CBS Evening News - 1992-07-23

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[0:00] I'm trying my darn.

[0:02] >> Another quail controversy. Just where

[0:04] does the vice president stand on

[0:06] abortion?

[0:07] >> A woman who almost had an abortion based

[0:09] on faulty results from a genetic test.

[0:12] And Eye on America tonight, educating

[0:14] children. If schools won't do the job,

[0:17] these parents will.

[0:20] This is the CBS Evening News.

[0:28] Good evening. I'm Paula Aison sitting in

[0:30] tonight for Dan Rather. It's just what

[0:32] the Bush Quail campaign didn't need.

[0:34] Another election year controversy

[0:36] involving the vice president. It began

[0:38] with a statement Dan Quayle made about

[0:40] abortion that appeared to put him at

[0:42] odds with President Bush. CBS News

[0:44] correspondent Bruce Morton has our

[0:46] report.

[0:48] >> Vice President Quail came home to

[0:50] Indiana hoping to hit a positive note.

[0:52] Things are getting better. The trouble

[0:53] in Washington is with all those

[0:54] Democrats in Congress, not with the

[0:56] president. But reporters kept asking

[0:58] about a statement Quail had made on last

[1:00] night's Larry King show about abortion.

[1:03] Quail had said he'd counsel a grown-up

[1:04] daughter against having an abortion, but

[1:06] would support her whatever her decision.

[1:08] >> Well, it it is a hypothetical situation.

[1:11] I hope that I never do have to deal with

[1:13] it, but obviously I will counsel her and

[1:15] talk to her and support her on whatever

[1:17] decision she decision was abortion,

[1:19] you'd support her as a

[1:20] >> I' I'd support my daughter. I would I'd

[1:22] hope that she wouldn't. Reporters asked,

[1:24] "Doesn't that contradict President

[1:25] Bush's position and the Republican party

[1:27] platform which call for a constitutional

[1:29] amendment banning abortion?" Quail said,

[1:31] "No, not at all. It uh we are pro-life.

[1:35] Uh we are opposed to abortion. Uh we

[1:39] prefer uh adoption to abortion." Also

[1:41] campaigning in the Middle West, Marilyn

[1:43] Quail took a more traditional

[1:44] anti-abortion line.

[1:45] >> We hope that we brought our child up

[1:47] very responsibly so that uh the choice

[1:50] will never have to be made. I think it's

[1:52] a real tragedy in this country that we

[1:54] have as many abortions as we do.

[1:56] >> Abortion rights advocates gleefully

[1:57] pounced on the vice president's new

[1:59] language.

[2:00] >> It's hard to understand how you can

[2:02] object to other women in America having

[2:04] the same choice you would give your own

[2:06] daughter.

[2:07] >> You can't make a distinction between

[2:10] your own blood and everybody else's

[2:12] daughter. Therefore, the vice president,

[2:15] seems to me last night came out for

[2:17] choice. Despite all the rumors that he

[2:20] may be dropped from the ticket, Quail,

[2:21] both in Indiana and here at Lexington,

[2:23] Kentucky, has sounded confident, like a

[2:25] candidate who is sure he'll be there and

[2:27] is looking forward to a tough fight this

[2:29] fall. Bruce Morton, CBS News, Lexington,

[2:31] Kentucky.

[2:33] >> Another story tonight highlighting the

[2:35] debate about abortion medicine and

[2:37] ethics. Growing numbers of pregnant

[2:39] women are using high-tech genetic

[2:41] testing to learn whether their babies

[2:43] will be born with serious defects. But

[2:45] as Jazelle Fernandez tells us, there is

[2:47] new evidence that the lab doesn't always

[2:50] get it right.

[2:52] >> Brian and Colleen Hennessy knew the

[2:54] risks of having a baby. Both were over

[2:56] 40, but neither was prepared for the

[2:58] results of a genetic test which revealed

[3:00] their unborn child would be a severely

[3:02] [ __ ] baby girl.

[3:04] >> I was devastated. I I couldn't even get

[3:06] out of bed. I just

[3:09] It's very numbing. And

[3:11] >> Colleen's doctor recommended an

[3:13] abortion. The Hennessies went for a

[3:15] second opinion which showed no birth

[3:17] defects. Six months later, they had a

[3:19] healthy baby boy.

[3:22] >> He's just a beautiful, beautiful baby

[3:24] boy. To be told I was having a baby girl

[3:27] and then to have a beautiful baby boy

[3:29] that was perfectly normal. Uh that I was

[3:32] very angry about that.

