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Originally Posted by Donny
Homeschooling is amazing.
For your information, homeschooling comes in many formats, one of which is this: as part of the public education system. In other words, the charter homeschool I utilize is part of the local High School district. We have standards to which we must teach, and the same state tests are given. COULD I teach them the Bible? Yes, I would be allowed to do so, as it is an important part of world culture (2 billion Christians worldwide). DO I? No, I do not.
This semester, for example, the 10th grader I homeschool has the following classes:
Geometry
English
World History
Biology
French
PE
Not much different than any other kid, except she has gone from straight Fs when I started teaching her to straight As now. Her test scores, for example, went from "below basic" in English to "Advanced." Go spend a few days as a volunteer in today's public High Schools and then come tell me that you'd put a kid you love in that environment. Parents no longer parent, and the kids show it. Most of them are horrible and care nothing about education and only about drugs, sex and video games. The social environment is putrid.
Do a google search and you'll find that homeschool creates better students who are actually BETTER socialized than their peers. And get used to this fact: today's homeschoolers are tomorrow's leaders. Your traditionally schooled kids will have names for my homeschooled kids: Boss.
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what makes you suitable to teach though? did you go to teachers college? did you go to university? do you think parents in podunk kentucky who are homeschooling to keep their kids away from the 'blacks' are educated enough to teach their kids? most likely not. like it said, its about control.
another issue is that you can't keep kids from the world forever, sure parts of it are bad and influential but how will your kids have the skills to deal with or avoid it if they've never had to? you raise kids in a bubble with their home school, religion and when they get out into the real world they either go crazy and do all the shit you hid from them or go the other way and become so introverted they never achieve anything other than grades.