THE FIFTH COLUMNIST?
The Ithaca (N.Y.) Journal apparently has a regular column by a homeschooling mother:
The Wakeman clan had the opportunity to visit the southern Jersey shore in December to assist my sister in celebrating a milestone birthday. While there, we visited the shore as my sons hadn’t seen the ocean since they were in diapers.
They immediately shed their shoes and began some serious exploration. Despite claims of seeing England, some great discoveries were made. Conveniently, we had been studying several ancient Greek scientists and their documentation of natural observations, so we had all the makings of an educational field trip.
During one of our beach escapades appeared every homeschooling mom’s dream — a discovery of something none of us had seen before.
I Googled around a bit, and it doesn’t seem as if she mentions homeschooling too often. Still, I bet that the simple fact of having a homeschooler write for the paper helps keep the editors in check when the possibility for a negative story arises. Maybe that should be a new goal for us — get a homeschooling stringer on every paper in the country!