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In reply to the discussion: 'Tebow’ bill to let home-schoolers play high school sports passes Va. House [View all]Ratty
(2,100 posts)I used to bash too, and it's perfectly understandable given the current GOP trend of reviling teachers and public education (yeah, and the unfortunate choice to bring the obnoxious Tebow into the whole thing). But I'll just say in the last few years I have been surprised at the number of progressive parents I have met who are homeschooling their kids. Not for religious reasons, not because they think teachers unions are destroying America, not so they can teach their kids the dinosaurs were too late to Noah's ark. But because they were financially able and thought they could spend more time with their children and give them individual, specialized attention. Religious fundamentalist nutcase homeschoolers I have met? Zero. I live in the SF Bay Area so I'm sure that factors into it. So, I'm just sayin ...
As for the subject at hand, if the schools were smart they should publicly embrace the idea, acknowledge the taxpayer argument, and say they are eager to work with the homeschoolers on finding a way that a portion of those tax dollars could be used to reimburse the schools.