Here be linkage.Texas doesn't require parents who home-school their children to register with state authorities. While families must meet "basic educational goals" in reading, spelling, grammar, mathematics and citizenship, they don't have to give standardized testing or otherwise prove student progress is made.
Problems for Laura and Michael McIntyre, who once educated their nine children in an empty office at the family's motorcycle dealership in El Paso, arose after an uncle told the school district that he never saw the children do much of anything educational. According to court filings, he also overheard of the children tell a cousin "they did not need to do schoolwork because they were going to be raptured," or blessed by the second coming of Jesus Christ.
even if they went to school and just fucked around, its still a healthy socializing experience.
These kids not only dont know anything, but they've only spent time with people who share their narrow beliefs. They're gonna have a real hard time integrating with society, if they ever decide to leave home.
Holy crap people are stupid in Texas...They did not need to do schoolwork because they were going to be raptured," or blessed by the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Maybe they are planning on catching the next comet to go see him.Holy crap people are stupid in Texas...
Does Jesus bless the truly stupid?
even if they went to school and just fucked around, its still a healthy socializing experience.
Holy crap people are stupid in Texas...
"Attempting to investigate accusations of non-learning, school district attendance officer Michael Mendoza sought proof the children were being properly educated. That prompted the McIntyres to sue, arguing that their equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment had been violated and that the school district was anti-Christian."
If I was a judge I would have simply told them "The school is not being Anti-Christian, it's being Anti-Stupid".
Seriously...parents can be held liable for nutritional mal nurishment of their children. They should also be held accountable for the educational well being of their kids as well.
even if they went to school and just fucked around, its still a healthy socializing experience.
These kids not only dont know anything, but they've only spent time with people who share their narrow beliefs. They're gonna have a real hard time integrating with society, if they ever decide to leave home.
I always kinda assumed parents who home schooled needed to take some kind of certification or something, and still have to follow an official curriculum, is that not the case? Sounds pretty ridiculous if it's not. I can see some situations where home schooling might make sense, but I really think it should be kept only for those situations. Ex: mental illness or something like that.
Isin't Texas pretty much the capital of jail? Would not surprise me if they allow this for the sole reason that it will create more kids that end up doing crime so they can keep the jails full. The jail system in the states is for profit, so they actually WANT people in them.
They aren't certified in anything. Just buy some Biblical perspective text books and they are good to go.
Yikes yeah that's bad. I'm Christian myself and was raised in a Christian home, but education about stuff of this world like language, science, etc is still considered important. It sounds like these people are literally sitting around waiting for rapture. The Bible does say to live every day like it's going to happen tomorrow, meaning that you should be spiritually ready, but it does not mean to just not bother with anything else, either.
In my case, it was more about wanting to keep us away from the evil and secular world than about education.
ultimately I feel sorry for the kids. As Jumpem has pointed out.
I don't think you run into a lot of religious sects in Canada whose desired science education can be summed up like this: "Everything works and exists the way it is because God made it that way, and those lying sons of bitches who try to tell you different are going to burn in Hell with the rest of the sinners."Yikes yeah that's bad. I'm Christian myself and was raised in a Christian home, but education about stuff of this world like language, science, etc is still considered important. It sounds like these people are literally sitting around waiting for rapture. The Bible does say to live every day like it's going to happen tomorrow, meaning that you should be spiritually ready, but it does not mean to just not bother with anything else, either.
I don't think you run into a lot of religious sects in Canada whose desired science education can be summed up like this: "Everything works and exists the way it is because God made it that way, and those lying sons of bitches who try to tell you different are going to burn in Hell with the rest of the sinners."
Lol, these kids are so screwed. Don't worry. Increase the taxes. That's what it's going take to care for these kids when they reach adulthood. I hope you guys like working for nothing.
Sadly its not just Texas. Schools are trying all kinds of nutso things to appease parents and search for the silver bullet that will fix all our educational problems. A rather large district in Michigan decided that the school should no longer tell kids to repeat a class in high school if grades were too low. Instead the board thought that decision should rest with parents.
Parents didn't want their special snowflakes held back and didn't see far enough ahead to realize that Algebra II is probably not going to go well if their kids completely flunked Algebra I.
After 3 years the board realized their failure and had to invest in a lengthy summer program as a large number of kids didn't have the education credits necessary for a HS diploma.
That is the problem, most of the parents who insist on home schooling are mentally ill.I always kinda assumed parents who home schooled needed to take some kind of certification or something, and still have to follow an official curriculum, is that not the case? Sounds pretty ridiculous if it's not. I can see some situations where home schooling might make sense, but I really think it should be kept only for those situations. Ex: mental illness or something like that.