Homeschooled Adults Are Better Citizens

[RS Davis]

[glow=red,2,300]by James W. Harris[/glow]

"Politics and government are too complicated to understand."

Amazingly, more than *one out of three* adult Americans who were educated in
government schools answered "Yes" to that question on a recent survey.

However, only 4% of adults who had been homeschooled answered "Yes."

That's just one of the remarkable findings of a newly-published survey of
over 7,000 adults, conducted by the National Home Education Research
Institute.

Homeschooled children have already shown impressive academic achievements
when compared to their government-schooled counterparts.

However, critics of homeschooling have sometimes charged that homeschooling
could produce children who were not properly "socialized" and were so
alienated from mainstream society that they would not, or could not, take
part in community and political affairs.

This new survey -- the largest of its kind ever conducted -- blows that
theory out of the water. It found that adults who were homeschooled are far
more active in political, community and charitable matters than the general
population.

Among the findings:

* 14% of homeschooled adults ages 18-24 have worked for a candidate, party,
or cause -- compared to 1% of their age group in the general population.

* 76% of homeschooled adults (ages 18-24) have voted in the last five years,
compared to 29% of government-schooled adults of the same age.

* 95% of homeschooled adults (ages 25-39) voted in the last five years,
compared to 40% of that age group in the general population.

* 71% take part in community service (e.g., coaching a sports team,
volunteering at a school, or working with a church or neighborhood
association) compared to 37% of the general population.

* Homeschoolers went on to achieve on average a higher level of college
education than their government-schooled peers.

More, the homeschooled adults surveyed overwhelmingly said they were happy
and pleased with the experience, and a majority would homeschool their own
children.

(Source: National Home Education Research Institute study:
www.hslda.org/research/ray2003/default.asp )

[dr snootch]

Gee, imagine that. Products of the government school system think government is too complex to understand. Wonder why that myth is perpetuated throughout government-run schools. Fear of competition maybe?

[outgirl]

Well, I don't know about ya'll but school was one of the worst experiences for me. I hated it from day 1. Still hate it.

[Ancient Dragon]

yea, I went to public schools during the 50's and 60's and it wasn't any fun then either -- teachers were always trying to stuff my head full of reading/writing/arithematic instead of tv. I was actually forced to learn something. ;D

[outgirl]

Ancient said:

yea, I went to public schools during the 50's and 60's and it wasn't any fun then either -- teachers were always trying to stuff my head full of reading/writing/arithematic instead of tv. I was actually forced to learn something. ;D

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I'm glad school was such a rewarding experience for you but for many kids in this country it is a place where they face physical abuse and persecution daily from the other kids. You amaze me with your lack of awareness with anything that is not in your realm of experience.

[RS Davis]

outgirl said:

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I'm glad school was such a rewarding experience for you but for many kids in this country it is a place where they face physical abuse and persecution daily from the other kids.

You can blame that on cumpulsory education. It sounds shitty, but some kids don't belong in school. Some kids just need to be watched more closely and punished more often, but some just need to get the fuck out.

- Rick

ADDENDUM: Those kids I was referring to were those that have absolutely no interest in learning and just live to disrupt the educational environment, sell drugs, and terrorize the other kids.