[3:34] >> The Hennessies were obviously very

[3:35] lucky. But there are millions of

[3:37] Americans who rely on genetic testing to

[3:39] detect hundreds of different kinds of

[3:41] diseases and birth defects. The problem

[3:43] is the medical community has been caught

[3:45] off guard by the soaring demand for this

[3:47] advanced technology. Mistakes are being

[3:50] made.

[3:51] >> Just the diagnosis can label someone as

[3:55] ill even though they may never become

[3:57] sick.

[3:58] >> Today on Capitol Hill, testimony from

[4:00] experts and patients revealed problems

[4:02] in some of the nation's 400 genetic

[4:04] testing labs. A new government study

[4:06] found inaccuracies in a popular genetic

[4:08] test given to newborns. It's for a

[4:10] disease called PKU, which can cause

[4:13] severe retardation if not detected

[4:14] early. Laboratory error was blamed for

[4:17] half of the undiagnosed cases. And

[4:19] another study of 1,800 doctors found

[4:21] that 25% failed an exam testing basic

[4:25] knowledge of genetics. Today, experts

[4:27] called for more training and stricter

[4:29] regulations. Considering that genetic

[4:32] testing is going to become more

[4:33] important, that this is a deficiency

[4:35] that has to be um grappled with and that

[4:38] has to be uh removed.

[4:40] >> It is not known exactly how many

[4:42] mistakes have been made in the lab or by

[4:44] doctors falsely interpreting test

[4:46] results. But to the Hennessies, one

[4:48] mistake is too many. Jazelle Fernandez,

[4:51] CBS News, New York.

[4:54] The World Health Organization called

[4:56] today for a quick investigation into a

[4:58] mystery virus that may cause agel-like

[5:00] symptoms. So far, experts at the World's

[5:03] AIDS Conference in Amsterdam don't agree

[5:05] on what it all means to them or to you.

[5:08] CBS News health correspondent Edie

[5:10] Magnus is at the conference.

[5:13] Leading American AIDS researchers are

[5:15] not impressed by the findings of

[5:17] California Dr. Sudier Gupta who claims

[5:20] his lab has identified a new agent that

[5:23] may cause people to develop the symptoms

[5:25] of AIDS.

[5:25] >> I'm not at all convinced that Dr. Gupta

[5:28] has found a new retrovirus.

[5:30] >> I would place the odds at maybe 5% or

[5:33] below.

[5:34] >> Nevertheless, they're still at a loss to

[5:36] explain the baffling series of reports

[5:38] coming in from Gupta and many others.

[5:40] All say they've treated patients with

[5:42] AIDS-like diseases, including infections

[5:45] and weak immune systems, but without a

[5:47] trace of the known HIV viruses. Dr.

[5:50] Gupta is the first scientist to identify

[5:53] a possible new culprit.

[5:55] >> We have identified

[5:57] another virus or virus particles which

[6:01] are different from

[6:04] AIDS virus. Doctors in New Orleans

[6:07] confirmed today they too are treating

[6:09] three people who have nonHIV AIDS.

[6:13] >> I think that the evidence at the present

[6:15] time uh indicates that this is a pretty

[6:17] rare phenomenon.

[6:20] >> Scientists in Amsterdam agree and

[6:22] reiterated there's no reason to fear the

[6:24] nation's blood supply is threatened by

[6:26] any new agent. We can make no definitive

[6:29] conclusions regarding whether we're

[6:32] dealing with something real, whether if

[6:34] it real, it is real, it's actually

[6:37] causing a disease or whether or not that

[6:40] disease is communicable.

[6:42] >> It all leaves just enough uncertainty to

[6:44] be unsettling for a general public

[6:46] wanting answers now and for researchers

[6:49] unaccustomed to being pushed to provide

[6:51] them. As one expert said here today,

[6:54] this is a very unusual situation in

[6:56] which to conduct science. Edie Magnus,

[6:59] CBS News, Amsterdam. Still ahead on the

[7:02] CBS Evening News, the one who got away.

[7:05] The world's leading Colombian cocaine

[7:07] criminal is still on the loose after

[7:09] breaking out of prison. And your summer

[7:12] getaway at the beach. You could be in

[7:14] for some sun, surf, and sewage.

