A Solution

OK schools are bitching about class sizes and how this will cost our kids in the quality of education (sounds like an oxymoron to me) they will be receiving. Cutting music programs and other non-essential services. But not football it is too much a necessity. Like music isn't? Maybe I am little bit biased, my first wife was a band and orchestra musician and still is to this day. (we are in our late 40's and though we are divorced we are still friends)

Then take the recent provision of California courts have ruled that if you are home schooling your child you must be a certified teacher.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/07/MNJDVF0F1.DTL

WOW! I thought California teachers lobby was behind this. I was wrong the courts ruled on it. So no one in the executive branch ultimately approved it. No legislature got out a word processor and made this a bill. No lobbyist for the Teachers pushed it. It came down from a courts interpretation of the law as written.

OK no matter how we have been wrapped in this provision maybe we should get the law rewritten to allow homeshooling, even better yet to encourage homeschooling. If even 1 percent of students were availed of this That would be 2 classrooms full of not students here in Roseville. I am judging by the 6000 student number I heard during orientation last fall for Stephen. If the schools were actively encouraging homeschooling they would have smaller class sizes. Parents could not bitch about the quality of education they were receiving. They could even teach creationism over intelligent design. As long as my tax dollars do not get used I do not care what they are taught. Then when we here about how California students can not compete academically it will not be the governments fault. Cant blame it on the school when your homeschooling. YOU ARE THE SCHOOL. Kick them in the ass and get them studying. Make them competitive. I learned to read using hooked on phonics in the early 60's before I even went to kindergarten. I have been an avid book junky for 45 years. Get someone hooked on something that makes them think you would be surprised. I could and have for years lived without TV I have one now because my wife is a junky, even if she is concentrating on homework the TV is on rather then turning on some music(she has itunes on her computer that she uses for homework). I need the Internet to get my message out there. TV could go away. Land line could go away, why pay for both cell phone and land line. Make people think not entertain them.

Enough Rant for this morning.
Ottar