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Based on the data presented, I have "signed" it.
I believe as long as the basic legal criteria for the basic things children need to learn are met, and the children are NOT taught overtly illegal actions that physically harm other individuals, the government has no right at all to force one mode of education on all. One education doe not fit all, anymore than one size of clothing fits all.
My children had the benefits of public schools, home schooling, and a protestant church-run large certified school, at various times. All were beneficial in their own ways, but having home-schooling and church-affiliated schooling before the majority of the public schooling was very beneficial to the children, and gave them a big head-start over the kids who got the public school education pablum all the way.
I do have to admit there were problems, since they were farther advanced in many areas such as language skills and science and music than their contemporaries who had just the public schools to teach them.
The public schools did not know how to handle advanced knowledge levels. And tended to sit on them as disruptive rather than teach them more. But they learned quickly to pretend dumb in the public schools. Only harmed them somewhat!
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