homeschoolin'

Submitted by turbo cool on

anyone read the ESPN article on Tate Forcier and homeschooling? just wondering what other people's thoughts were. for being a such a recruiting freak i'm dissapointed to not know he is homeschooled. not that i really care. but i was just readin through some of the comments in that article and people were already bashing UofM for having let tate in. a few go on to say how we have shady academic standards for our athletes. i just say, let the haters hate and watch the titles pile up*.

 

 

*umm, not right now. 

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GCS

September 25th, 2008 at 9:16 PM ^

He's probably more qualified than 95% of the people that are being recruited by the schools of the complainers. With the state of public schools, people who are against accepting him are complaining just because he's a UM recruit.

How many of the commenters in that article has MSU or GreenWhite in their username?

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mjv

September 25th, 2008 at 10:58 PM ^

There was a pretty long thread on Tate a few weeks back that had a long take on the fact that he is home schooled.

From what was discussed in the thread, it is apparently rather common in California.  Also, he is being recruited by Stanford.  And if he is capable of getting into Stanford, Michigan is no sweat.

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WolvinLA

September 25th, 2008 at 11:53 PM ^

I read that article too, and most of the comments were bashing homeschoolers playing for public school teams, most weren't bashing UM.  Tim Tebow did it, and he won the Heisman and a national championship in 2 years.  The biggest issue was whether public schools should be allowed to let kids play for their teams who don't go to that school.  There were solid arguments for and against, and as the article said, only 24 states allow that.  I'd say the country is pretty split.

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ShockFX

September 26th, 2008 at 12:05 AM ^

Well, if the taxes the family is paying go to that school district, I think they can homeschool their kid and let him play football as well.  As long as they don't 'homeschool' just to pick what high school he plays for by making him a free agent of some sort.

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mjv

September 26th, 2008 at 12:39 AM ^

Shock -- I actually think that the Forciers did the free agent thing.  Someone mentioned that each of the brothers played for different high schools.  If you could do it, it makes sense if one son may keep the next from playing for a few years.

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akearney50

September 26th, 2008 at 2:52 PM ^

I do not know if this is the same case in other states but in Michigan each public school district gets a certain amount of money per student, currently $7,316.  There is a stipulated day each school year that the districts count their total enrollment.  This number is then multiplied by the determind amount for each student, which changes yearly.  This is how the public schools get the majority of their funds.  The debate lies not in whether the parents pay taxes (to the district their student-athlete is competing for while being homeschooled) but whether or not the school gets the funding for that student.

Forcier as an Example: He goes to Scripps Ranch HS in San Diego.  I am guessing the taxes his parents pay go to San Diego public school system (or a nearby district).  Scripps Ranch has about 2,400 student enrolled, if they were in Michigan they would receive a total of $17,558,400 in public funding. California regulations may be different, but in Michigan, Tate Forcier would be taking money away from the $17.5 million without contributing to that total.  This may be completely different in other states, I'm just using Michigan as an example.

Eligibility may also be a concern.  I think that homeschooled students can take a limited number of classes, not enrolling full-time (it may be based on a percent of the school day, I'm not sure) and still be eligible for MHSAA play.  Again, not sure about the state-to-state guidelines.

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Sommy

September 26th, 2008 at 4:27 PM ^

I started this same basic thread weeks ago, and everyone's response (including yours) was, "Wow, this is dumb."

Naturally, someone will be along to let me know (emphatically!) that the thread I posted was nothing like this one, probably because I prefaced it by describing the Forciers as possibly "kind of weird."

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Sommy

September 26th, 2008 at 4:35 PM ^

After reading the article, it's cool to read he's actually enrolled in a charter school (the format of which, in this particular instance, is akin to having a private tutor), not that it's just him sitting at home and studying with the parents. Although it's equally disturbing that the article begins with the following:

On Fridays in the fall, Tate Forcier doesn't feel like going to school. The night's game is on his mind, and the quarterback for Scripps Ranch High in San Diego can't imagine studying a textbook rather than studying a defense.

No big deal.

"I'll tell my teacher, 'I have a game today,'" Forcier said. "He'll say, 'That's fine; you don't have to come.' And I'll go to my football school and watch film all day."

For anyone who is interested:

http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool/rise/football/news/story?id=3608362

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