Dictionary.com, the popular destination for writers seeking definitions and synonyms, contains some scathing commentary on homeschooling.
“If you want to keep your kids from reality and turn them into mindless automaton copies of yourself,” the site declares, “homeschool them.”
The pointed statement is just one of three potentially offensive sentences that could be found on the site as late as Tuesday morning as examples for how to use “homeschool” in a sentence.
“If you wish to teach your children such nonsense,” another of the sentences declares, “then homeschool where lame propaganda can remain unchallenged.”
“If she can’t find anyone willing to validate her helicopter parenting,” lists a third, “she’ll homeschool.”
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All the statements in dictionary.com can be turned on themselves. Do you want your kids to be turned into mindless automatons of someone else? What nonsense do you want your kids to learn? Lame propaganda, like state schools don't have lame propaganda - and it goes unchallenged to boot.
ReplyDeleteit goes unchallenged to boot.
DeleteThey don't want to be called racisssst...............
wow- this was shocking even for me (so am grateful to know that I can still be shocked) - this definition fits pretty well with anyone who still has their precious child in a govt. indoctrination camp and is proud of it.
ReplyDeleteso am grateful to know that I can still be shocked
ReplyDeleteReally. ):
I just went and checked and got a completely different answer.
ReplyDeletehomeschool
[hohm-skool]
Examples
verb (used with object)
1.
to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
verb (used without object)
2.
to educate one's children at home.
noun
3.
a school set up in the home.
Also, home-school.
Related forms
homeschooler, noun
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2014.
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Examples for homeschool
The kits are also available through school and homeschool suppliers, and toy and gift catalogs.
So this year, along with our other homeschool subjects, we've been doing a unit on food.
Parents may homeschool their children for a number of reasons.
In order to homeschool, parents may need to dedicate a significant amount of time to schooling their children.
Perhaps it was updated or changed since that first example.
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Either they completely updated or
Yes,
DeleteMark de la Viña, a representative for Dictionary.com, has since told WND the sentences have been removed and users who clear their computer’s cache and cookies should see the issue resolved.
“Thank you for bringing this to our attention,” Dictionary.com replied in an email to WND. “We value the homeschooling community and education in all forms. These example sentences have been removed because they do not meet our editorial standards. Our 1,605,969 example sentences have been pulled programmatically from reputable publications online over the course of the last ten years, and our lexicographers are constantly reviewing them to ensure that our site is a reference source of the highest quality. As a small team, we appreciate you bringing this issue to our attention so that we could quickly fix this situation.”
If you want your kids to learn about guys having sex with each other or gals having sex with each other by all means send them to public schools. If you want your kids to be exposed to illegal drugs, send them to public school. Nothing wrong with home schooling. There are home schooling groups where families can get together for social interaction. It is an option and a choice. I have two daughters who did well in public school and a son who is now a heroin addict who got his drug education in public school.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with home schooling.
DeleteTo the contrary, the best there is as far as I'm concerned.
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When did your children go to public school?