Homeschooling May Cause Children to Learn the Wrong Thing

I never did intend the discussion to be forced on the scientific community, but rather the stamp of approval the government puts on it (which you addressed. ) Obviously, I am in no position to argue with science, but my main issue was, I realize, theoretical. (Example, I saw a picture on the internet that said, "What if the guy who ate a poison berry was actually allergic, and all this time we were ignoring delicious berries? ") I may try again next time on what is considered right, when I'm more experienced with science. As you said, it does make it difficult to enroll into college, because I wouldn't have a real record of education (although my step-grandmother assures me time and time again that I could still apply for a scholarship if I wanted to. ) As far as supplies go, my father didn't go to a supply store that was necessarily "pre-approved," he went to a local convention to get the supplies. (Legitimacy of the convention, I can't say, although it is a school itself. ) On the issue of the "Church and State" I brought up; I also didn't intend it to be taken as solely for home issues. I know private schools can be under the same rules and freedoms. I know public schools fall under the Separation clause, because for some reason, religion isn't supposed to be in public facilities. Of course, the stance, I mean. To some people praying aloud in a school cafeteria counts as setting up a religious view. On the concern of what the government controls, the whole Separation clause issue does crawl into it, to an effect. (As stated, I wouldn't know much about the private school rules, as it is to each his own, but that's the real reason private schools can pretty much do what they want within reason. ) But if a creationistic textbook or teaching would enter a public school, it only takes one person to feel that the school has taken a religious stance. (As far as I know what happens after that, Dad tells me that the government stops funding the school if it won't take the teaching out; similar to another case that says that schools can't have the Ten Commandments hanging in view, because "children may read them, meditate upon them, and follow them. " [Stone v. Graham, 1980]) I would really hope an experiment like what you said would happen, because as far as I can determine from watching programs about school systems, all the schools care about is the money on the heads of the kids who attend it. (I wouldn't want to pose such an experiment in college. ) Every year, I hear about how schools want to make it easier to pass students, either by taking parts of the quizzes out, or lowering the grade requirement. Education should be about knowledge, but as far as I know in my area and nearby, education is all about money. (Needless to say, whenever bad weather prohibits or prevents children to attend school, the only thing you hear from school systems is "This school lost XX. XThousand/Million/Hundred dollars due to the lack of attendance because of the bad weather. ") I digress. The argument I initially made was authenticity of government approval, and you delivered it well. Thank you for such a good debate.