Yes to Home Schooling. No to Vouchers.

rufus · Goldfish Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 63 Location: USA

Here in the U.S. there has been an on going debate about "school vouchers". Vouchers, in my opinion, are just a way of getting around the constitutional prohibition of having the government fund religious institutions. Most private K thru 12 schools are owned and operated by the big churches, Catholic, Lutheran, even Muslim. They lobby for "vouchers". They just want the money. I'm against vouchers.

Also, the issue is corrupted by politics. One party promotes vouchers because they figure they can pander to what they call the "faith voters", whatever that means? And I also see bickering between one party that bashes the teachers union (never mind that nearly all public employees are unionized), and the other party that gets campaign contributions from the same union. I'm against the whole charade in both parties.

In contrast, I like "home schooling". When one considers all the arguments, and divisions, over the pledge of allegiance, school prayer, creation vs. evolution, suspicionless drug testing, and everything else that creates protest, court challenges and the like, I say, hey, school your kid at home. Every parent has a different take on how to raise their kids. So, you raise your kid the way you believe they ought to be raised, and not the way some bureaucrat, or some stranger across town thinks they ought to be raised.

So, I would like to see home schooling expand. In sum: Home schooling, yes. Vouchers, no.