I'm pretty sure they never would have managed it without a LOT of help from their crazy assed mega-church.

Lot of really nice people are members of that scary place, and they pitched in a lot over the years, helping tutor and even teaching full courses.

A retired military computer dude and his wife taught my nephew for a couple of years in his early teens, and by the time he was 16, he knew more about coding and crap than most people who go to college then work in the field for years. He started college and was bored out of his mind, so he dropped out and started his own company. He did, of course, have to take a bunch of certification things just to prove he actually knew what he was doing.

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Supporters of this: Is this not a valid point?

 

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Seems like a good idea.


Maybe there are some unintended consequences that Im not thinking about....

I have a feeling that nearly 100% of people who are opposed to gay marriage will support this and fail to see any ironing in their positions.

 

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I don't know why anyone wouldn't support this law. Seems like common sense to me.

 

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It is common sense that public school kids have to pass in order to play but the same criteria shouldn't be applied to home schooled kids?

Okay then..

 

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I don't really think it is.

If it were it wouldn't be fair for a home schooled child to get a high school diploma either.

The academic criteria are there to make sure the school and students are more focused on education than sports. In a home school environment the parent is responsible for making that call. I'm sure a good parent wouldn't let their child play if they were falling behind on their studies.

A 'good parent' might not, but I think you are underestimating the lengths to which parents will go to 'provide' (insert your definition of that here) for their children.

Are there controls in place to ensure that Little Johnny (and not Big Johnny Senior) took the tests and passed the courses? (I honestly do not know)

Seems like it would be easy for dad to say, "Look! My son got all A's, put him in at quarterback, coach!" when dad was the one who took the tests. Unless the kid takes his tests at some kind of monitored testing center how would you prevent something like this?

 

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Home schooling parents have to meet criteria and the room for abuse is based on that criteria and really has little to do with athletics. The only difference is the idea that athletics provide an incentive to abuse the system but that is about it.


Some people are just against homeschooling and that is why they fight against stuff like this. Not because of the reason you gave.

 

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They don't already have this? Washington state has had it as long as I can remember.

You're a resident of the state, you pay taxes, you can send your kids to extracurricular activities only. There shouldn't even be a discussion.

 

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