Homeschooling as a right, and a needed practical alternative

Re:Homeschooling as a right, and a needed practical alternative by ryandrake on Friday December 02, 2016 @11:39AM (#13090037)

I have to say--I came into this thread with the belief that homeschooling is only about "shield my kid from Evilution and Sex Ed and teach them the world is 4000 years old". But you make good points. I think back to my public school experience and I would never want to subject my daughter to that hell. There does need to be an alternative to the violence, gangs, anti-socialization and institutionalization that comes with public school.

I wish there was a way to mix the educational quality of public school (which I do believe is better than I could provide--im not a world history or literature expert) with the socialization of homeschool.

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Re:Homeschooling as a right, and a needed practical alternative by TrevorJ on Friday December 02, 2016 @12:05PM (#13090285)

I was home schooled, and I have also been a teacher in the private school setting for a number of years. I am convinced that the number one (and perhaps only) thing an education should provide are the skills necessary to teach oneself. Literacy, critical thinking and a love for knowledge. If you can instill your child with these, they have all the tools necessary to eclipse your own understanding of subjects that you aren't personally knowledgeable about. I would consider my k-12 math education to be something of a failure of my own making, but I have always been able to teach myself the math that I need to know as the practical need for it arises because I was taught how to learn.

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