Earlier today, in case you missed it, news broke about the Feb 28th ruling that parents are no longer considered fit to homeschool unless they have teaching credentials – not just any old degree, but teaching credentials. Lame on top of lame.

The worst part is that CA, always the trend setter, tends to pass their ideas onto other states with ease. Where I live in Washington, the laws are already semi-convoluted and I’ve even had the school system try to lie to me about my rights as a homeschooling parent. Of course I know the current laws and my rights, but still, the fact that they even try is so ridiculous.

Much of the reason I unschool is because I don’t agree with most of what the school system is doing. Another reason I homeschool is so that Cedar can learn about important topics that affect his world, like many of the issues we discuss here at Tree Hugging Family. Also, I’d like Cedar to spend more time out and about in his world, not sitting at a desk, hearing about his world second hand.

In any case, I figured I’d bring it up, being that this is a family blog, and being that many families homeschool or unschool. My heart goes out to any California readers I have who may be affected by this. Hopefully the appeal will turn up some decent news.

I guess on the bright side, I’m going to laugh my butt off when a million homeschoolers crowd the CA school system, and CA finds out, “What were we thinking!?” I highly doubt any school system in any state can handle the influx that will occur if they force kids into school. Good luck with that CA!

What are your thoughts? Are you a California Homeschooler?

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