Thursday, March 19, 2009

judge rules against homeschooling mother in NC

Heard about this the day before yesterday on the Glenn Beck program as i recall. Immediately felt sick, about on the same level of nausea that i experienced while my professor was covering a Modest Proposal last semester.

So, the short version is that a mother is getting divorced because her husband committed adultery repeatedly and that she homeschools her three children. Her ex-husband doesn't like the fact that she uses the Bible and teaches creationism, and guess what, neither does the judge. Two of the children test at two grade levels above their current grade, the third is testing fine at his or her own grade level, the judge wants them to be socialized (even though they socialize with other homeschoolers) and for their spiritual beliefs to be challenged. And of course the judge was appointed by a Democrat and is pushing his own agenda even though it's illegal.

three news articles:
NC Judge Orders Mom to Send Homeschoolers to Public School for Exposure to "Real World"
Wake judge orders home schoolers into public classrooms
NC Judge Orders Homeschool Mother to Put Kids in Public School

a blog written by a friend of the mother:
Homeschool Injustice

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