Because this is stuff these kids should know by the time they get to this class. Don't get me wrong. I doubt they know it in public school either.
But they should simply be further along than they are.
And, to be fair, it's not across the board. Some students are excelling. She has a 9th grader that she'll be teaching privately next year because she's already past some of the 11th graders.
Most of the students coming into the college here are public schoolers, as you would expect. Trust me...most of 'em aren't learning even BASIC writing skills, like punctuation, sentence structure, and proper capitalization. I would bet on AVERAGE homeschoolers are wayyy ahead of the average public schooler. Certainly there are exceptions to every rule, and homeschooling is only as good as the parents make it...but again, on average I think they get a BETTER education than public schoolers in general.
So because some publically schooled kids aren't where they should be, and their parents defend them, you're concerned about homeschooling in general?
That doesn't make sense Corin. Your wife would do a wonderful job with Luke AND JR. Sure there'd be days they'd want to kill each other, but that's why God invented Cracker Barrel.
On average if a parent cares enough to homeschool they will care enough to make sure their kids can spell and punctuate.