So, one of our favorite shows was on Tuesday, concluding a three-episode storyline about a teen who may or may not have murdered a woman, and who was in love and physically involved with his mother (evan inserts loud SQUICK here). OK, fine, plenty to work with in that plot. I was loving the bizarre dwarf-loving, suit-tailoring weirdness of James Spader and William Shatner, when suddenly the mother announces that she'd homeschooled the kid.
In my lifetime, I'd like to see some tv reference to home education that isn't part of a freak show. Believe it or not, most of us are normal. Boring even.
(Of course, Jamie's been walking around all day calling me "governer," in an english accent, so I may need to rethink this rant.)
Yeah, that really bothers me too. I don't homeschool but I would love to. It seems like so often any practice outside the mainstream is ridiculed by popular culture. So many people homeschool, breastfeed (breastfeed for longer than is considered normal, bed-share, etc, etc. and do it with beautiful results. You just never see that on tv or movies.
Posted by: Sajmom | October 31, 2006 at 10:48 AM