Does anyone have the data I'm looking for?

Question

I know I've riled a lot of people with this question, but the time is short because someone reported me for "spreading hatred." Could you look at this question and let me know if you have the data to either support or refute my suspicion? Thanks!

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071210144942AAJqccs&r=w

Rage, I know. That's why I was trying to convey that I don't think being very religious or homeschooling your kids is problematic, but the combination seems like it may be to me and I'm looking for some data. I just think it crops up more than it should given the percentage of the populace that is homeschooled, but I don't know.

auntb, I see where you're coming from, but just being Christian and homeschooling isn't my concer either. It's the REALLY Christian types who frighten me. Like the Duggar family... would anyone really be surprised if one of those kids snapped?

Answer 1

I doubt that any really useful statistics are being kept. I did not know that the vast majority of home-schooled kids were Christians until I came to Missouri. In the part of California where I lived before (central, in the Santa Cruz Mountains), most of them were not home-schooled because of religion, and those that were, it didn't seem to be mostly Christians, but rather eastern religions. But now I realize that the Santa Cruz Mountains have always been atypical in that regard, with Mount Madonna and a variety of ashrams and other minority religions. I saw a history book with sun worshipers in a colony in the SC Mts. (and regret that I did not buy it, because I never saw it again).

So let's assume the general theory that the majority, perhaps even the vast majority, of home-schooled children are Christians. There won't be much they have in common except perhaps the materials their parents purchase for them, as you can see by checking out the web sites about those materials. Their parents may be very sensible, or they may be really wacko. And the kids may agree with their parents or rebel against them.

So any theory you are working on is probably pretty vague. I'd drop it if I were you.

Answer 2

I don't have any data, but I do have 5 cousins that were home schooled and very religious. The biggest problem they have is that because they weren't exposed to the general population, they never really learned to deal with other people. The result of that has been that they have all had serious career problems. Of course those Bob Jones college degrees don't really help either. But they have lost jobs because of their inability to deal with people.

But grade wise home schooled kids often out perform public schooled kids in college. But again I see it as a result of missing the social part of their education, not that they are actually taught more.

Answer 3

If they reported you and they had a creditable report rating you would be notified of the violation. If you do receive a violation, challenge it, as you did ask a valid question and were not provoking hate or violating the guidelines.

I don't follow crime statistics, but you may be able to do a web search for them or do some digging in the library, I'm sure that there are several books on profiling this form of murders.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Well, I have had kids in class that were home schooled. It isn't necessarily always religious based, just parents that have the time and money to dedicate to their kids.

They came to public ed to play sports.

Answer 5

I concur with auntb93's analysis. I have yet to read any of your questions that had to do with hate mongering. Try not to be intimated by "true be livers". Their fantasy's (unreasoned thought) are more comforting, than reality (As it Is).

Answer 6

it stands to reason that if you indoctrinate children with beliefs in fairy tales, their hold on reality will not be sufficient.