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[8:25] >> The world's number one cocaine

[8:27] trafficker remains a fugitive from

[8:29] prison. It's a prison that he

[8:30] practically ran before he ran away. Juan

[8:33] Basquez has more about the search for

[8:35] answers and for Pablo Escobar.

[8:39] The Colombian government continued an

[8:41] all-out manhunt for Escobar today, but

[8:43] critics called it closing the barn door

[8:45] after the horse had fled. Many critics

[8:48] always thought it absurd that the

[8:49] world's number one drug trafficker was

[8:51] allowed to build and control his own

[8:53] prison.

[8:54] >> The only thing that was holding him

[8:55] there was his own security force and he

[8:57] was free to leave as he chose and he

[8:59] chose to leave. Now,

[9:01] >> Escobar escaped as the government tried

[9:03] to move him to a higher security prison.

[9:07] While on the run, he called a Bogotaar

[9:09] radio station and vowed to fight to the

[9:10] death. A threat that set the entire

[9:12] country on edge because the last time he

[9:14] waged war, hundreds died.

[9:18] >> Colombia's president appealed for

[9:20] Escobar to surrender. The escape is a

[9:23] blow to the government of Colombia,

[9:24] which just last year boasted in US

[9:26] newspaper ads that it had virtually won

[9:29] the drug war. But the drug war was never

[9:32] won on the streets of America. Here,

[9:34] cocaine remains easily available, and

[9:37] officials say the jailing of Escobar and

[9:39] other Colombian drug lords has made no

[9:42] significant difference. Just three weeks

[9:44] ago, bales of Colombian cocaine rain

[9:47] down on South Florida during an airplane

[9:49] chase between US customs and drug

[9:51] traffickers. Some residents awoke to

[9:53] find cocaine in their front yard. Well,

[9:56] anytime Pablo Escobar is uh uh on the

[10:00] lamb and uh once again operating in the

[10:02] cocaine trade, it would uh certainly

[10:05] hurt the world, not just the United

[10:06] States. If Escobar is not caught soon,

[10:09] authorities fear he will never be caught

[10:11] and will continue his billiondoll

[10:13] business shipping cocaine into the

[10:16] world's number one cocaine market, the

[10:19] United States. Juan Vasquez, CBS News,

[10:22] Miami. An unconfirmed report tonight

[10:25] from Colombia says Escobar is now

[10:27] offering to surrender if the government

[10:30] guarantees his safety. The United States

[10:33] and Iraq still appear to be on a

[10:34] collision course. As Jim Stewart reports

[10:37] again today, both sides talked tough and

[10:40] nobody blinked.

[10:42] President Bush met with his top military

[10:44] advisers this afternoon on the growing

[10:46] crisis with Iraq. While other allied

[10:48] governments warned that Baghdad's

[10:50] failure to allow UN personnel inside a

[10:52] suspected weapons related facility is

[10:54] courting disaster.

[10:56] >> The absence of developments and the

[10:58] absence of willingness of the Iraqi

[11:00] government to give access to the uh team

[11:03] to the Ministry of Agriculture is

[11:05] creating a daily more serious situation.

[11:08] Baghdad meanwhile stepped up its own

[11:10] rhetoric with foreign minister Tariq

[11:11] Aziz saying the standoff had become a

[11:14] point of national honor.

[11:15] >> For such a position the people of Iraq

[11:18] and the leadership of Iraq are ready to

[11:21] face any consequence.

[11:24] >> Another Iraqi official portrayed the

[11:25] crisis as a political event manufactured

[11:28] by the White House. I tell you some

[11:29] people sometime for one reason or

[11:31] another would like to make threats here

[11:33] and there not really to uh pressure Iraq

[11:36] as much as to serve some domestic

[11:38] purpose.

[11:38] >> But Democratic presidential nominee Bill

[11:40] Clinton said he had no argument with Mr.

[11:42] Bush on this call saying in a statement,

[11:44] "Let there be no mistake. If the United

[11:46] Nations decides to use force to ensure

[11:48] Iraqi compliance with the ceasefire

[11:50] agreement, I will support American

[11:52] participation."

[11:54] US naval forces meanwhile are

[11:56] positioning themselves for a possible

[11:58] strike. The Tomahawk missile cruiser

[12:00] Philippine Sea has slipped through the

[12:01] Suez Canal into the Red Sea while

[12:04] another cruiser moved to the mouth of

[12:05] the Persian Gulf and the carrier

[12:07] Independence and her escorts have begun

[12:09] steaming north. Secretary of State James

[12:11] Baker consulted today with leaders in

[12:13] Saudi Arabia whose military facilities

[12:15] are key to any Allied air strike. Mr.

