Do home schooling parents have to be accredited because otherwise how are those kids getting a basic standard of education? I mean, I have a history degree and could teach them history and geography but once the science and math classes came around those kids wouldn't be getting a good, well-rounded education.Most parents aren't qualified to be educators and while I don't doubt that there are some very smart parents out there, teaching requires years of study, preparation and experience.
Are these kids prepared to enter universities? Oh wait, I forgot---they're all basically socialist universities because they're run by the guv'ment!! So say some on the right-wing.
Yeah, is that why so many conservatives still attend them, earn credible degrees and succeed in job opportunities because of their time at a public university? I'm all for private schools and universities but home schooling seems reckless but then again, at one point I was half way to a Phd and we all know how you can't trust people with a Phd!!
Why? Because Phd stands for "People who Hate Democracy!!" (sarcasm).
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Hi there--well, I think there is some formal standards parents are required to follow in order to home school, but I'm sure it varies state to state. A good friend of mine home schooled her son, and she would be the first to admit she doesn't understand everything, so I'm sure she made sure he had whatever resources for a good education.
But I'm no expert. "Standards" could mean simply "make sure they have a pen and paper!" After all, I went to a Christian school, and while I think my education was good and in some cases superb, there are other areas where I feel it was lacking. And I'm not sure how standards are ensured when there's the whole separation of church and state thing.
If you think parents need a degree in education in order to be able to homeschool kids who will be accepted into universities, you are mistaken. I was homeschooled for most of my life, including high school, by my mother, who has only an associate's degree in computer programming. I am now in college, have been accepted to two different universities, am on my way to getting a bachelor's degree, and have an almost perfect GPA.
From what I've seen, most grade school teachers are trained mainly in the area of crowd control. Additionally, most of the public school teachers I've known seem to put more emphasis on forcing students to acquiesce than they put on actually teaching them useful skills. Many of the students I've met in college who attended public schools have difficulty forming full sentences and have no idea how one would write a paragraph in cursive. Clearly they lack skills in essay writing and in taking notes. A large percentage of college students who attended public school also have to take remedial math courses, while I did not. And in class discussions, I'm generally the student who has the most to say while many other students are afraid to comment on anything. Maybe this is because public school teachers manipulate students into believing their opinions are not important unless they are the opinions of a teacher.
Ever wonder why homeschoolers are less likely than other students to abuse drugs and alcohol or join violent gangs? It's not because we were sheltered, it's because we had other outlets for self-expression, while many public school students were forced into becoming submissive to their teachers and felt a need to rebel.
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