Wednesday 18 November 2015

The unsinkable hatred for home education and the Titanic

The Unsinkable Titanic



In 1912 there was a myth


The Titanic proud and tall on sea


Was unique, constructed specially


Would she sink? That could not be!



There was a firm belief


Too strong for minds to down


That powerful and proud vessel


Could never ever drown



Watertight her hull was


Designed it was with care


Safe as your own house


Furnished with grace and flair



Yet no match was she


The big ship laden


The last unhappy cruise


Voyage of the Iron Maiden



Take care what you believe


Trust neither government nor knaves


Think of the unsinkable Titanic


Large and rusting beneath the waves

by Diane Varty


Myths are powerful. Myths can make us believe anything we secretly wish to believe. Myths can be dangerous. Myths can obscure the truth. Myths can bind us together in hating any group we choose to hate.


From Psychology we know that prejudice about a family of another colour can be dispelled by knowledge of that family, by seeing people as individuals, as human beings with needs, as sentient beings with their own paths, as just Joe and Mary Ellen.


We can look past the myths that chattering government can jeer at us about home education. We who home educate are the experts and the bearers of knowledge.

But it gets very tiring to do it over and over and over.

Leave home education alone.  It has never done you any harm.