| "Each day, more than 1,200 young men and women | | | | esteem and incentives while passing out condoms. |
| give up on their high school education, and, in many | | | | They took out morals and replaced it with |
| cases, on themselves" - so says the AdCouncil. Each | | | | acceptance. They took out accountability and |
| day, 1,200 young men and women are becoming a | | | | replaced it with food stamps. That's what the |
| burden to society. In a report done in March of 2006 | | | | government gives in return for your tax dollars. Not |
| for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, it was | | | | to mention the NEA. They are a force in Washington |
| found that one third of all Public High School students | | | | that would rival the IRS. Just mention the word |
| failed to graduate with less then 2 years to go. | | | | 'school vouchers' and red flags go up while the race |
| Nearly one half of those were blacks, Hispanics, and | | | | cards come down. |
| Native Americans. Many students gave personal | | | | Point being that this great country does allow us a |
| reasons for leaving school. A third (32 percent) said | | | | means to avoid the peer pressure filled, barb wire |
| they had to get a job and make money; 26 percent | | | | lined, police patrolling institutions we call public |
| said they became a parent; and 22 percent said they | | | | education. The number of home schools is rising |
| had to care for a family member. At the end of this | | | | every year, and with that are SAT test scores. The |
| article I will show you where to get the rest of this | | | | fact that nearly all home schools are Christian based |
| disturbing report. | | | | is reason enough to go this route. But even if you |
| I am not a fan of the public school system. Not with | | | | took that out of the equation you would be left with |
| numbers like... the nationwide grand mean in reading | | | | flexible schedules, like going year round and taking a |
| for home schoolers was at the 79th percentile, and | | | | week off anytime you like. One on one training and |
| the 73rd percentile for language and math. This | | | | tutoring, a nurturing environment as apposed to one |
| ranking means home school students performed | | | | that requires self defense as part of the curriculum. |
| better than approximately 77% of the sample | | | | It is easy to realize that the home school beats public |
| population on whom the test was normed. Nearly | | | | school, and even private schools for that matter. One |
| 80% of home schooled children achieve individual | | | | must consider the time it would take to pursue such |
| scores above the national average and 54.7% of the | | | | a task though, along with the cost. I have found |
| 16,000 home schoolers achieved individual scores in | | | | places that get the process rolling for a $75 |
| the top quarter of the population, more than double | | | | Registration fee, $25 processing fee, and then $500 - |
| the number of conventional school students who | | | | $750 per child, depending on the number of children. |
| score in the top quarter. | | | | These organizations will provide proper paperwork, |
| Facts are facts, but commons sense dictates that | | | | curriculums, planners, schedules and support to keep |
| the public schools just do not work. They keep | | | | it in line with all the various state laws that apply. |
| throughing money at the problem, working on self | | | | |