Professor Expert Says: ‘Take Notes, Kids. This Might Be On Your Final Exam.’

posted at 2:02 am on May 24, 2009 by
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My friends know better than to ask my opinion about education. I’m prone to long rants about the incompetence and mendaciousness of government school bureaucrats, complete with theoretical digressions on development psychology, pedagogical methodology and the teleology of education.

My qualifications to deliver these spontaneous lectures? It’s not just that I spent years covering education as a journalist, but also my long tenure as executive director of a prestigious educational institution. Meet a distinguished alumna:

My 19-year-old daughter, Kennedy Catherine McCain, just completed her sophomore year of college, receiving her associates degree with high honors from Hagerstown (Md.) Community College. 
Kennedy still burns with resentment over the single “B” on her collegiate record. After being home-schooled from third through ninth grades, she enrolled at Highland View Academy as a 14-year-old sophomore, graduating with honors at age 16. She would have completed her college associates degree at age 18, had she not spent a year in Argentina in a full-immersion Spanish language program.

Go read the whole thing, or else I might start lecturing. Because I’m an expert.

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So it works. The President has said that it it works, it’s good and should be used.

Therefore, the President is in favor of home schooling.

QED, you are not anti-Government, you are pro-Government!

unclesmrgol on May 24, 2009 at 9:23 AM

I guess she takes after her mom.
;^)

andycanuck on May 24, 2009 at 5:43 PM

Yes. We homeschooled my daughter for high school. People we knew were deeply concerned about the fact that she was “missing out” on all kinds of social activities and spending too much time at home alone. The thing is, when you’re not trapped in a system that sets the instructional pace by the slow or troublemaking students, and not burdened with busy work, you can cover the same material (and more) a lot faster. We had ample time for her to get her school work done, socialize with friends, stay active at church and in the youth group, and even sing with a local opera company.

Laura on May 24, 2009 at 10:16 PM

Is it too late to lynch Carter for the Department of Education indoctrination?

darktood on May 26, 2009 at 6:55 AM