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::::The "homeschooled in history" item is the crux of the issue here, and so I strongly urge you not to dismiss me as you have.  My concerns are stated clearly and substantively several times: I feel that the article blurs the divide between the commonly-held perspective of what "homeschooling" is, and a historical although perhaps technically accurate analogue, and that this blurring is encyclopedic.  It is easy to brush me aside with personal remarks about how I need to "expand my horizons," but clearly less easy to address my concerns.--[[User:TomMoore|TomMoore]] 20:03, 6 April 2008 (EDT)

::::The "homeschooled in history" item is the crux of the issue here, and so I strongly urge you not to dismiss me as you have.  My concerns are stated clearly and substantively several times: I feel that the article blurs the divide between the commonly-held perspective of what "homeschooling" is, and a historical although perhaps technically accurate analogue, and that this blurring is encyclopedic.  It is easy to brush me aside with personal remarks about how I need to "expand my horizons," but clearly less easy to address my concerns.--[[User:TomMoore|TomMoore]] 20:03, 6 April 2008 (EDT)

   

   

''Philip says, "For much of history, there were no schools, or what ones there were, were only for the very rich."  I doubt that, as schooling was often done by religions independent of wealth.  I doubt that [[ancient Greece]] had a financial test for admitting students to its fine schools.  But, regardless, I think that is an overly material view of the concept of homeschooling, which refers to a decision made by parents to eschew common or customary education in favor of an alternative form of learning that they believe is more beneficial to the child.  That type of decision is as old as families and education.''

''Philip says, "For much of history, there were no schools, or what ones there were, were only for the very rich."  I doubt that, as schooling was often done by religions independent of wealth.  I doubt that [[ancient Greece]] had a financial test for admitting students to its fine schools.  But, regardless, I think that is an overly material view of the concept of homeschooling, which refers to a decision made by parents to eschew common or customary education in favor of an alternative form of learning that they believe is more beneficial to the child.  That type of decision is as old as families and education.''