[12:17] Rebecca will return early next week for

[12:19] a series of meetings with the president

[12:20] that many here believe will start a

[12:22] countdown for Iraq to either comply or

[12:24] face military consequences. Jim Stewart,

[12:26] CBS News, the Pentagon. And stay with us

[12:29] now for more of this CBS Evening News,

[12:32] including a long and dangerous journey

[12:34] through a war zone.

[12:43] Louise here was saying that she will not

[12:45] freeze her hearty chicken soup in

[12:47] Gladlock zipper bags.

[12:48] >> No, I'll only use the bag my mother

[12:50] uses.

[12:51] >> Really? Well, let's go live to your

[12:52] parents house.

[12:53] >> Louise, we switched to Gladlock zipper

[12:56] bags. Their yellow and blue made green

[12:57] seal shows the bag is closed. Your bag

[12:59] doesn't have a green seal. If you'd

[13:01] visit more often, you'd know that.

[13:04] >> I'll switch to Gladlock, too. Isn't it

[13:07] nice to see Gladlock bringing families

[13:09] together when it really counts? Only

[13:11] Gladlock has the yellow and blue make

[13:12] green seal.

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[14:18] >> We knew it had to be her.

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[14:25] >> The White House is out with an

[14:26] optimistic election year forecast about

[14:28] the economy. It predicts the

[14:30] unemployment rate will far fall sharply

[14:32] by the end of the year to 6.9%. It is

[14:35] now running at an 8-year high of 7.8%

[14:39] and showing no signs of dropping. In

[14:41] fact, a labor department report today

[14:43] says new claims for unemployment

[14:44] benefits hit a two-month high in the

[14:46] latest reporting week. As you may know,

[14:49] the Chicago Cubs are suing the baseball

[14:51] commissioner to stop him from moving the

[14:53] team from the National League East to

[14:55] the West. Today, the Cubs got some help

[14:57] from a federal judge. The judge blocked

[14:59] the commissioner from making the move

[15:01] until the Cubs lawsuit is settled.

[15:04] Summertime is prime beach time for

[15:07] Americans, but a new study out today may

[15:09] make you think twice before you dive in

[15:11] and catch a wave. Bill Agatuda tells you

[15:14] what else you can catch.

[15:17] >> If you want to know how polluted the

[15:19] water has been lately in California, ask

[15:22] someone who practically lives in it,

[15:24] like surfer Pat Corwin. I've talked to

[15:27] friends of mine that I've surfed with

[15:28] for many years that have had intestinal

[15:30] diseases. Uh I know I'm prone to ear

[15:33] infections.

[15:34] >> Ear infections, stomach problems, eye

[15:36] irritations are all now the common side

[15:39] effects of a day at the beach in

[15:41] America. According to an environmental

[15:43] report card issued today,

[15:45] >> people have a right to know what risks

[15:47] they are taking when they swim at the

[15:49] beach. In the east, the problem is often

[15:51] untreated sewage pouring into places

[15:54] like New York Harbor from aging,

[15:56] overloaded treatment plants. In the

[15:58] West, it can be storm drains that open

[16:01] up on some of California's most popular

[16:03] beaches. Pesticides, herbicides, animal

[16:06] waste, trash, you name it. All that go

[16:09] straight into the ocean with absolutely

[16:11] no treatment whatsoever. So here at

[16:13] least the rush is on to post warning

[16:15] signs on street gutters not to use them

[16:18] for trash because what disappears down

[16:20] the drain quickly forms a disgusting

[16:23] stew that is then washed right out to

[16:25] sea unfiltered.

[16:27] >> We found chalera bacteria there on July

[16:29] 10th.

[16:30] >> So far no one has been known to have

[16:32] contracted chalera or any serious

[16:35] illness. But while the dirty water is

[16:37] far from life-threatening, it is

[16:39] threatening the lifestyle. I live to

[16:42] surf and uh I have seen some good

[16:45] friends of mine just say it's not worth

[16:46] it anymore.

[16:47] >> The environmentalist today recommended a

[16:49] uniform pollution code which does not

[16:51] now exist and that officials be more

[16:54] aggressive with their warnings so

[16:56] Americans know what they're getting into

[16:58] when they test the waters this summer.

