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Home/Opinion/The Third Wave of Persecution of Homeschooling has arrived – and this time they are right (well, they do exaggerate)!

The Third Wave of Persecution of Homeschooling has arrived – and this time they are right (well, they do exaggerate)!

Written by Michael Farris, HSLDA | Thursday, December 23, 2010

Here is their assertion. Christian homeschooling parents are effectively transmitting values to their children that the elitists believe are dangerous to the well-being of both these very children and society as a whole.

A THIRD WAVE OF ARGUMENT that seeks to curtail or crush the homeschooling movement—specifically, the Christian homeschooling movement—is coming. You need to know about it. You need to get ready to fight it.

Unlike the first two waves, it is based on an essentially true factual premise, whereas the first two waves were based on faulty factual assertions.

The first wave of attack on homeschooling was based on the argument that homeschooling simply could not deliver a proper program of academic instruction…

The second wave of attack was based on the all-too-familiar whine, “What about socialization?” But, because the first generation of homeschoolers has participated in a huge number of community activities while being home educated and is now entering the world of college and the workforce, tens of millions of people now know people who have been homeschooled…

But there is a third wave coming. And I doubt that many of you have any idea of the intensity and breadth of the elitist movement that is taking dead aim at our movement. This time, they are armed with an argument that is essentially true.

Now when you read their material, they exaggerate the facts, they invent hypothetical examples that are so far-fetched as to be laughable…

Read More: http://www.hslda.org/courtreport/V26N6/V26N601.asp

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