![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Blair on the Radio
Aug. 23rd, 2005 04:33 pmOn my way to work this morning, I came upon a Christian radio broadcast where they were interviewing the former actress who played Blair on The Facts of Life, who left show business and is out promoting a book. In the conversation that was making me cringe, she stressed how much she loved being a stay-at-home mom and home-schooling her kids.
The latter part of that made me wonder. I have coworkers who home school their kids, but they seem to be well-rounded folks with science backgrounds who simply don't like the public schools in their areas. Former Blair was Bible-thumping hard and it makes me wonder what the home school curriculum her kids must be going through. I'm sure she's not telling them about evolution or anything of the sort, but I wonder if she includes other books besides the Bible for the kids to read or includes any science in the curriculum. Is Shakespeare wholesome enough?? Do her kids know about the whole heliocentric spin of the solar system? How can these children compete when they eventually go to high school or to college with other kids who have been exposed to more liberal education? And I mean "liberal" as well rounded, as I myself went to a small non-denominational Christian liberal arts college myself.
Just curious, I guess... Do home schooled kids have to pass an exam to "graduate"? The more I thought about it, the more I thought "those poor kids...."
The latter part of that made me wonder. I have coworkers who home school their kids, but they seem to be well-rounded folks with science backgrounds who simply don't like the public schools in their areas. Former Blair was Bible-thumping hard and it makes me wonder what the home school curriculum her kids must be going through. I'm sure she's not telling them about evolution or anything of the sort, but I wonder if she includes other books besides the Bible for the kids to read or includes any science in the curriculum. Is Shakespeare wholesome enough?? Do her kids know about the whole heliocentric spin of the solar system? How can these children compete when they eventually go to high school or to college with other kids who have been exposed to more liberal education? And I mean "liberal" as well rounded, as I myself went to a small non-denominational Christian liberal arts college myself.
Just curious, I guess... Do home schooled kids have to pass an exam to "graduate"? The more I thought about it, the more I thought "those poor kids...."
