Home Schooling is a Right. It is Not a Crime.

Many of you may have heard about the new spelling bee champion in the news last week. According to the news, this kid from Danville, California was home schooled by his parents. So I was wondering why politicians, especially the Democrats, are very much opposed to home schooling. In Sacramento, the Democratic-controlled state legislature attempted to criminalize home schooling a few years ago by classifying it as "child abuse." What were they thinking? Perhaps the more relevant question is, "Who's lobbying them to do this?" Luckily, it was defeated when some Democrats broke ranks with their party to vote against it. I know quite a few people, and I'm sure you do too, who home school their kids. I certainly don't want them to end up in jail just because they're doing what's best for their kids. It appears to me that parents who do this are doing a great job, and the kids sometimes turn out to be smarter than those who attend either public or private schools. We need to contact our legislators and demand that they respect parental rights, and allow parents the freedom to home school their kids.