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diversity of motivation, content and methods for
each individual family, much as Satanism is protected
from big-money exploitation by having our altars in
our homes instead of in great cathedrals. Should we,
as a point of Satanic policy, decide to be vocal homeschooling
advocates, it will be interesting to see if our
support is enthusiastically integrated.
Not all Satanists will be economically free
enough to have one partner at home teaching their
children, or be able to make the compromises necessary
to arrange their lives to do so. If you can’t, then
have as much influence on and involvement in your
child’s learning as possible. Teach him not to take
everything he’s taught in school as absolute truth.
Any negative judgments about his abilities should be
taken with reservation. Those Satanic children who
do go to public or private schools will be interesting
experiments in themselves. Their willful enthusiasm
will be labeled disruptive—or gifted—as a homogenizing
system tries to categorize a race of children
genetically and environmentally antagonistic to
homogenization.
For further research:
“Growing Without Schooling.” Request a free sample
issue from GWS, 2269 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02140.
Home Education Press has an excellent magazine,
Home Education Magazine, and many informative
books, including Good Stuff, an invaluable
resource for anyone who loves learning.
Christian slant is obvious but not overwhelming.
Send for a free catalogue from HEP, Box 1083,
Tonasket, WA 98855.
National Homeschool Association, Post Office Box
157290, Cincinnati, OH 45215-7290.
(Originally Published in The Black Flame 5, nos. 3
and 4, 1995. Reprinted with permission.)