I suggest that you read the following article and tell me why they can't be elated that as a result of enormously hard work they do not have to confine their children to such an experience.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1237240/posts
I have been a public school teacher and have advanced degrees in the field. I sent my children to private schools and am blessed that their children are being home schooled because I do not think that the liberal thinking private schools are worth the price.
It takes a great deal of fortitude, love and commitment to home school well but not everyone can or should do it because not everyone has the qualifications necessary or the inclination or even good health to do it.
There isn't much credit given to those who do it; those who use their own funds from often meager income to school their children and pay the taxes to school everyone else's.
There is a great deal of derision from education officials and social services people who love to hunt down and "get at" these families (otherwise there wouldn't be a Home School Legal Defense organization). They reallly do take the rough road.
I cannot imagine why their exultation disturbs people. I think that you may be making a mistaken diagnosis. There are elitists in every aspect of life including public and private schools but I have rarely contacted a home schooled family that envied rather than cheered on another such family.
I don’t see them trying to take your public schools away from you so why on earth should it affect you either way? Ignore it, don’t take it personally and forget it just as you do other opinions or language on this forum that do not jibe with your experience or meet your expectation. Your health and well being will benefit from that course of action and that is the kind of "best" that I would wish for you.
Frankly I could care less what they do. I'm sick and tired of those of us who do send our children to school being accused of not loving our children enough to homeschool. That theme comes out in every homeschool thread here. Extreme arrogance.
Thank you for your support.
Homeschooling IS indeed hard work, and it requires a great deal of patience and commitment. Yes, there are days when I wish the yellow bus would come to the door. BUT, overall, it is the greatest experience I could ever ask for.
Part of the reason we are homeschooling is because of the idiocy that we encountered in administrators, not teachers. When my husband and I considered homeschooling, I wondered if I was qualified to do so. His response: "Well, given what they have now, we can't do worse!"
HSLDA.org is a wonderful organization that will assist you in making the decision to homeschool.
And folks, I came out of the public schools as well, and I can tell you that I have learned more about civics and government in the past two years than I EVER learned in the Public System. And that was a while ago! The schools are full of NEA supported garbage and a homosexual agenda...if you doubt it, ask your kids about the concept of absolute truth and see how they respond.
Thanks for the opportunity to have a high horse. And I have learned that I am incredibly qualified to teach my kids...I have the public library, the Bible, and Free Republic -- besides pencils and paper, what more do I need?