[17:00] Bill Lagato, CBS News, Santa Monica,

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[18:55] By air and by land, the United Nations

[18:57] is trying desperately to keep

[18:59] humanitarian aid flowing to people

[19:01] trapped by the civil war in what used to

[19:03] be Yugoslavia. A convoy of trucks is

[19:06] trying to open a corridor through the

[19:08] war zone. CBS News correspondent Alan

[19:10] Pizzy is traveling with the convoy which

[19:13] left from the city of Split.

[19:17] The road to Sievo is paved with good

[19:19] intentions. And as a convoy with 200

[19:22] tons of relief supplies for refugees

[19:24] moves out across the land bridge, it

[19:26] looks easy.

[19:30] But the 30 trucks are soon spreading out

[19:32] as they grind over two mountain ranges

[19:34] 8,000 ft high along roads that are

[19:37] little more than rocky tracks. The

[19:39] average speed drops to less than 15 m an

[19:42] hour. If all goes according to plan, it

[19:45] usually doesn't. As UN worker Yanos

[19:48] Ludre knows too well,

[19:49] >> the problem is that there is a line of

[19:52] vehicles down there. Uh-huh. And they'll

[19:54] have to pass here.

[19:56] >> So, I think that we'll have to move the

[19:59] trucks a little bit back so that they

[20:01] can pass to here.

[20:05] The problem this time is construction.

[20:07] Something relief officials say is

[20:09] crucial just to cope with Bosnia's

[20:11] refugee problem, never mind relieve

[20:13] Sievo.

[20:15] This is a two-way street that's too

[20:17] narrow for the grinding procession of

[20:19] trucks, buses, and cars that use it 24

[20:22] hours a day. This convoy is carrying the

[20:25] same amount of supplies as an airlift

[20:27] brings in one day. They've gone 70 m in

[20:31] 8 hours and that's considered good

[20:33] going.

[20:36] Breakdowns are just part of every trip.

[20:38] An occupational hazard.

[20:42] >> Better.

[20:44] >> Affirmative. Affirmative. Everything

[20:47] okay?

[20:48] >> The convoy is on its own here. The only

[20:51] protection is Croatian troops who occupy

[20:53] this part of Bosnia, and their help is

[20:56] dubious at best.

[20:58] By nightfall, the security situation has

[21:01] deteriorated into uncertainty, and the

[21:03] convoy must turn back and wait.

[21:05] >> I think it's impossible to bring the

[21:07] food if if the road is not safe.

[21:11] >> By morning, the convoy is surrounded by

[21:13] hundreds of refugees. The town bakery

[21:16] has just run out of flour, so an

[21:18] unscheduled drop is made, enough to keep

[21:21] everyone fed for a few more days.

[21:24] >> It's not a big deal, but still, it's

[21:25] something. After 29 hours and 150 miles,

[21:29] the convoy finally reaches its

[21:31] destination. To help feed Sievo, the

[21:34] trucks would only have to go another 40

[21:36] miles. But that's through the front

[21:38] lines. And finding a way to do it safely

[21:41] makes the journey this far look easy.

[21:43] Alan Pizzy, CBS News, Zenita.

[21:46] >> Coming up next on the CBS Evening News,

[21:49] Eye on America. Tonight, hitting the

[21:51] books when mom is the teacher.

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[23:30] prescribed most.

[23:35] >> It seemed like the rain would never

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[23:44] >> he had some pain. So, we called the

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[23:50] >> With all the choices for your arthritis

[23:52] pain, well, I was surprised.

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[24:01] name you trust.

[24:05] >> You've heard the stories about schools

[24:07] where students don't learn, where

[24:09] weapons and drugs are commonplace.

[24:11] Tonight, a different story. It's about

[24:13] parents who are taking matters into

[24:15] their own hands, bypassing schools

[24:17] altogether. Aaron Hayes reports

[24:19] tonight's Eye on America.

[24:23] >> Cultivated,

[24:24] >> right?

[24:25] >> You know what that means?

[24:26] >> Osprey. Does anybody know what an Osprey

[24:28] is?

[24:29] >> People want the government to be

[24:31] everything and

[24:31] >> and it can't.

[24:33] >> Listen closely.

[24:34] >> Uh Hannah, can you find China on the map

[24:37] for us?

[24:38] >> And in homes across America.

[24:40] >> Are you finding something interesting in

[24:41] there? You can hear parents helping

[24:44] their children learn.

[24:46] >> Read with expressions, sweetheart. Read

[24:48] with expressions.

