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By Kelli Caraway

March 15, 2007 1:18 PM | Link to this

I don’t beleive that kids that are home-schooled should be able to recieve the HOPE Scholarship. This is something that kids who atttend school which means getting up early and sitting in class each and everyday should receive. Kids who are home-schooled are not doing the same things that kids going to school are doing. You see alot of kids that are pregnant and kids who get in a fight ect are the ones who are being home-schooled and I really don’t beleive they should receive any kind of scholarship and i don’t beleive they should be able to graduate with their class unless you are attending school at the time of graduation.

By sillysally929

March 15, 2007 2:19 PM | Link to this

It’s ridiculous to me that people assume homeschooled kids are pregnant or in trouble for fighting. When I homeschooled my kids, they were in elementary school, we were military and moved so frequently that homeschooling offered a consistancy in education plus one to one instruction that was great. They are well ahead of their peers currently in public school and have been that way for the last four years.

By MAE SNELSON

March 15, 2007 3:43 PM | Link to this

I do feel that their are great home schools out there. Where kids do attend everyday that are outside the home that are private. Where their parents have paid. It does give their kids a better chance in life. They are ahead of kids that are in public schools and they have 2yrs & a half of college under the belt before they reach the age of 19yrs. should get the hope grants and all other grants due to their hard work to achive high scores on the ACT AND THE SAT.

SO, YES THEY SHOULD BE INTILE TO ALL GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

By smedin

March 15, 2007 3:44 PM | Link to this

I agree with sillysally on how ridiculous it is to assume that homeschooled kids are pregnant or in trouble fighting. My aunt has seven children - four college-age, who all received scholarships for the merit of their intelligence and diligence in their studies, with the other three excelling in all areas of test scores they take on a regular basis. They are kind, considerate, brilliant children. I also agree that one on one instruction creates children who are in leaps and bounds over many who are public-educated. This is not to say that publicly or privately educated children are not intelligent, etc. - I know many public school children who excel in all they do. I think the HOPE scholarship should be given to students who deserve it - regardless of where their education has been received.

By jsa

March 15, 2007 4:21 PM | Link to this

I am a student currently attending Georgia State University and am preparing an article about House Bill 152 for a journalism class and possible publication in the school’s newspaper. I am attempting to locate someone who has experience with being home schooled or home schooling young people for a few questions.

Please contact me if you can help and/or are interested.

Thank you! asmith146@student.gsu.edu jsapril81@bellsouth.net

By Nomad

March 15, 2007 4:26 PM | Link to this

Kelli - I am sorry to disagree with you. Just because children are homeschooled does not mean that they are pregnant or troublemakers. There are parents out there, me included, that believe that government schools are in trouble. Teachers try to indoctrinate our children in their beliefs and do not nurture the children into becoming free thinkers for themselves. I want my child to have the best education possible. Whether or not they go to public school or not the work must be done. My wife and I plan to homeschool our child because it will be the best thing for him. I agree with smedin. HOPE should go to those who deserve it the most.

By Bobby

March 16, 2007 8:23 AM | Link to this

I love how Kelli is so critical of home schooling, yet fails to see the numerous mispellings in her own post. I’m guessing she used public school. As it is, scoring in the top 15% of the SAT and/or ACT is impressive, so it shows those students learned more than 85% of the kids in public schools, so therefore should get HOPE.

By Valerie

March 16, 2007 1:00 PM | Link to this

I feel the qualification for the HOPE scholarship should be the same (based on SAT or ACT scores) no matter how you gain your education. This would level the playing field. Once a student goes to college, the requirement to maintain a “B” average is up to the student.

By Daniel Simpson

March 19, 2007 8:46 AM | Link to this

Kelli seems to think that the HOPE scholarship is a reward for “getting up early and sitting in class each and everyday.” That is not, nor has it ever been, the purpose. Its purpose is to provide an opportunity for the best and brightest students in the state to pursue their education without regard to economic status. The current system needs to be fixed. The discrimination towards homeschoolers, and private schoolers for that matter, has gone on long enough.

By donnaree

March 19, 2007 9:15 AM | Link to this

I wish someone would take the time to do a statistical study on the number of pregnant, unwed homeschoolers vs. those in the public school system. Might open up some people’s (like Kelli’s) eyes. I think you would see that the majority of those homeschooling are doing what they have set out to do. They are purposefully keeping their kids from doing a lot of the same things that kids in public schools are doing. And very grateful that they don’t do what the public school kids are doing.