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Thursday, October 11, 2007
And lest we are tempted to think...
....that home schooling will save us from anything:
There's nothing about taking a troubled teen out of school and bringing his books home that will make society or his former school any safer.
Cops arrest teen, seize weapons from home outside Philly
Police say they seized an arsenal from the home of a 14-year-old boy who may have been planning to mount an on Plymouth Whitemarsh High School in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
Colonial School District says the boy, who has not been publicly identified, wasn't enrolled at the school. The Inquirer says he has been home schooled for the last 18 months because of bullying by his classmates.
There's nothing about taking a troubled teen out of school and bringing his books home that will make society or his former school any safer.
Colonial School District says the boy, who has not been publicly identified, wasn't enrolled at the school. The Inquirer says he has been home-schooled for the last 18 months because of bullying by his classmates.I'm sure that we'll hear, over and over ad nauseam, that he was homeschooled, and that is certainly not a fair characterization...not if comparing to what we normally think of as homeschooled kids (especially since upwards of 30 weapons were found in his bedroom). But regardless of how fair the publicity will be, it's a good time for us to be reminded that no method of education is a panacaea.
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