Category Archives: Rants

There’s an article in the NY Times about a former judge who is going to bat for a young man named Qing Hong Wu, who got into trouble a few years back, reformed, and is now being tossed out of … Continue reading →

The top of the alternative bleach bottle that I lost down into the mechanisms of the clothes washer weighed about 8 grams. I know this because the top from the real bleach bottle fits onto the alternative bleach bottle weighs … Continue reading →

I should probably stop reading blogs by well-meaning teachers because first they make me sad, and then they make me rant. The question the author, Jill Guerra, purports to ask herself is a good one: “I concerned only with control … Continue reading →

Why is our democracy so apathetic? Might it be because we’re training our children, in their formative years, systematically, in schools, to expect that the Constitution is meaningless? Last spring, I attended a lecture by Naomi Wolf, who said, “It’s … Continue reading →

Jesse Scacciawrote: One attitude among some homeschoolers that I find endlessly frustrating is that, as you say, you “don’t need to know.. how the other half works.” Don’t you think this sounds a little arrogant? Don’t you think you sound … Continue reading →

A response to Jesse Scaccia’s assertion that homeschoolers are arrogant in our assertion that we understand how the public school teaching profession works. This is how public education works: A bunch of previously ideological “teachers” get a captive audience of … Continue reading →

Is there something in the water? This is in response to the op-ed piece Parents must consider disadvantages before home schooling from THE OLYMPIAN, June 12, 2009 Public schooling has become an attractive alternative to homeschool or private school. Parents … Continue reading →

In response to this: It sounds like HS vs. PS is like comparing a race car to a giant bus: one is smaller, easier to maneuver, but in some ways more vulnerable, while the other is bigger, slow to turn, … Continue reading →

It’s true: I only homeschool to piss off other parents. I don’t homeschool because I want to provide a superior education for my child; I just homeschool to piss off other parents. I don’t homeschool because the school she was … Continue reading →

An answer to the question School Discipline: Is It Ever Okay to Physically Restrain a Student? Yes. If physical restraint is the only way to prevent a student from physically harming to another person, it is not only “okay,” but … Continue reading →