I’d rather it not be there. Publicity, even when it is generally positive, still attracts unwanted attention. I’d prefer that we stay under the radar of Big Brother, a fringe movement that is no threat to the status quo. If they perceive us as a threat, increased attempts at government regulation are sure to follow. The cynic in me wonders if the recent rash of generally positive mainstream media coverage is part of a larger conspiracy to exert government control over homeschoolers. Just as Hitler used to media to paint Jews as enemies of the state and thereby justify his later actions, the education establishment in this county could embark on a effort to use the media to paint homeschoolers as a threat to the very fabric of what holds our communities together. I’m not saying that is happening today, but we must be careful. Eternal vigilance is the cost of freedom. I forget who said that…
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you found this a generally positive article about homeschooling? I didn’t. It felt more like an editorial about taking kids and $$ out of schools and that homeschoolers aren’t playing nice because they’re not learning how to participate in the community. I may have to blog this with some of the quotes I found generally negative.
When you consider just how left wing Time usually is , I did think that the tone of the homeschool article was relatively balanced. Yes, there were several individual comments that made me cringe, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as I expected. I think the average reader (without the vested interest that I have) would come away from that article fairly neutral.
Am I being too optimistic? I’ve been known to be wrong before