Friday, August 27, 2010

Homeschoolers Bite Back - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

Homeschoolers Bite Back - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

Homeschoolers Bite Back




homeschool to give him the world as his classroom,
with all the wonderful diversity it offers."

by Chele Coyne,

It seems that the mainstream media is dedicated to promulgating a distorted vision of the homeschool community, in which "most" or "the majority of" homeschoolers are religious fanatics, or else we are extremely privileged and wealthy hipsters. Apparently, the press would have America believe that we are all bigots or brainwashers, or too trendy and elitist to be taken seriously.

Here's the latest from the New York Times: In which a bunch of urban artistes with preschoolers apparently make homeschooling in vogue.

After the hatchet job that ABC did on unschoolers, I predict far more of the silly stereotyping,