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Re: revisionists and generalities
I think that the sentence written actually said that evangelical parents
home-school TO shelter...i don't think the sentence was implying that ALL
evangelicals home school their kids...
just an unbiased bystanding lostee opinion
steve
>From: "Laura Hepker" <byrde at hotmail_com>
>Reply-To: "Laura Hepker" <byrde at hotmail_com>
>To: Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com
>Subject: revisionists and generalities
>Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 13:08:41 -0500
>
>OK, I've stayed out of the debate (and of posting, period), but I must take
>exception to this:
>
>>anyway...most evangelical christian parents home-school their kids to
>>shelter them from the world and teach from a "god-fearing" point of
>>view...
>
>Generalities, in general, bug me. (pun intended) This one especially sets
>me
>off (you know it must be bad to get me to post). I'm not indignantly
>defending Christians. I'm simply asking that we be careful about how we
>generalize *anything*.
>
>"Most" evangelical christian parents do not homeschool their kids. I have
>no
>idea what the statistics are, and won't venture a guess for fear of being
>horribly wrong.
>
>My parents (and many of those in my extended family...and those of my
>community who might be considered evangelical christians...) intentionally
>sent us all to public school. They could probably be considered evangelical
>christians. The idea was to teach us to think for ourselves, so that no
>matter where our information was coming from, we could form intelligent
>responses to it. And to avoid isolating us, in any way. They didn't send me
>to porno flicks, or get me drunk as a 10-year-old, either. They sought
>balance, and for the most part, I think they found it.
>
>(Although there are many who would say I'm not very balanced, now, but
>perhaps that's a different kind of balanced? :) )
>
>My rant for the year...
>Laura
>
>
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