{"id":7697,"date":"2012-12-15T11:51:16","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T17:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/?p=7697"},"modified":"2015-03-13T16:48:14","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T21:48:14","slug":"a-humanist-feminist-on-homeschooling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2012\/12\/15\/a-humanist-feminist-on-homeschooling\/","title":{"rendered":"A Humanist Feminist on Homeschooling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Of course, someone took yesterday\u2019s school shooting to comment<\/a> on one of my homeschooling<\/a> posts:<\/p>\n

Today is 12-14- 2012 us homeschooled parents don\u2019t seem that paranoid???? Seeing what happened in Conn??? Pray for the families<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fellow Patheos blogger Libby Anne<\/a> knows a lot more about homeschooling than I do. Like me, she doesn\u2019t like it, and for a lot of the same reasons, even though I\u2019m a Christian theologian and she\u2019s an atheist, humanist feminist. She has collected her posts on homeschooling on a page, which she introduces:<\/p>\n

Homeschoolers are a diverse lot. Some homeschool for religious reasons, others for secular reasons. Some homeschooled children have a good deal of social interaction, others very little. Some get a first rate education, others suffer from educational neglect. Some use curricula and workbooks, others \u201cunschool.\u201d Some see homeschooling as a temporary option, others see it as a lifestyle.<\/p>\n

The \u201cChristian homeschool movement\u201d is made up of those who homeschool in order to ensure that their children will hold specific religious beliefs and in the hope that their offspring will change America\u2019s future direction. These homeschoolers use religious textbooks and limit their interaction to other like-minded families. Some educate well while others don\u2019t, but all tend to see homeschooling as a requirement rather than an option.<\/p>\n

I was homeschooled from kindergarten through high school, and my family was part of this Christian homeschool movement. College brought me out of the homeschool bubble in which I was raised and introduced me to new ideas and to people with very different upbringings than my own. Little by little I began to question the things I was taught growing up.<\/p>\n

I now have children of my own and have decided that I will not homeschool them. While most of my criticism is aimed toward the Christian homeschool movement and the way focuses on isolating (aka \u201csheltering\u201d) and indoctrinating (aka \u201cteaching God\u2019s truth\u201d), I also have some critiques of homeschooling in general. I want my daughter to have teachers who are trained in their subject matter and in how to teach, I want her to have the same socialization experience as other children, and I see involvement in our local schools as part of my civic duty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you\u2019re passionate about this subject, I\u00a0encourage\u00a0you to read all of her posts on\u00a0Homeschooling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Of course, someone took yesterday\u2019s school shooting to comment on one of my homeschooling posts: Today is 12-14- 2012 us homeschooled parents don\u2019t seem that paranoid???? Seeing what happened in Conn??? Pray for the families Fellow Patheos blogger Libby Anne knows a lot more about homeschooling than I do. 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