Ken Ham is ... EXPELLED

Ham defends himself: Now, here's what he wrote about Enns and BioLogos:

In one Unitarian hymn:
Some call it God,
Some call it evolution.Guess'n you know where we stand.

Is homeschooling in the US really that bad? The homeschooled in the UK certainly also include two other groups:1. Kids who were badly bullied in mainstream schools
2. Kids who are very clever, don't thrive in state schools and whose parents can't afford to go private.

In two separate studies, home schooled children in America, by and large, score better than public school students.

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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW.
The Immeasurable Present Eternally Extends the Infinite Past And Infinitely Consumes The Eternal Future.

In the US there is a different group, the "Avoidance Group". And yes, it is every bit that bad. If you want an example simply look up "A Beka Books" which is a source for much of the textbooks used by the Christian Cult of Ignorance home schoolers.

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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

Who is this "avoidance group" and how do they score, relative to the stats in my previous message link?

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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW.
The Immeasurable Present Eternally Extends the Infinite Past And Infinitely Consumes The Eternal Future.

Your link did not provide any information that would allow us to tell which groups their studies included. In addition, the link was yet another of those testimonial links that are just a marketing tool.However, if a child is taught that they should trust SOURCE over CONTENT, believe that the myths of the Bible are literally true, then that child is by definition, ignorant.The Christian Cult of Ignorance includes all the folk that cannot discriminate between fantasy and reality.

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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

Hi, Mr Jack. I was homeschooled for one year. It was largely because the public school system we had just moved into was godawful, while the one we had just moved out of was one of the best in the nation.We were involved with a local group that held a "science fair" of sorts, but I don't think we were ever involved with a major homeschooling organization or system, and we weren't actually a Christian group. And, there were black kids there, too.But, my biology textbook was still a creationist textbook.

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-Bluejay (a.k.a. Mantis, Thylacosmilus)Darwin loves you.

Unfortunately, those studies were carried out the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) and not published in any peer reviewed journal. Now, while that doesn't mean that the research is wrong, the NHERI exists to promote Home Schooling (as stated on their site) so accepting their research simply on trust would be like blindly accepting research from the Milk Marketing Board that Milk is good for you.

Or accepting from the tobacco industry's Tobacco Insitute (thankfully disbanded in 1998) that smoking is not only harmless, but actually good for you.

You didn't answer my question. I will re-phrase it. How does your "avoidance group" fare relative to scoring vs public schools.

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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW.
The Immeasurable Present Eternally Extends the Infinite Past And Infinitely Consumes The Eternal Future.

Can anyone cite, by documentation, any home schooling group which scores lower than the public schools in their region?

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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW.
The Immeasurable Present Eternally Extends the Infinite Past And Infinitely Consumes The Eternal Future.

If they're avoiding evolution, how would you expect them to score in biology?

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If you have nothing to say, you could have done so much more concisely. -- Dr Adequate

I did answer it, and you even quoted the answer.There is no way to tell whether or not anyone from an Avoidance School was included in the advertising polls you linked to.However, anyone that thinks the Biblical Flood happened or tht Evolution is not a fact is by definition, ignorant.

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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

i imagine that it varies from state to state, and organization to organization. which is why i said "approximately two" above. certainly those groups are part of the homeschooling population anywhere. but in my family's experience, they are generally under-represented in the organizations.we also have a large contingent of charter schools, thanks to budget law shenanigans. these can be anything from "essentially a public school, but doesn't have to follow the state mandates for their budget" to "a church" to "five kids in an apartment". but this presents a whole range of options for your #2 group.Edited by arachnophilia, : broken tag

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