his own. - Billy Bragg

So, parents shouldn't teach their infants how to walk or teach their toddlers to use the toilet? After all, that's teaching and they're not qualified.

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

So I am showing my ignorance by citing a Stanford University document indicating that home schooling is poorly regulated in many states? That's a devastating counter argument, really. Did you come up with that yourself?

You can't make the same criticism of most public schools, given most public schools are taught by qualified professionals who have actual degrees. They also tend to have standards. In most schools, creationism won't fly as the natural science curriculum.

You really need to think about what you write first before you hit the submit button. It would fix so many problems I'd have to correct later.

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Well, it's not like they get a good education in American public schools.

I am so damn sick and tired of you leftist bastards trying to force your will on other people!

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

Discrediting a whole university because you assert it's leftist is the most laughable argument you've yet used. You haven't discredited anything.

A. You haven't demonstrated "leftism" anywhere.
B. Even if it were dominated by left-wing instructors, it doesn't refute the information.

You're commentary is worse than worthless. It's sad and desperate for attention.

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I am tired of you rightwingnut bastards trying to force your stupidity on other people. But I deal with it. Learn to cope. Stop blubbering about amorphous leftist conspiracies. It makes you look foolish and whiny. Act your age, son. Shape up. Stop blaming others for your problems.

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No, because that's something anyone can do teaching effectively from about 11+ is not. I should probably say now that I'm ok with non-qualified parents teaching their kids up to high school age, that's 11 here.

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Trust me, I'm a socialist!

There's power in a factory,power in the land, power in the hand of the worker. But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand, there is power in a union.
The union forever defending our rights, down with the blackleg, workers unite. To our brothers and our sisters in many far off lands, there is power in a union.
Money speaks for money, the devil for his own. - Billy Bragg

Hey now. I'm nothing if not a leftist bastard...

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I survived pretty well until I was 17...

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