[quote=ucodegen][quote=zk]You think that my logic skills are broken because you’ve somehow (probably due to poor logic skills) mistakenly come to the conclusion that I’ve linked home schooling and crime rates. Read what I wrote again and see if you find anywhere that I’ve linked the two. I even stated that I don’t have any reason to believe that home schooling produces criminals. Not sure how you could miss that. You even quoted it.[/quote]
No. You stated that larger numbers would show up on public school sides due to the lower numbers of kids going through home-schooling as a percentage of population (I think it is currently 2.3%). I reiterated that the term used was ‘percentage’ which takes into effect the number of individuals going through public school and going wacko divided by the number of kids going through public school. I didn’t think I had to clarify the definition of percentage. I also emphasized the use of percentage in
Are you saying that as a percentage
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Let’s start from the beginning. CA Renter tried to defend home schoolers by saying that, “The vast, vast, vast majority of criminals were traditionally schooled.” I pointed out that that was not a logical defense, because, if about 98% of people are traditionally schooled, then the vast majority of criminals will be traditionally schooled whether home schooling produces criminals or not. This does not address the outcome of home schooling. It merely points out a flaw in CA’s logic. You said my logic was faulty, and proceeded to defend that assertion by pointing out statistics about how well home schoolers do and, by extension, the likelihood of them being criminals. As I had made no statement whatsoever about how well or how poorly home schoolers do, nor how likely they are to turn into criminals, either as a percentage or in numbers, that defense of your assertion does not work. If you have some other defense of your assertion about my logic skills, one that doesn’t involve a subject on which I have said nothing, I’ll address it.
[quote=zk]I’m not even against home schooling, which you also seem to imply, again without any basis. Just because I think that some home schoolers might have a wacky curriculum does not mean that I am against home schooling. I might be against that particular wacky curriculum, but I’m not against home schooling. Just like I’m against people who are terrorists but not all people. The logic is pretty simple. Not sure how you’re missing it.
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[quote=ucodegen]Where the heck did I state that you said that you were against homeschooling? Nowhere did I say that. I stated that homeschooling may in fact contribute fewer ‘unstable’ failures w/ a gun to society. It was an additive point to the statement, potentially in counterpoint to some of yours. [/quote]
I (apparently incorrectly) inferred from your attempting to point out to me the merits of home schooling that you thought I was against it.
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In addition, you made the statement [quote=zk][quote=paramount][quote=zk] There is a subset of home schoolers who home school because they believe the government is trying to brainwash us and oppress us and is working toward becoming a tyranny. And it wouldn’t be surprising if a few in that subset of home schoolers teach insurrection techniques, including ied production, to their children. [/quote]
Wow. You really are a conspiracy theorist.[/quote]
If you think a few wackos teaching their kids wacko things is a conspiracy, then you don’t know what a conspiracy is. At least not in the context we’re talking about them in.[/quote] and [quote=zk][quote=squat300]It might be best to start teaching schoolkids now how to create IEDs to disable govt vehicles approaching their homes per the 2nd amendment. why isn’t that in the curriculum?[/quote]
You snark. But I wouldn’t doubt that it is in some home-school curricula.[/quote]
which while not exactly tying home-schooling to wackos, implies the connection when used in the current context – particularly when you consider that the current percentage of the population that is homeschooled is about 2.3% (which is already a low percentage). Are you stating 1% of 2.4%?? which is about 0.0024% of schooled kids?[/quote]
I do think the home school group has a higher percentage of anti-government extremists than the public/private school group. If you’re an anti-government extremist, of course you don’t want to send your kid to be tended to by a public entity all day if you can avoid it. I’m sure it’s an insignificant percentage (far less than 1%). And it has nothing to do with the merits or drawbacks of home schooling.
