Joanne Jacobs links to an article by a father who learned that a high school in Berkeley is offering to give children 12 condoms a week if they come to the Condom Club at lunch time. Even with the recent 9th circuit court ruling that parents of children in public students have no "fundamental right" to control what sexual information their children are exposed to, this seems over the top. Schools should not be encouraging thirteen year old children to have sex.
SpunkyHomeSchool talks about teaching children manners so they are ready for polite society. One of the benefits of homeschooling is parents can focus on the areas their children need help in.
The Education Wonks has a picture and a link to a sad story in the UK about a girl who got beaten up because she was doing well is school. Be warned, the picture of the girls face is painful. I've read in a number of places that one of the biggest problems in the UK schools is bullying. Both teachers and parents agree that there is too much physical violence and other types of bullying.
HomeSchoolBuzz mentions a Vox Day column with some pretty strong arguments for homeschooling. Vox quotes Lenin who said: "Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted."
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