Hi everyone!
Sorry it has been so long, but I have an interesting article to share with you! Here is an excerpt:
Today, there is a generation of home-school mothers who began three decades ago, and whose grandchildren are now being home schooled by their daughters. With the new digital media, you might think that there would be dozens of detailed, step-by-step curriculum programs for sale or for free. Yet Dr. Arthur Robinson's was the first purely digital curriculum. It is delivered on CD-ROMs. He created it because his wife died unexpectedly, and he had to develop a self-taught curriculum. He was running a sheep ranch, a biological research organization, and was the publisher of the newsletter, Access to Energy. He had no time to teach his six children using the labor-intensive, mother-run programs.
So, two men without experience have developed comprehensive programs. Why men? The barrier to entry is not money. The monetary cost of creating and delivering a digits-based program is basically free.
My conclusion: home school mothers lack self-confidence.
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Needless to say, I disagree with Dr. North's assertions and e-mailed him to let him know what I thought of his article. He doesn't particularly like e-mails that disagree with him and suggested that I blog about it. So, here is his article. You know the drill, click on the title to read the entire article! And if you want to engage Dr. North in discussion, well, he doesn't like angry e-mails and he doesn't let the public comment on his website without being a paid member....
I guess we could discuss it here....
Peace,
Katie
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Monday, June 28, 2010
Just Dial 911?
An interesting article from The Freeman:
Just Dial 911? The Myth of Police Protection
Most Police Have No Legal Duty to Protect Citizens from Criminal Attack
Richard Stevens is a lawyer in Washington, D.C., and author of Dial 911 and Die (Mazel Freedom Press, 1999).
Underlying all “gun control” ideology is this one belief.” “Private citizens don’t need firearms because the police will protect them from crime.” That belief is both false and dangerous for two reasons.
First, the police cannot and do not protect everyone from crime. Second, the government and the police in most localities owe no legal duty to protect individuals from criminal attack. When it comes to deterring crime and defending against criminals, individuals are ultimately responsible for themselves and their loved ones. Depending solely on police emergency response means relying on the telephone as the only defensive tool. Too often, citizens in trouble dial 911 . . . and die.
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Click on the title for the entire article. He includes some sad stories of people who depended on the "system" to protect them. I want to point out that this is not an anti-police story. Police cannot be everywhere and they cannot prevent every crime *because* they cannot be everywhere!
---Katie
Just Dial 911? The Myth of Police Protection
Most Police Have No Legal Duty to Protect Citizens from Criminal Attack
Richard Stevens is a lawyer in Washington, D.C., and author of Dial 911 and Die (Mazel Freedom Press, 1999).
Underlying all “gun control” ideology is this one belief.” “Private citizens don’t need firearms because the police will protect them from crime.” That belief is both false and dangerous for two reasons.
First, the police cannot and do not protect everyone from crime. Second, the government and the police in most localities owe no legal duty to protect individuals from criminal attack. When it comes to deterring crime and defending against criminals, individuals are ultimately responsible for themselves and their loved ones. Depending solely on police emergency response means relying on the telephone as the only defensive tool. Too often, citizens in trouble dial 911 . . . and die.
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Click on the title for the entire article. He includes some sad stories of people who depended on the "system" to protect them. I want to point out that this is not an anti-police story. Police cannot be everywhere and they cannot prevent every crime *because* they cannot be everywhere!
---Katie
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