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**illignocearia** · 02-19-2009, 06:33 PM

Paul,

Actually when homeschooling first got started here in the US in protest against the secular govt control of education many people did homeschool illegally. The children then got their GED.

Some, though, were able to get permission of the local school district. These early homeschoolers had a great impact on getting homeschooling accepted in the wider public. They were the ones who basically by their example proved that homeschooling was a viable option. A friend who started homeschooling 30 yrs ago has told me how hard they worked to gain and keep a good reputation with the school system showing that the kids benefited academically and socially. They were active politically in order to get laws passed state by state so that now there is no state in which homeschooling is outrightly illegal.

The situation of course is riduculous. Education used to be the responsibility of the church and the parents not the govt. And to get back to this was and is the primary motivation behind the Christian homeschooling movement. The funny thing is that homeschooling first started* way back in the 50's 60's by some radical atheists who didn't want to send their kids to school at a time when school curriculums were actually Christian. It didn't get organized as a real political force, though, until Christians started homeschooling in protest of the secularization of the schools.

*I say 'first started' but of course people have homeschooled since there was families with childern. For most of history family control of education has been the norm. Homeschooling has a long and venerable history. Govt control of schools has a short and pathetic history.

02-19-2009, 06:33 PM	#14
illignocearia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 554 Senior Member	Paul, Actually when homeschooling first got started here in the US in protest against the secular govt control of education many people did homeschool illegally. The children then got their GED. Some, though, were able to get permission of the local school district. These early homeschoolers had a great impact on getting homeschooling accepted in the wider public. They were the ones who basically by their example proved that homeschooling was a viable option. A friend who started homeschooling 30 yrs ago has told me how hard they worked to gain and keep a good reputation with the school system showing that the kids benefited academically and socially. They were active politically in order to get laws passed state by state so that now there is no state in which homeschooling is outrightly illegal. The situation of course is riduculous. Education used to be the responsibility of the church and the parents not the govt. And to get back to this was and is the primary motivation behind the Christian homeschooling movement. The funny thing is that homeschooling first started* way back in the 50's 60's by some radical atheists who didn't want to send their kids to school at a time when school curriculums were actually Christian. It didn't get organized as a real political force, though, until Christians started homeschooling in protest of the secularization of the schools. *I say 'first started' but of course people have homeschooled since there was families with childern. For most of history family control of education has been the norm. Homeschooling has a long and venerable history. Govt control of schools has a short and pathetic history.
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