PiCO Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 There's a poll on a local news website: Do you think parents or guardians who home school their children should be required to have teaching credentials to do so? Yes No No opinion The site is http://www.9news.com/ Look for the poll about half way down on the right side of the page. (You have to scroll down.) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 I just voted, there are 2800 votes so far. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chai Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Hey! That's my news channel too! I voted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I voted. Thanks for posting this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I voted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 The "no's" are more than double the "yes's" - There is intelligent life out there!! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hana Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Voted! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I just voted and there are 4000 no's to less than 2K yeses. I wonder how much this poll reflects society at large and how much reflects the fact that homeschoolers tend to communicate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiCO Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 don't we kind of skew the results though? I voted btw, just wondering. I was hoping to skew the results. That's what everyone does for these online polls! But really, the point (for me) of skewing results is so people realize that there are a lot of people out there that don't want homeschooling regulated. (I found out about the poll from HSLDA, I think- I'm still on an e-mail list from when I went to a CHEC conference I think.) No one should think that an online poll is scientific. On the 9News website it says that the poll is for entertainment value only. Thanks for voting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chai Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 It's skewed alright. Every homeschool group I'm on put out an e-mail to vote! Once the word was out, the no votes rose dramatically. It's nice to see homeschoolers rise to the challenge though. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 It's skewed alright. Every homeschool group I'm on put out an e-mail to vote! Once the word was out, the no votes rose dramatically. It's nice to see homeschoolers rise to the challenge though. :) Absolutely. It's usually a minority that fights the most to keep our rights, IMO--I have no stats or polls to prove that;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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