Re: Some benefits of homeschooling

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alberto Moreira) wrote:
>Said  Bob LeChevalier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :
>>You don't know many immigrant families, apparently.  Lots of
>>immigrants come to this country with little education.
>
>So far I've been on your side in this discussion, but...
>
>Many immigrants come in with enough education ! There's lots of
>Indians, Chinese, Japanese and Korean immigrants who come in pretty
>well educated. I myself was born, raised and educated in Brazil, and
>the only American degree I have was a three-semester master's degree
>in a college that's not even accredited, and I was 44 years old when I
>got it. Yet I compete. 
>
>Stereotypes are a bad idea, eh ? 

I'm hardly stereotyping.  "Lots of" doesn't mean "all" or even "most".
You yourself have mentioned a Brazilian janitor who presumably is much
less educated than you are.  Most immigrants are Hispanics even if you
count only the legal ones, and most of them are relatively uneducated,
as were the Hmong refugees.

BTW, I would find it hard to stereotype based on you.  Your picture on
the website could almost be my twin, yet we have quite distinctive
ethnic backgrounds %^)

lojbab
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