Nov. 22, 2006 - Dr. Phil hosts a show on "homeschooling" or NOT
Warn your homeschooling friends, this is likely to be a real bummer. I'll wait til' I see it but c'mon, Dr. Phil! Give us a break...
Dr.
Phil's
homeschooling show this Friday
Posted
by:
"Kim Railey" kim_railey@yahoo.com
kim_railey
Tue
Nov 21, 2006
1:33 pm (PST)
Hi
everyone,
This came via Homefires website:
Dr. Phil is doing a show on homeschooling that airs this coming Friday.
(See info forwarded from Karen Taylor of the California Homeschool
Network via another list below.) I just watched the trailer at
www.drphil.com Go to Friday's video.
In it, Dr. Phil interviews an unschooling family.
First, Dr. Phil sets it up by saying (in his punctuated manner), "No
assigned books, no tests, no grades -- as though school doesn't even
exist." (The implication? Learning doesn't exist.)
Next, he becomes exasperated with the mom on the issue of children
"choosing" to go to school.
Finally, he says to the parents, "Your kids don't work against
deadlines."
The mom responded, "They have their own deadlines." Dr. Phil's
response:
"That's not the way it works. I would be a vegetable if my parents had
done that to me."
This doesn't look good for the homeschooling team. You can read the
background on this particular homeschool show provided by a homeschool
parent who was in the audience that day at:
http://localhs.com/scuttle/2006/10/great-school-debate.asp
You are welcome to forward this info to others.
As for the show this Friday...if you watch it, you can email Dr. Phil
with your feedback here:
http://drphil.com/plugger/respond/?plugID=9164
Kim
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