Posted on 07/02/2021 8:03:28 PM PDT by DoodleBob
I think a smaller and more intimate America, where children work alongside their parents, could be a good thing.
Democrats aren’t going to allow that to happen
They find a way to force kids into these schools by denying accreditation to a homeschooling child that seeks a college degree or even future employment
We weren’t among the earliest of homeschooling parents, but as Boomers we believed that it was foolish to trust the education of our children to “professionals”. Membership in Home School Legal Defense Fund was crucial in certain states and situations.
The teachers unions will continue to oppose homeschooling. The fight never ends.
No double income.
Single income families would result in higher singular income.
Also, this wouldn’t necessarily result in all kids staying home. How many jobs could be adapted so your children work beside you as you worked?
In NJ - not exactly a basket of Deplorables - there is very minimal state intervention in homeschooling. About 15 years ago, a few Dem politicians tried to weaponize a child abuse tragedy into heavy regulation of homeschooling. The families of homeschoolers launched a virtual Shock & Awe on the legislature and they backed off. Then State Sen. Loretta Weinberg tried it again and got destroyed: “a small group of homeschooling parents began following Weinberg around the capitol. The barrage of phone calls from homeschooling advocates so jammed her office phone lines that staffers had to use their private cell phones to conduct business. “You would have thought I’d recommended the end of the world as we know it,” Weinberg says. “Our office was besieged.”
The Homeschoolers may rival the NRA in stopping power.
And their children turned out incredibly better educated than their public school counterparts.
Parents don't have to be knowledgeable in all curriculum areas, they just need to be dedicated to their children's future.
There are lots of home-based business options now - whether Etsy or Shopify or (👎🏻Amazon)...it does takes some work and marketing skill, but it can supplement a single income, and also give a creative/personal satisfaction outlet to a parent who decides to give up a job to home school.
NO MENTION OF THE OPPORTUNITIES for the GOP. The key is black parents. You know- vouchers/choice. Will the GOP ‘get it’? You tell me.
In many ways, you hit it on the head.
Many people point to the test scores and other quantitative measures of homeschooling excellence, as a quasi-justification for homeschooling. These are good points to have. But...that utilitarian argument is a lot like resting the right to Keep and Bear Arms on John Lott, Jr and other researchers' quantifying the benefits of firearms ownership.
In both cases, the individuals' right to KABA and the parent's right to homeschool does not hinge on a cost/benefit analyses, nor is it subject to legal debate. They simply ARE.
I know of homeschooled children that won't become rocket scientists, or may be of average intelligence. But these kids know right from wrong, and can withstand 4 years of college indoctrination and come out as stronger Americans.
What IS of inestimable value in homeschooling, is the love and care and support from the parents (or guardians). Many homeschooling families aren't one-percenters and they may not have parents/guardians that are upper bell-curve inhabitants. But we will fight to the death to ensure our children aren't chewed up by the system, that they get as good an education as they can deliver, and (on some level) NEVER stop the dedication to our kids.
Black violence over-all is near the breaking point too.
Not to mention that parents can pool their expertise and act as teachers for a pod of kids.
In some states you don't even have to be certified in a subject to teach it...in a public school.
Accreditation probably matters for Doctors and lawyers but for technology no one cares. I suspect tech is t the only sector that doesn’t care
Or, you can always hire a tutor or send Johnny or Mary to the music teacher or tennis coach.
It always makes me chuckle, when most people oppose Homeschooling they automatically go to 'socialization' but NOT academics.
Germany has banned homeschooling since 1919.
Sensible people will educate their own children and get them out of the indoctrination centers now that everybody knows what they are.
IMO, a public school could be converted to Abeka with a facilitator in every class to keep them from climbing out of the window or going to sleep, eliminate the teachers union, and graduate a vast majority of students with higher grades and education level, using less public money almost overnight.
This is one place liberals really screwed up with covid lockdowns. Parents got to see exactly what was going on and realized there was no way they could do worse. Add job loss and an incentive to move and Bingo! You start to break the back of big education!
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