Utterly Meaningless

I wrote to Mr. Volpe to point out that Public cyber charter school is not the equivalent of home education. (www.phea.net for the comprehensive article)

And here was his response. Apparently exaggeration and lack of facts is the editorial game, as he so admitted.

Here was his response (dripping in illogical sarcasm):
From: Francis Volpe
To: Maryalice
I’ve written about cyber-schooling and homeschooling before, so I’m aware of the difference. I chose to exaggerate the similarities a bit, not to denigrate either form of schooling but to help drive home the point that Santorum was freeloading thousands of dollars from a school district he would never actually choose to send his kids to. It’s too bad we taxpayers don’t pay U.S. Senators enough so that they can educate their children in the schools of their choice.

Have a good week.

Francis Volpe
The Sentinel

I call bull****!

One more point about the problem with the cyber school-homeschool blur in PA. Legislators are confused; media are confused (or add to the confusion).

Just because you can take a fast food meal home, does not make it “home-cooked.” Taking public school home in the form of cyber charter school, does not make it “homeschooling.”

OK, cyber charters are the “Boston Markets” of homeschooling. It may looked like a homecooked meal but it’s not like you made it from scratch.