Homeschooling

[sanantone]

Yeah, that's not doing much to remove the impression I had that homeschooling is the method of choice for indoctrination.



That's a shame, "How to have gay unprotected sex" was always my favorite class in public school.

I must be old because I graduated in this century and didn't learn that stuff. My mother did teach me that people choose to be gay, but then, by using logic, I determined that that doesn't make any sense.

This is why education is individual. I can tell you that I homeschooled my children and they were living in a two parent home, one of which was violent and abusive, neither parent having more than a high school education, living in poverty and for the most part isolation (our nearest neighbors were two miles away and we traveled into town twice a week) and my daughter was still ahead of her class when she was put into public school. My daughter is still an A student, however, she really dislikes the constraints of public school. They are now living in a single parent home but that would not have changed the quality of education my children received had I still been homeschooling. IMO the most important factor of whether a child will be a successful student is whether the parent and/or child value education. My goal for my children and the most critical thing I did/do regarding their education is to try and instill a love of learning in my children. If I can be successful at that then my children can be successful in *any* school setting because then they will supplement their own education where it lacks. We're all living homeschooling here, of ourselves. That's what we are doing when we study for CLEP, DSST, etc. It's no different for children being guided by their parents.

I can top that! I grew up in a single-parent home where the parent was abusive, had mental health issues, was borderline mentally retarded, and did drugs. No, I'm not making this up. I'm working on my PhD despite having attended public schools, but I realize that I'm an outlier. Although, I still believe that I attended a good school district. The school district I attended is still lauded as being one of the best in my county.