Church shooting down at Colorado

[the_newfie_haystack]

Everybody, this just came to my attention.

http://start.shaw.ca/start/enCA/News/Wo ... 21013A.xml

That is sad. I pray for those whose family members have been flung into the night.

Haystack

[JesusIsAlive]

Yeah, I heard about that. It's so sad... I will make sure and keep them in my prayers.

[The Top Crusader]

The gunman was identified as Matthew Murray, 24, who was home-schooled in what a friend said was a deeply religious Christian household.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/lif ... 63716.html


Heh. Of course there are exceptions (many on this board) but it seems homeschooling overall leads to trouble.

[Trent DeWhite]

Heh. Of course there are exceptions (many on this board) but it seems homeschooling overall leads to trouble.

Haha. Are you trying to instigate teh Homeschooling vs. Public Education Debate #351235631253?

[The Top Crusader]

Maybe.

[Pseudonym]

Heh. Of course there are exceptions (many on this board) but it seems homeschooling overall leads to trouble.

Haha. Are you trying to instigate teh Homeschooling vs. Public Education Debate #351235631253?

Is that all? I thought there were a lot more than that...

[Alisha Richardson Wolfe]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/s ... 61,00.html

This is what makes me wonder what this world has come to.

[oy_mate]

Ah yes. Homeschooling is bad!!1!1
*sighs*
I get tired of that opinion always being pushed.

But it really saddened me to hear about this shooting

[Jonathan]

Ah yes. Homeschooling is bad!!1!1
*sighs*
I get tired of that opinion always being pushed.

You're new here, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt on that. With that in mind I'll give you some background.

For years--years!--this community has intermittently argued to death over the merits of homeschooling and publicschooling. And every time, the arguments have been the same. The homeschoolers always come on here and say "Public schooling is wrong--Christian parents shouldn't do this" (there is always a few exceptions to that stereotype) and the public schoolers say "There's pros and cons to both, and whether you do it should depend on the situation" (there's never an exception to that).

So when Top posted that (that link was provided by me, btw), we were saying in a round-about way "You can't stereotype an entire system based on a few rotten apples."

I have nothing against homeschooling, and I wasn't trying to make light of what happened. I'm just tired of not getting the courtesy I give the other side in return. -_-;

[Trent DeWhite]

The homeschoolers always come on here and say "Public schooling is wrong--Christian parents shouldn't do this" (there is always a few exceptions to that stereotype)...

Hm... you said that homeschoolers always make that type of argument. But then you used the words in brackets as a classifier... so which is it?

[Jonathan]

The homeschoolers always come on here and say "Public schooling is wrong--Christian parents shouldn't do this" (there is always a few exceptions to that stereotype)...

Hm... you said that homeschoolers always make that type of argument. But then you used the words in brackets as a classifier... so which is it?

A few. The word few means a small number. So a few homeschoolers don't say that. A small amount.

And in regards to the word "always", I meant it in the sense that it happens in every thread we've debated it in. I wasn't saying every single person says that, b/c there are a few, a very few, exceptions to that rule.

I was just covering my bases, that's all

[Trent DeWhite]

Haha, I've gone through enough schooling (I shan't say where! ) to know the definition of few.

Anyway, I understand what you were saying... You just should have used something like "almost always" or "often" instead of "always". That's all.

There can't be any exceptions to "always", you see.

[Homeward bound]

*cough* grammar freak *cough*
Anyway...this is getting a little

I hadn't heard anything about the shootings...kinda scary....

[Trent DeWhite]

*cough* grammar freak *cough*

More like semantics freak. Don't shoot me.

[Alisha Richardson Wolfe]

*cough* grammar freak *cough*
Anyway...this is getting a little

I know I'm not the best at staying on topic (I will admit that my mind wanders and makes some weird connections) but a new thread about homeschooling and public schooling might needed.

BTW has anyone thought about private schooling? (just a suggestion for the new topic should it get started )

[Jonathan]

Haha, I've gone through enough schooling (I shan't say where! ) to know the definition of few.

heh, certainly, just wanted to be as specific as possible

Anyway, I understand what you were saying... You just should have used something like "almost always" or "often" instead of "always". That's all.

There can't be any exceptions to "always", you see.

Probably was a better way to put that--but I posted without really checking what I had wrote.

[Samwise]

but I posted without really checking what I had wrote.

"...what I had written." would be the correct way to phrase that.

[Trent DeWhite]

Haha, we really should give Jonathan a break.

[Samwise]

Yes you definitely should.

[Trent DeWhite]

Point taken and duly noted.