tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post2217641741712907195..comments2024-03-20T00:30:11.702-07:00Comments on Home Education Heretic: Two people withdraw from the home educating ‘community’Simon Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-17836962933125803632011-07-28T06:39:29.722-07:002011-07-28T06:39:29.722-07:00Congratulations C. Now, that's the sort of pos...Congratulations C. Now, that's the sort of positive news that deserves to be spread!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-69968956682310452682011-07-28T06:07:59.747-07:002011-07-28T06:07:59.747-07:00lol, I do what? Let me point out again I do not kn...lol, I do what? Let me point out <i>again</i> I do not know Ali Edgely at all, and Tania Berlow and I do not have regular contact. In fact I have been far too busy giving birth to check on the status of all the HEers/ex-HEers in Somerset.<br /><br />When I asked the question I just meant: Obviously you felt it was worth pointing out but with the thousands of HEers out there why is the status of these two people so noteworthy? - why does it matter?<br /><br />I hope this explains what I was trying to say.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05016760153402908872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-20032166325330997042011-07-28T04:37:19.674-07:002011-07-28T04:37:19.674-07:00Re your link, that was an interesting piece of res...Re your link, that was an interesting piece of research. I was part of the team that put in the same FOI request to every LA. At this time FOI requests had been used to great effect, to prove that the statistics on abuse and suitable education in the Badman Report were seriously flawed. Then the DCSF started refusing to answer them on the grounds that they were part of these alleged campaigns. They also told us that the LAs were aware of the campaigns and that there had been correspondance on the subject between the LA's and the DCSF. <br /><br />This particular FOI was designed to find out if the DCSF was correct by asking the LA's if they were aware of the campaigns or had had any correspondance with the DCSF about them. Nearly all of them, like Islington, gave a categorical no to both questions, and the few that didn't said things like, 'We have had rather a lot of FOI requests recently, so if that's a campaign we're aware of it'.<br /><br />This suggests to me that the reason the DCSF gave for refusing to answer our FOI requests was not the real one. Whether they gave it in good faith, or deliberately misled us, is of course open to interpretation.Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-27506278767453623102011-07-27T12:04:56.069-07:002011-07-27T12:04:56.069-07:00with very dim bulbs if sowith very dim bulbs if soAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-21779447959040596902011-07-27T09:21:00.521-07:002011-07-27T09:21:00.521-07:00Leading lights?Leading lights?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-42619877764830786282011-07-27T04:49:50.038-07:002011-07-27T04:49:50.038-07:00'Sorry, how is this piece of information worth...'Sorry, how is this piece of information worth its own blog post?'<br /><br />Ah C, I had forgotten that you play kiss-in-the-ring down in Somerset with Tania and Ali! As to whether this is worth its own blog post; well, probably not. Mind, I suppose that as its my blog, I should be the best judge of this. It is at least keeping readers up to date with one of the leading ligts of the British home education scene.<br /><br />Simon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-92021180097065168722011-07-27T04:30:47.714-07:002011-07-27T04:30:47.714-07:00Does this mean the re-writing of the guidelines ha...Does this mean the re-writing of the guidelines has been dropped? Has Alison Sauer also withdrawn?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-66607086979513974542011-07-27T02:49:19.239-07:002011-07-27T02:49:19.239-07:00Sorry, how is this piece of information worth its ...Sorry, how is this piece of information worth its own blog post? I just doesn't seem to add anything to useful HE discussion. <br />And with regard to how people are affected by these kinds of things, its all subjective. Just because you were able to tough out criticism and insults from others, it doesnt mean other people are so robust and impervious to unkind words.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05016760153402908872noreply@blogger.com