Links to interesting postings - 24 Jan 06

Ron at Atypical Homeschool.net, who teaches at a college, writes about how public schools help cause learning disabilities. Near the end Ron says: "People defending the public school system often say that many student thrive or do well in that system. I’m not sure that I agree with that, but I’ll skip arguing about it. What is the issue for me is that I question whether thriving in that environment is good thing." It is an interesting point. Is doing well in a public school really a good thing? (Hat tip: Chris O'Donnell.)

One of the first reasons my wife and I decided to homeschool was so our daughters would keep their love for learning. Christine Miller is doing a series on Beating Homeschool Burnout. In an effort to reduce her workload she takes a step back to think about the purpose of eduction. She writes "The purpose of K-12 education is not for a child to learn all there is; the purpose is of K-12 education is for a child to learn well those things which enable him to go on independently (this means without you) to learn all there is, or all he will need." (Hat tip: SpunkyHomeSchool.)

HomeSchoolBuzz found two articles about homeschooling in South Africa. He reports here and here. The articles are here and here. The articles are similar to articles about homeschooling in America. It does sound like homescholers in South Africa have a harder time than those in America.