[borntobeagle]

"Keeping track of what the publik screwls are doing to your kids is far more costly and time-consuming than many would believe, IMHO."


Cleel, this was my exact experience. Before I withdrew my daughters from PS, time consumption was at its greatest, and the day-after-day (literally) arguing with PS administrative types was frustrating beyond belief. I had so many petitions going on that the School District had bi-weekly meetings with me to prevent me from going above their heads.

Homework was out of control. We would spend up to 3-4 hours a night on my oldest daughter's homework who was in third grade at that time.

There were other reasons I chose to homeschool as well; I disagree strongly with the PTA's stance, I am against forced homosexual sex ed, there is a strong lack of common sense education, the basic "R's" are not being taught enough, and total misrepresentations of our Nations history are set into children's minds daily.

Like I said, it became a calling in my particular situation. I now educate my 3 daughters, and we spend about 4 hours a day in "school". We certainly accomplish more than the PS can in their 6 hours in classes, not to mention the additional hours of homework each night.

I just want to point out that it is unwise to push parents into a situation where they may not be best suited to handle the day to day life of homeschooling.

For anyone who can possibly handle it, I say go for it and give it your all! Your children deserve it.

[ppaul]

We would spend up to 3-4 hours a night on my oldest daughter's homework who was in third grade at that time.

What a racket!
The reality is, you were homeschooling your daughter anyway.
The government "school" is just warehousing kids - free daycare for two-wage earner families, that's all.
They get all the tax dollars, and you get to educate your children after school hours.
Such a deal!