ODD QUOTE OF THE DAY
Anyone want to hazard a guess what this means?
Rollins has been practicing chiropractics for 19 years since graduating from the Cleveland Chiropractic College in Los Angeles. He had a well-established practice in the Hollywood area for years, in which he cared for hundreds of patients, from the homeless to celebrities.
…So why has he chosen to settle in Cedar City?
“We’re homeschoolers,†he explained. “In our research, we found that the George Wythe College is one of the main places providing home education.â€
Huh?
3 Responses to “ODD QUOTE OF THE DAY”
![]() Comment by Tad January 26th, 2006 at 10:33 pm |
I’m reading between the lines here, but… Oliver Van de Mille, the founder of George Wythe College is also the author of A Thomas Jefferson Education which is a popular home schooling book/model among LDS (Mormon) families. GWC also offers college level courses for homeschooled kids (my daughter has taken some of them) and is otherwise very supportive of homeschooling. In addition to that, Dr. Neil Logan, a very prominent homeschooling LDS Chiropractor moved from San Diego to Cedar City several years ago. His wife Cherie has written several articles for the newsletter I used to edit. Associated with Dr. Logan is another homeschooling LDS Chiropractor who previously practiced in both San Diego and in the L.A. area (Janna Wheatley) who moved to Northern Utah a couple of years later. (Cedar City is in Southern Utah.) This Dr. Rollins may be connected to either Logan or Wheatley through the Chirpractic practice, and there is a good chance he is LDS. Utah has some fairly liberal homeschool laws. We actually have more homeschooled kids than we have kids in private schools. Compared to California, Utah is a veritable homeschool paradise. |
![]() Comment by Aaron Mildenstein January 27th, 2006 at 3:34 pm |
Yeah. What he said. GWC is a college, but the mindset behind the college and the pedagogy is applicable to homeschoolers. GWC and the “Thomas Jefferson Education” are non-denominational. Originally, GWC was an offshoot of a Baptist academy (I forget the name) from down South. While many of those at GWC are LDS (working or attending), many are not (I attended a 3 day seminar last summer, a “GWC experience” so to speak. The ratio of LDS to non-LDS was in the neighborhood of 50-50 to 75-25). On the subject of Utah Homeschool laws, I agree heartily. When the governor signed the most recent bill into law last year there was a collective shout for joy all over the state. Effectively, no local school district can prevent anyone from homeschooling, nor can they require you to report, keep records, nor can they perform any other manner of invasive behavior. DCFS has to prove probable cause now (imagine that! innocent until proven guilty? in the USA?) to enter or even inspect a home, where before they could simply suggest that something was amiss and get full access, take children, etc. Utah sure got that one right. |
![]() Comment by concierge January 30th, 2006 at 10:25 pm |
Tad is right on about the GWC/TJE thing. It’s a very unique community near the city of St. George (beautiful) and a couple hours from SLC. The city sponsors a fabulous/renowned Shakespeare Festival each summer. It’s also home to SUU. I suspect he is LDS as well, as it is still quite hard to build any sort of work in S/UT without community connections. Interestingly (and as an aside), Cedar City is also near a concentration of S/UT-N/AZ polyg family home schoolers (some – erm…males – are asked to enroll at GWC so they can bring various expertise back to their community). Many (if not the majority of) people in and around this culture do not believe in g-anything, including “traditional” medical care until absolutely necessary. His group would likely support the needs of people filtering in from these communities. St. George is home to some of the best chiropractic/alternative care in the nation and much of the alternative care offered IS indeed, covered by our insurance here in the SW. Many, many LDS members in N/AZ and S/NV travel to San Diego or St. George for care and consultation. |