Comments on: Ok, now it is time to panic

By: Life On The Planet

Life On The Planet — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:09:58 +0000

I’ve been a witness to what passes for normal in the public school system, and (pardon the grammar) it ain’t.

Or, as the Amish Farmer said, “I’ve seen normal, and I don’t like it.”

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:47:40 +0000

And how exactly can they determine that in a homeschool? What is “eschewing normal school activity” as applied to homeschools?

When I competed in the spelling bee in grade school, my teacher let all the contestants go to another room to practice quizzing each other. We “eschewed normal school activity” for weeks. It was great fun.

I didn’t make it very far, but I bet even the public schooled kids who make it far enough for the rule to matter have eschewed a few hours themselves.

By: Crimson Wife

Crimson Wife — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:20:32 +0000

Sunniemom- the Scripps Howard Natl. Spelling Bee recently revised its rules in a manner that disproportionately affects HS participants. Rule #7 states: “[participants] must not have eschewed normal school activity in favor of preparation for spelling bees….normal school activity shall be defined as adherence to the full school schedule and varied academic course load maintained by a majority of the speller’s age-mates and grade-mates.”

The concern has been that HS participants are at an unfair advantage because they can devote all their school time to prepping for the spelling bee. I don’t know whether this is justified, but the rule definitely seems aimed at HS.

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:28:09 +0000

We just read different papers. : )

But I did have an advantage in knowing I was on a spoof site while reading it the first time.

By: Shawna

Shawna — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:26:10 +0000

All I could think was that I hadn’t seen that in the papers… until I got to the “unusually high SAT scores…” LOL

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:19:54 +0000

Drive by satire

Too funny.

By: Principled Discovery » CA Department of Education finally responds

Principled Discovery » CA Department of Education finally responds — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:52:51 +0000

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By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:26:49 +0000

Oh, but it was so much fun.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:25:26 +0000

Ok, Dana, do NOT do that again. That was drive-by satire and you could put someone’s eye out. Can you say “War of the Worlds”?

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:11:33 +0000

Mrs. Dani, it is never funny when CPS removes children. For innocent families, it is an assault of justice. And when it is for non-innocent families, it means the children have lived through a nightmare.

I loved the description of the homeschooled children in this, though…the ones actually doing their homework at the library.