Posted by LJD on December 22, 2011 at 05:22:05 from (75.251.25.193):
In Reply to: OT Home school posted by pat sublett on December 21, 2011 at 16:25:28:
Most of the complaints I hear about home schooling are from people who know nothing about it. That is especially true with other parents who depend on the public school system to be their "free" baby sitter and full-time indoctrination center. It is just as true with the overpaid union members also who are on the school's taxpayer supported "welfare" system. As the quality of teaching and work load goes down, the pay demands keep going up. In my opinion, all teachers "aids" should be fired. School teachers should be required to learn the content of what they teach and NOT just get useless MAs in "how to teach from a text book." That may be a requirement in some states, but it is not in most. 40 years ago it was required in many more then today.
I've got four kids who went through the public school system. Our fifth is home schooled. When we got involved, we joined LEAH and have met many other home schooled kids from all over the country. From my perspective - there's a huge difference in the finished "product."
I particularly hear complaints from home-school phobics about LEAH being a Christian organization. Well yeah - it is. But they don't mandate beating your kid with a bible. They DO stand up for rights of parents though. I suppose there IS something Christian about a parent actually taking part in teaching their child. How dare we !
I find the entire public school system to be scary and wasteful beyond the pale.
It's ironic that my wife and I pay bloated school taxes in five different towns and two states yet are not allowed to vote on any budgets or local elections but one.
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