Twice a year, in late February and late July, thousands of would-be lawyers face one final hurdle before they can start practicing law and paying off the $100,000 in debt they carry on average: passing the bar exam.
Dr. Spock he was not. But the famously obscene comedian George Carlin did offer up parenting advice on a track of his 2008 comedy album, “It’s Bad for Ya.” There, in characteristic bleep-worthy style, Carlin ranted about the dangers of filling children’s agendas with play dates and activities.
The college semester is well underway, and yet many students—some well beyond freshman year—are still trying to decide on their area of concentration. In fact, if you were to query a group of students about their major, 1 in 8.2 of them might sigh, laugh, or cringe.
The plan seemed foolproof, as they usually do at 17. Several students would stand guard while others used stolen keys to break into the filing cabinets of teachers for algebra, calculus, chemistry and advanced math honors classes.
For years, modern home school education has lived in the shadow of its public and private school kin. Home-schooling parents have had to fight cultural stereotypes that depict them as neurotic recluses or religious nutcases and their children as antisocial geeks.
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