[24:49] >> Homework? Oh, it's more than that. It's

[24:51] homeschool work.

[24:54] >> Let's find a spot we were doing

[24:55] yesterday and we'll pick it up there.

[24:58] >> Joanie and Jim Magcguire are among the

[24:59] several hundred,000 parents who have

[25:02] decided to keep their kids out of school

[25:04] and teach them at home. how

[25:08] >> good counselss

[25:10] >> study after study of kids that were

[25:12] coming out of high school and couldn't

[25:13] make decisions. And I want my children

[25:16] to be aggressive to find out answers. I

[25:19] want them to love learning.

[25:21] >> More are signing on to the concept every

[25:23] day, unhappy with what's happening in

[25:26] America's schools.

[25:27] >> Guns in school, drugs in school, all

[25:29] that kind of stuff. I'm not going to

[25:30] have my kid in that environment.

[25:32] >> So the environments they are in laugh

[25:35] and play and sing all day are as varied

[25:39] as families themselves. Is

[25:41] >> that something you think you'd like to

[25:42] do?

[25:43] >> Geography class might be a game.

[25:45] >> True or false? About 90% of Venezuela's

[25:49] export earnings are from petroleum.

[25:52] >> What are you going to say?

[25:53] >> True.

[25:56] >> True.

[25:56] >> It's true.

[25:58] >> Biology might take you to the garden.

[26:00] >> How are apples? Where do apples come

[26:03] from? Here I come from the point

[26:06] that comes with apples

[26:09] >> or into books that should be over your

[26:11] head if you're just 16. Gray's anatomy

[26:14] is used in first year medical school.

[26:16] >> Why are you doing stuff this hard?

[26:18] >> Uh well, I don't look at it as hard and

[26:20] easy. I look at it as what I'm

[26:22] interested in.

[26:23] >> But with no set structure, no grades,

[26:25] can these kids get into college?

[26:28] Well, Harvard admitted half a dozen

[26:30] homeschooled students last year. We're

[26:33] excited about the homeschool students

[26:35] we've admitted and we look forward to

[26:36] admitting more. It's uh they've

[26:38] contributed a lot to this environment.

[26:41] >> Jenny Ellen Rook with highest honor.

[26:44] >> Jenny Rook is 19, just got her

[26:47] bachelor's degree in physics from

[26:48] Georgia Tech and heads for a PhD at Yale

[26:51] in the fall. Jenny was homeschooled by

[26:54] her mother.

[26:55] >> If I was interested in something, she

[26:56] researched it, got the materials, the

[26:58] books, whatever I needed to learn it.

[27:02] that was her job and she did it well.

[27:04] >> I think even educators will tell you I

[27:06] that the system needs to change.

[27:09] Um,

[27:11] but I don't have the answers for them. I

[27:12] just had the answers for mine.

[27:14] >> Homeschooling isn't easy. Done right.

[27:18] >> It's a full-time job.

[27:20] >> I think people who do it need to have a

[27:22] real conviction and not to take off and

[27:25] do it because it's a fad.

[27:27] >> Critics say there is one drawback to

[27:30] homeschooling. Unlike classroom

[27:31] settings, there's not much monitoring

[27:33] required to see how students are doing.

[27:36] >> A few states require children to take an

[27:39] achievement test, which is used in the

[27:41] regular public school, but many states

[27:43] don't even do that.

[27:44] >> Another criticism that homeschooled kids

[27:46] don't have a chance to socialize,

[27:48] incorporate that into every subject

[27:50] area. But parents have begun to network,

[27:53] arranging field trips, games to get kids

[27:55] together.

[27:58] >> And they say it's working. I went to

[28:00] school for um nine years and this is

[28:02] only my first year homeschooling and I

[28:03] wish I'd done it all my life.

[28:04] >> There it is. There it is.

[28:06] >> Homeschooling parents believe they're

[28:07] giving their kids a leg up on life. Not

[28:10] easy, NOT GUARANTEED,

[28:13] >> but a strategy more and more are

[28:15] beginning to choose in Atlanta. This is

[28:18] Aaron Hayes for Eye on America.

[28:22] >> That's the CBS Evening News for tonight.

[28:24] Ed Bradley will be along with Street

[28:25] Stories tonight at 9, 8 Central time.

[28:28] I'm Paula sitting in for Dan Rather.

[28:30] Hope to see you tomorrow on CBS This

[28:32] Morning. Have a good night everybody.

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