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[mistermasan]

OK, i'll say it....Hitler also outlawed homeschooling. how can a kid get his full doses of patriotism and full indoctrination in standing around and being reduced to a number if they don't go to gov't school?

...pursuit of happiness...blah,blah, blah...

but schools get money based upon the number of kids enrolled. every kid not enrolled, according to some thinking, "costs" the school money. now that kids are required to be there, more tax dollars are "captured" by the district. hooray.

[flakfizer]

[ernie]

the US government is looooooooong past being out of control...

[JustJohn]

[mistermasan]

the kids i knew who were home schooled were light years ahead of us.they could carry on real conversations with adults, were natural leaders and self motivated. they didn't have any of the "following skills" tht school necessitates.
one kids dad was a stone mason and the kid would go to work with dad. they did some work for us (bricking up an old fireplace and some tuckpoining). it was a beautiful thing. this 8 year old kid carried on like an adult. they would just talk about everything and anything. they would talk and "school stuff"would come up. they's talk about how to cut a stone and they'd do the math for the angles and such in the dirt and then they'd do the work. great way to learn math:in reality and not merely by the book.

but, yes...small sample size.

[No_hite_pls]

[TheUrbanMyth]

As I pointed out in another thread, home schooled kids are generally more social and academically apt then their peers. Their parents tend to be better educated and richer than the norm which can explain this...I gave the link in that other thread. The thing about home-schooled kids being anti-social is pretty much a myth. Yes you have some misfits, but many homeschooled kids have brothers and sisters. Then you have some nuts...well if your parents are crazy you're not likely to be well-adjusted either. But it has very little to do with not going to school as wannago pointed out.


As for people not being qualified to teach...this is Korea. Apart from a handful of people here, who is qualified to teach back in their home country? And should they really be passing judgment on people they don't even know, who may very likely hold a teaching degree or certificate?

[matthews_world]

Just give the parents who teach a subsidized test. Give them the special permit when they pass. Seems logical to me.

[wannago]

[postfundie]

[Funkdafied]

As a qualified teacher I would say home schoolers should be qualified to teach. There is a lot of skill and knowledge in teaching well.

Then again if it's mainly religious nuts who are doing it, who cares if they f thier kids up, they will f thier kids up whether the kids go to school or not. If a parent wants to lobotomise a kid and remove all sense of logic and sense of reality from the brain, they should go ahead, and it's probably better these "specimens" are kept out of the mainstream anyway.

[igotthisguitar]

[greedy_bones]

How exactly is this criminalizing homeschoolers? Homeschooling is still legal, but parents are required to have qualifications.

This is similar to saying that prohibition is still in effect because bars and restaurants are required to have a liquor license, or that medicine has been criminalized because doctors are required to have licenses.

Yes, there are many benefits to homeschooling, but there are also many drawbacks. Some kids gain adequate social skills without going to school, others do not. I suppose it depends on other factors. If parents involve their kids in social events with other kids on a regular basis, they'll probably gain social skills. Not all parents do that however. I've only met a few homeschooled people, and the ones I met did not seem adequately adjusted.

Personally, I think that public schools are the best, socially for kids. This environment exposes them to a much larger variety of cultures, personalities, and conflicts which are much more like the real world than the social fabric of a family. While, I think this is better, it still should be the parents' choice.

However, as every child has a right to a decent education, setting standards for homeschool is only logical. If a child doesn't receive food, shelter, or other necessities from their parents, the government can step in. Why should education be any different?

[Been There, Taught That]

[nicholas_chiasson]