I am not against homeschooling, but my step children's mother has pulled them out of school to homeschool them. She didn't make it past 8th grade herself. Their oldest is a sophomore in high school. Her children had a problem with attendance from the time they entered kindergarten (missing more than 60 days throughout the year), simply because she didn't want to get them ready. At one point her second grader was responsible for getting a kindergartener up and ready for school. The school contacted us many times about this, but CPS wouldn't do anything about it. The only law in Indiana requires homeschooling parents to keep attendance, and to have books. There are no mandatory subjects or tests. So how do we go about assessing the kid's progress? Couldn't she "forge" attendance records? My husband and I have both been through college and are successful, but we still want our children to have better lives than what we have, I think everyone wants that for their children.
2007-12-18
03:37:35
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