[Buddha-l] Re: fundamentalism

[jkirk]

JK wrote:
in another sense, everyone who has kids should also home school them
in the matter of reading with them, making sure they do their homework, and
teaching them about life; that should preclude allowing video games like
Doom, et al.
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Joanna, this is well-taken by some, but I am afraid that it is not obvious 
to others.  In fact, I've found that some home-schoolers allow their 
children to play these games.  This part of the equation does not fit in the 
liberal-conservative polarity analysis.

Stan Ziobro
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I don't apply the political test --liberal-conservative-polarity-- in the 
matter of home schooling, I prefer the "cultural" test------right-wing 
Christians are maintaining their home culture by home schooling, and 
liberals who do so (few though they may be, I'd guess) are doing likewise. 
You can kids them anything if you are home schooling! My Christian 
born-again niece home schooled her two boys and in the process, with help 
from church etc, learned of a bunch of home school parents such that they 
all were able to arrange group get-togethers for all the kids, borrow gym 
facilities in local schools (who are ever generous, but then the home 
schoolers are also paying taxes). Thus the kids got some sports excercise 
and peer socializing -- were not isolated in their homes. I've heard it 
works this way for most of the Christian home schoolers. They have got it 
very well-organized.

Joanna



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