
Headbutt. Healthy tan. Microsoft Works. (hee!) Home school. A list of my favorite oxymorons. Okay, so home schooling, sounds like a cool idea in theory. There's no such thing as P.E., cafeteria food, or that horrible kid who called you "Jenny Craig" everyday for a year, just to piss you off. Plus, Abe Lincoln and Jen Love Hewitt are both famous home school alumnis.
Read this interesting piece which discusses the trends in modern home schooling, which is predominantly administered by mothers. The article explores how most progressive feminist mothers homeschool their kids because of their disappointment in school subjects, particularly the fact that many books don't discuss social issues that deal with women or racial consciousness. Ironically, these women also feel a little hypocritical, because-- as home schooling mothers--- they are dependent on their hubbies for money, regressing back to the fifties' homemaker a la June Cleaver.