Reader Quiz

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1. darrylb says:

   December 4, 2013 at 1:52 pm

   My daughter has six children. Her Husband is a teacher and coach–head coach of two major sports. They Homeschool. At first I was leary, but, although it is a personal and financial challenge, they are doing well. They find themselves being popular when they are now getting involved in public school activities and they have a large group of friends in the homeschool circles.
   I am a retired public school teacher (physics, chem) and thankfully I was never bothered by any intrusive federal policies. Some minimums related to subject matter may be needed, but no idealization.
   I have often thought and wanted more integration of subjects. For instance, we might have a better take on the current AGW if we had proper attribution to climatic conditions effecting historical events.

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2. Steve Case says:

   December 4, 2013 at 2:07 pm

   I am the “Other” vote so far: “A place to indoctrinate children.” maybe I should have added. “with the flavor of the day.”

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3. gator69 says:

   December 4, 2013 at 2:46 pm

   FDR considered the public schools a place where government could create a ‘compliant’ workforce.

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4. dbstealey says:

   December 4, 2013 at 6:52 pm

   This is a pretty good test of your news awareness:

   http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/the-news-iq-quiz

   [I got one wrong – the stock market chart. But several right answers were lucky guesses.]

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5. tom0mason says:

   December 5, 2013 at 12:06 am

   It is well known that schools and colleges are places to employ the unemployable as teachers.

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