Ron Paul Liberty Report - Weekly Update --- One Good Thing about the Lockdown
Aired: 2020-05-27
Duration: 03:55


=== Cdc's Homeschooling Guidelines (01:49) ===

[00:00:03]  Hello everybody and thank you for tuning in to the weekly report.
[00:00:06]  One good thing about the lockdown.
[00:00:09]  One of the few good things to come out of the government mandated shutdown is that many parents have started homeschooling their children.
[00:00:17]  Many of these parents are likely to continue homeschooling after the government schools reopen.
[00:00:23]  Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did its part to encourage homeschooling when it unveiled guidelines for the schools to follow when they reopen.
[00:00:33]  Among the CDC's guidelines are that schools put tape on the hallways directing children which direction walk and how much distance to keep between themselves and their classmates.
[00:00:46]  The CDC also recommends children to not share electronic devices or learning aids.
[00:00:52]  The guidelines even say children should wear masks at school.
[00:00:56]  The CDC's guideline instructs schools to close playgrounds and cafeterias and to cancel all field trips and assemblies.
[00:01:05]  Instead, the students are to spend all day at their desks not even having classrooms for lunch or recess.
[00:01:13]  The CDC guidelines may not have the force of law, but it is likely most government schools will adopt them in order to ensure continued access to federal funding.
[00:01:25]  Schools will do this even though children are at a very low risk of being seriously harmed by coronavirus.
[00:01:32]  In fact, by forbidding children from going outside to play, exercise, and get sunshine, the guidelines actually endanger children's health.
[00:01:40]  The guidelines also harm children by limiting their ability to interact with their fellow students and develop social skills.
[00:01:48]  Opponents of homeschooling claim that homeschooled children lack proper socialization.

=== Homeschooled Success Stories (02:02) ===

[00:01:53]  Education researcher Corey DeAngelis recently told journalist John Stossel in a recent interview that children who are homeschooled get much better academic and social results than kids in government schools.
[00:02:06]  Mr. DeAngelis pointed out that homeschoolers score about 30% higher on the SAT test than kids in regular schools.
[00:02:15]  Parents looking for a homeschooling program that include an introduction to the ideas of liberty should consider my homeschool curriculum.
[00:02:23]  My homeschool curriculum provides students with a solid education in history, literature, mathematics, and the sciences.
[00:02:31]  It also gives students the opportunity to create their own websites and internet-based businesses.
[00:02:38]  The curriculum is designed to be self-taught with students helping and learning from each other via online forums.
[00:02:45]  Starting in fourth grade, students are required to write at least one essay a week.
[00:02:50]  Students also take a course in public speaking.
[00:02:54]  The curriculum teaches history from a pro-liberty perspective and the economic section is taught from the Austrian viewpoint.
[00:03:02]  But unlike government schools, the curriculum does not compromise education quality or distort facts in pursuit of a political agenda.
[00:03:11]  Students using my homeschooling program develop a love of learning, study superior to communication skills, and gain real world business experience.
[00:03:22]  They also develop the critical thinking skills necessary to see through the lies peddled by government officials and their syncophants in the mainstream media.
[00:03:33]  The skills and knowledge students gain will enable them to succeed in whatever careers they choose to pursue.
[00:03:40]  Parents interested in giving their children a well-rounded homeschooled education that includes sound economics and the history and philosophy of liberty can get more information about my curriculum by going to ronpaulcurriculum.com.