Comments on: Homeschooling as a safety net for the intolerant?

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:48:00 +0000

It’s frustrating that people who are against home schooling will never stop with their complains. They’ll just make up different stories trying to prove that their way is always better.

By: Shawna

Shawna — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:03:00 +0000

“The essence of pluralism is diversity and mutual respect. It allows each of us to keep our own culture, our own religious beliefs, our own traditions in tact while respecting those around us.”

This is so me…and yet I rarely run in to it anywhere. I am intolerant? Sheesh

And this is so NOT my husband! So where is the parallel universe we are creating in which the outside world has been forbidden to cross? My children live with both perspectives and encounter many more at work and church and with friends. Does this man truly think our children are in a bubble???

By: Dana

Dana — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:33:00 +0000

I agree, Crimson Wife. I don’t agree with the lady’s approach, either. But I do object to the stereotyping of homeschooling in this manner.

By: Crimson Wife

Crimson Wife — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:18:00 +0000

I wonder what Mr. Cerabino thinks of families who choose to homeschool because they feel that public schools are too conservative? I’ve run across some of them- are they creating a “parallel universe” in their homes too?

I’m leery of government censorship but am totally in favor of parents making decisions for their *own* children in accordance with their *own* family’s values. That’s called being a responsible parent! I may or may not agree with Mrs. Lopez about the appropriateness of the titles she finds offensive, but I definitely support her right to keep them from her own children.

By: Marcy Muser

Marcy Muser — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:50:00 +0000

Dana, thanks so much for your thoughts on this. I saw the editorial, too, and was very frustrated by its sarcastic tone. I’ve linked to your post:

http://marcys-musings.blogspot.com/2007/07/are-homeschoolers-intolerant.html

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:05:00 +0000

Doing it our own way is what’s great about homeschooling. Everyone is entitled their own opinion and I think everyone should at least respect those opinions, as long as it doesn’t violate anything.

By: Jennifer in OR

Jennifer in OR — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:48:00 +0000

Do you know when the term “parallel universe” became so vogue? Maybe in response to the first mass immigration? Maybe in response to Jewish communities in Germany? Maybe in response to the rise of the religious right? In response to any diversity? It is so ironic that the term “parallel universe” is always used in response to a particular group striving to maintain its uniqueness — and the individual or group lobbing the term always claims a corner on the market of diversity or pluralism.

By: Summer

Summer — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:43:00 +0000

I always find it odd that the people claiming that homeschoolers are intolerant are often intolerant themselves. But because their intolerance, and sometimes ignorance, is directed at those whm they claim to be intolerant (and someitmes to be ignorant) they think that it is fine. It is a dizzying kind of logic.