tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post8149898620623564284..comments2024-02-23T10:53:19.705+00:00Comments on Dare to Know: Emma Thompson Home EducatesCarlottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-74228588508172563422010-09-03T06:40:28.200+01:002010-09-03T06:40:28.200+01:00Good point, Anon. Since SW rightly states that ch...Good point, Anon. Since SW rightly states that children have a right to a suitable and efficient ed and since (as I have argued elsewhere) the only efficient and suitable form of education is an autonomous one, then legally, all children should be autonomously educated, and since autonomous education would involve the child choosing the place of education, home education should thereby be the legal right of the child. Nice idea. <br /><br />If the Tories set about legislating, lets ask them to do something practical, logical, efficacious etc and set that in stone.Carlottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-25299131668801462802010-09-02T22:08:23.337+01:002010-09-02T22:08:23.337+01:00' Webb appears to say a child has a right to a...' Webb appears to say a child has a right to a state school education? '<br /><br />Just to clarify this point. I would not send a dog to a state school. I am a lifelong, dedicated home educator, whose own daughter did not spend a single day at school. It never crossed my mind for a moment to send her to a state school or any other.Simon Webbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-89029660086658799932010-09-02T21:22:59.028+01:002010-09-02T21:22:59.028+01:00you say -Am pretty sure SW would be fully supporti...you say -Am pretty sure SW would be fully supportive of HE as a legal option. What he would disagree about is the nature of a suitable education.<br /><br />But S Webb has not said that a child has a RIGHT to be home educated? Webb appears to say a child has a right to a state school education? but not home education even if the child said it wants to be home educated Webb would refuse the child and sent it t o a state school? yes or no webb?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-60259172976629207462010-09-02T19:10:40.274+01:002010-09-02T19:10:40.274+01:00Am pretty sure SW would be fully supportive of HE ...Am pretty sure SW would be fully supportive of HE as a legal option. What he would disagree about is the nature of a suitable education. <br /><br />He (I believe rightly) maintains, it is all about a child's right to a suitable education. Given that an autonomous education is, by its very definition, by far the most efficient form of education, I would have thought he must accept that it is the most appropriate form of education when it comes to parents fulfilling their legal duties. <br /><br />I don't know though....he may disagree!Carlottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-87781657985395191732010-09-02T16:51:51.211+01:002010-09-02T16:51:51.211+01:00Webb says-It is the child who has the right; the r...Webb says-It is the child who has the right; the right to a suitable and efficient education. <br /><br />does this include a right to home education Webb? or only for a state school education?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-29822733879426669602010-09-02T10:05:56.366+01:002010-09-02T10:05:56.366+01:00'I think it is a fundamental right of each par...'I think it is a fundamental right of each parent to educate their child in a way they see fit '<br /><br />Parents have no rights at all in this matter. It is the child who has the right; the right to a suitable and efficient education. What parents have is a duty. Their duty is to ensure that their children receive an education. To think of this in terms of the parents' 'rights' is to look at the whole matter from a skewed and dangerous perspective.Simon Webbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-83510469692336830592010-09-02T06:53:50.299+01:002010-09-02T06:53:50.299+01:00I think it is a fundamental right of each parent t...I think it is a fundamental right of each parent to educate their child in a way they see fit - I have never used 80% of the things I was taught at school (often against my will!). Being educated at home gives the child much more opportunity to give its own input. Listen to what the child is exited to learn about and let it develop. Surely in that way the child will feel in control of its future, motivated and ultimately successful rather than frustrated - go Emma Thompson!Mark Hhttp://www.brandcertain.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-49992388053838920982010-08-30T09:35:07.770+01:002010-08-30T09:35:07.770+01:00'the way the authorities have reacted.'
...'the way the authorities have reacted.' <br /><br />Am I missing something here? I have been following this case and have not seen any statements from either the local authority or any government department. Who are these authorities and how are they reacting?Simon Webbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-14017616734179925682010-08-29T21:08:39.473+01:002010-08-29T21:08:39.473+01:00Done a little bit of digging and it isn't so m...Done a little bit of digging and it isn't so much "Margaret Morrissey, of education campaign group Parents Outloud" as it's Margaret Morrissey who CALLS HERSELF 'Parents Outloud' so that the media will pay attention to her and repeat her personal opinions as if they were more important than those of any other granny in the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-52511359998146177182010-08-29T13:18:44.798+01:002010-08-29T13:18:44.798+01:00Very clever of her, really. Don't know how sh...Very clever of her, really. Don't know how she does it. <br /><br />My DD missed 3 years of school, being HEed to begin with and then going in to year 3. I was nervous going to the parent/teacher evening...but glowing report from school. Couldn't have been better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-39787978978168816952010-08-29T13:16:30.888+01:002010-08-29T13:16:30.888+01:00Hope she goes ahead with it, tho she doesn't s...Hope she goes ahead with it, tho she doesn't strike me as the sort of person to be bullied by so-called 'powers'. And what a fantastic experience it will be for her daughter.<br />BTW, does Margaret Morissey have a crystal ball? How can she say with such conviction that Gaia WILL miss an awful & WILL be way behind her peers?!?? Humph!!!Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058665356922189006noreply@blogger.com