from Reuters:
After decades on the margins of political life, homeschoolers have become some of the most valued Republican foot soldiers in Iowa, where a few thousand activists can wield an outsize influence in the first nominating contest in the 2012 presidential election.
Four years ago, homeschoolers helped push Mike Huckabee to a surprise victory in the Iowa caucuses over Mitt Romney's better-funded, better organized campaign.
This time around, Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum proudly point out that they homeschooled their own children, while Ron Paul touts himself as a "homeschooling champion" on his campaign Web site. Rick Perry proclaimed an official "homeschool week" as governor of Texas, and Herman Cain joined other candidates at a homeschool conference earlier this year.
I am torn about homeschooling. Torn between: 'Is homeschooling better because public schools offer a slanted, low value, dumbed down, leftest education,' or because 'Homeschooling can provide a much better education.'
...and then there's this:
...and this:
Now, I don't have evidence he was homeschooled, I'm just sayin'...(and I know a certain homeschooler who will love watching this video...now get back to work!)
1 comment:
You're telling me you wouldn't be equally excited if you were going to be let out of the basement for the first time in years. Cut the darling some slackonum.
AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
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