Comments on: Dear Ed Balls & the DCSF – no thank you. http://www.patchofpuddles.co.uk/archives/2879/dear-ed-balls-the-dcsf-no-thank-you Home Educating our Girls. Living without our Baby Boy. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:58:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Caroline http://www.patchofpuddles.co.uk/archives/2879/dear-ed-balls-the-dcsf-no-thank-you/comment-page-1#comment-268851 Caroline Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:20:46 +0000 http://www.patchofpuddles.co.uk/?p=2879#comment-268851 blogged my ' Dear Ed' - if your up for a read!! blogged my ‘ Dear Ed’ – if your up for a read!!

]]> By: Caroline http://www.patchofpuddles.co.uk/archives/2879/dear-ed-balls-the-dcsf-no-thank-you/comment-page-1#comment-268848 Caroline Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:04:24 +0000 http://www.patchofpuddles.co.uk/?p=2879#comment-268848 Brilliant Merry - now feeling inspired to write something of my own. I listened to the Select Committee in the early hours of today and it riled me! I even wrote stuff down!! Watch my space :D Brilliant Merry – now feeling inspired to write something of my own. I listened to the Select Committee in the early hours of today and it riled me! I even wrote stuff down!! Watch my space :D

]]> By: Father Ignatius Brown http://www.patchofpuddles.co.uk/archives/2879/dear-ed-balls-the-dcsf-no-thank-you/comment-page-1#comment-268845 Father Ignatius Brown Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:11:24 +0000 http://www.patchofpuddles.co.uk/?p=2879#comment-268845 Wonderful article - thank you so much for trying to shake us from our inertia (now where is that petition)... ....but be warned Home Educators - you are up against the centralising instincts of the socialists - socialists have a complete disregard for liberty and individual freedom because it threatens the organs of state including state organised education (through which they can pump their socialist propaganda). Education otherwise is the only form of education that recognises the value of the individual over the group. It recognises that society is not the same as THE STATE and it recognises that society is a product of individual free choice not a separate imposed order. That, sadly for home educators, is completely at odds with the aims and ambitions of socialists in general and this Labour government in particular, which thinks it has a god-given right to meddle in every aspect of our personal life for the sake of "the greater good" and "social order". Sadly for this country, socialism is the fastest route to the totalitarianism of national-socialism yet invented (with half our productive economic capacity nationalised in all but name we are half way there already). Blessings for freedom and education otherwise, Father Ignatius Brown Wonderful article – thank you so much for trying to shake us from our inertia (now where is that petition)…

….but be warned Home Educators – you are up against the centralising instincts of the socialists – socialists have a complete disregard for liberty and individual freedom because it threatens the organs of state including state organised education (through which they can pump their socialist propaganda).

Education otherwise is the only form of education that recognises the value of the individual over the group. It recognises that society is not the same as THE STATE and it recognises that society is a product of individual free choice not a separate imposed order.

That, sadly for home educators, is completely at odds with the aims and ambitions of socialists in general and this Labour government in particular, which thinks it has a god-given right to meddle in every aspect of our personal life for the sake of “the greater good” and “social order”.

Sadly for this country, socialism is the fastest route to the totalitarianism of national-socialism yet invented (with half our productive economic capacity nationalised in all but name we are half way there already).

Blessings for freedom and education otherwise,

Father Ignatius Brown

]]> By: Michaela http://www.patchofpuddles.co.uk/archives/2879/dear-ed-balls-the-dcsf-no-thank-you/comment-page-1#comment-268844 Michaela Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:18:43 +0000 http://www.patchofpuddles.co.uk/?p=2879#comment-268844 Fantastic post! I often direct my non home-edding friends here as you seem to explain it so much better than me! It's frustrating though as most people outwith the home ed community just don't seem to "get" it and think we're all being paranoid. But come to Scotland! The current executive have said there are no plans for a further review of EHE. New guidance was issued in Jan 08: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/12/17133313/0 Fantastic post! I often direct my non home-edding friends here as you seem to explain it so much better than me! It’s frustrating though as most people outwith the home ed community just don’t seem to “get” it and think we’re all being paranoid.

But come to Scotland! The current executive have said there are no plans for a further review of EHE. New guidance was issued in Jan 08:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/12/17133313/0

]]> By: Barry http://www.patchofpuddles.co.uk/archives/2879/dear-ed-balls-the-dcsf-no-thank-you/comment-page-1#comment-268843 Barry Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:22:39 +0000 http://www.patchofpuddles.co.uk/?p=2879#comment-268843 A fantastic post. Keep fighting by every means possible! All together: No Barry A fantastic post. Keep fighting by every means possible!

All together: No

Barry

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