Ask HN: If you’ve considered homeschooling, what’s stopping you?

Re:Ask HN: If you’ve considered homeschooling, what’s stoppi... by troupe on Friday July 01, 2022 @05:17PM (#31953058)

While I know some incredible public school teachers, the average homeschool parent I know is going to be much better for their kids than the average public school teacher.

Fortunately if you are homeschooling you can seek out specific teachers to help expand on things and choose those that are excellent. (Many homeschooler start taking community college classes in highschool if there are good options available.)

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Re:Ask HN: If you’ve considered homeschooling, what’s stoppi... by fn-mote on Friday July 01, 2022 @08:12PM (#31954685)

> average homeschool parent I know is going to be much better for their kids than the average public school teacher

This is a sampling question.

Consider that you may be looking at a bunch of well-educated parents choosing homeschooling over extra income.

I bet they're not choosing to homeschool kids with whom they have a bad relationship, don't understand, can't motivate...

Increasing the sample could produce much different results.

Admittedly salaries for public school teachers are pretty bad. There's no FAANG school with tricky interview questions and starting salaries double of what other schools are paying. I wish there were. Then you might see those 10x teachers choosing "teacher" as their profession.

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Re:Ask HN: If you’ve considered homeschooling, what’s stoppi... by troupe on Saturday July 02, 2022 @09:47PM (#31964313)

I would agree that "average parent" is not the same set as "average homeschool parent." If you are saying that the "average homeschool parent I know" is better educated and better off financially than the "average homeschool parent," that is possible, but given the diverse range of homeschool parents I know across the country, probably not as likely as you would think.

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