Sherri Drakos: I'm a homeschooling liberal parent. I've seen the good and bad. Frankly, most parents don't even have to have more than a GED to teach their kids, and there are no tests to ensure that the children are on target. I've seen what other homeschooling parents call "education" and they are harming their children. Kids spend the entire day watching television or playing video games while mom claims that as a social studies lesson. I do think there is a place for homeschooling, obviously, but there should be more accountability....Show more
Clifford Riggleman: It crushes the Government teaching union
Theresia Fashaw: Most people do it for religious reasons and end up denying their kids real friends, a real learning environment, and real education.
Ty Kirton: there dum
Bailey Lares: liberals want to indoctrinate everyone; no exceptionsthey are scared of decent men and women who want to raise their children without liberal brainwashingEDIT: ! pdooma, good for youliberal education involves very little history or learning about other cultures; liberals do nothing but trash history and want to get rid of all culturesmany knowledgeable parents are rightfully concerned about this...Show more
Leif Serabia: I'm chuckling over some of these responses as a home schooled kid. I'll put my education against yours any day. I learned about the ancient Egyptians while living in Egypt and wandering through tombs with curators, not filling out worksheets and reading a text book.
Jene Kostyla: because a good number of home schoolers are indoctrinated.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH_wPUVlJ38
Vida Miss: The prom would be creepy.
Denna Prudente: Socialism requires that people think as a group, not as individuals and the public school system is very good at instilling this into unprepared minds of the very young. Home schooling instills the beliefs of the parents and tends towards belief in individual fre! edom as required by the Constitution for western liberalism (n! ote: not modern "liberalism" which is the opposite, ie, socialism) to function properly and for the realization of the American dream. What is notable are the results: even when parents have no college education, the average home schooled child tests out in the 80th percentile while publicly educated children test out at the 50th percentile. This strongly indicates that the object of public education is indoctrination rather then education....Show more
Valentine Willinger: idiots (mostly cons) teaching children rubbish. you were home schooled thru necessity cons to it to stop their kids learning
Rebbecca Sorkin: If you have time for that, go ahead!
Antonia Boomershine: They fear for their cushy union jobs. The fact is that the schools are failing our children. Our schools rank very poorly against the schools in the rest of the world. This is a real shame. I did not put my children in the public school system and am very glad that I didn't Yes, it ! was a tremendous burden financially, but my children will be that much further ahead of the game in attending college and beyond. This country spends so much money in the educating of our children, and the results are horrible. The problem is that teachers have a difficult time because of the many disruptions in the classroom and that their hands are tied behind their backs as to what they can and cannot do with these kids....Show more
Shane Getler: homeschooling is a deficient education and should be illegal.those kids are so sheltered, they can't even tie their own shoes.
Cuc Gire: We aren't' afraid of it. We are concerned. But we know that a lot of home schooling is done by religious fundamentalists with no teaching skills and limited education themselves. They want to home school so they can brain wash their children and keep them from knowing facts, especially about science. It also is done to keep kids from being around folks from other races and cultu! res, so it's a form of racism. So you get a combination of poor quality! education, incorrect education in the sciences, and kids who don't know how to interact with anyone different from themselves.Not all homeschooling is that way, but a lot of the religious fundie schooling is.Greg, if you are going to trash the US education system, at least be informed about it. You make yourself look like a very poor product of your own education system. Teachers in the US (If they are not homeschoolers) have to have a four year degree and teacher's certification, which is a year of additional education. Many also have master's degrees. I seriously doubt that whatever country you claim to be from requires a master's degree for non-college teachers....Show more
August Hubbard: I don't know anyone who is afraid of it. While I was teaching, there were three instances of home schooling. All of those students eventually ended up in the public school.Two enrolled as juniors, were honor roll students, and graduated high in their classes. Competent parents.T! hree enrolled in elementary school at in three different grades. All were years behind grade level. Less able parents.Three from separate families were taken out of the public schools when they were sophomores because the parents got tired of having to deal with the school disciplining them. They were re-enrolled after a semester because the parents could not control them long enough to even try to teach them, The kids spent their time roaming the streets, especially by the school so they could taunt the other students. Ineffective parents.Some home schooling is excellent, but it depends on the parents.Please note that the public school had to enroll the kids and provide the appropriate education....Show more
Bo Perham: Most people are afraid of homeschooling.
Luther Plagmann: I lean to the left and I have no problem with home schooling... What's with the crazy responses from people?
Thurman Buege: I'm liberal, and I'm not afraid of home schooling, and my ! liberal parents home schooled me for pre-school. However, my parents we! ren't teachers, and couldn't afford a private tutor to come to my house every day to teach me about history from some random country on the other side of the Atlantic. So good for you. However, I've got a full scholarship to one of the most prestigious schools in the country, and I received several full scholarships from schools I hadn't even considered applying to. So if you really wanna compare educations......Show more
Jorge Detlefs: I don't care. If you want your child to be home schooled, home school him wooooooot
Amina Motzer: Why are conservatives afraid of REAL education?That is the real question here.
Libby Berkovitch: Because it's not funded or controlled by the government.
Natalya Sydney: Obviously not all liberals are opposed to it, but fact of the matter is that most homeschoolers come from a conservative family and conservative ideas will probably be reinforced during education. That scares some liberals.
Rodrigo Pezley: America h! as some of the worst schools in the industrialized world.I have some reservations about home schooling. But those questions relate to how the parents can balance working and teaching.In the country where I live teachers are very competent. Watching union strikes in the US, I am in... awe to say the least.The problem is in the US teaching isn't a respected job and any fool can do it. In some other countries you need to earn high grades in college and a masters degree additionally.Edit: I think though depending on the parental views... such as if the parent is a fanatic, then yes, the child stands to lose....Show more
Matt Tiry: Depends on why they are being homeschooled.
Clifford Gombos: Sure. My parents were missionaries. I traveled the world with them, and my folks used each country we lived in as a canvas to formulate my education. I also got into a variety of excellent universities on a free ride, but opted to serve my country in order to earn my educatio! n with my blood.
Chauncey Williama: idiots teaching children not ! a good idea
Donnell Mollo: Most of the teachers are incompetent.
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