Princeton Professor Gets SMACKED DOWN by Facts After Claiming Homeschooling Is 'Educational Neglect'https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/05/24/princeton-prof-thinks-homeschool-is-educational-neglext-n2396552Every once in a while, the Left gets a bug up their collective butt about homeschooling. Since increasing in popularity following COVID lockdowns and virtual learning, they're very concerned some children aren't in their grips, learning about 52 genders and critical race theory.
So when Princeton Sociology professor Jen Jennings opined about the 'educational neglect' that absolutely has to be happening in homeschooling, she got bit by reality. Hard.
What follows what I quoted is mostly posts from
X calling out how horribly public schools are doing and "suggesting" the Professor Jen Jennings fix public schools before demanding that homeschoolers be scrutinized.
My wife and I homeschooled our 3 kids "K-12". Their first classroom experience was at our local JC. So ... how'd that work out? In order to bypass disputes over the validity of our homeschool high school diploma, we had each of our kids take - and pass - the California High School Proficiency Exam. In California, by law, the CHSPE certificate is the equivalent of a high school diploma. Our son earned Eagle rank in Scouts. Among them, each has earned an AA degree (the one who speaks fluent Mandarin had to take Spanish to satisfy the language requirement for the AA, because none of the JCs in our area or CSU San Jose have classes in Mandarin). One went on to earn a Bachelors degree in Business. One went on to earn the equivalent of a Bachelors degree in Chinese Language and Culture ... at a university in China ... in Mandarin ... including a thesis written and presented in Mandarin. Among them they have travelled to Fiji, Canada, India, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, China, Finland, Hong Kong, Egypt, and South Sudan (that I can remember). Our kids are not prodigies ... they may not even be above average among homeschooled adults.
