The point is, teachers are not really *professionals*, they just have a teaching degree that allows them to legally teach.
They just sell you that line to convince you that no one else can do the job they do and that’s certainly not true.
I did a far better job with my kids than anyone else could have.
Have you ever tried to do the job that teachers do?
Define professional. I do not have a teaching degree, yet I teach. I have certification only.
You teach, therefore you are a teacher, therefore you are not a professional either by your own standards.
I am sure that you did a fine job homeschooling your own children, and I am 100% for that. You have a right to do what is best for your children, but blatantly calling we who teach "not really *professionals*" is ironic, considering you must lump yourself into that same field by virtue of teaching.
Tell me, what would have happened to the young man who was born to a crack mother, had he not been adopted and placed into a public school? I can provide you the link to this story here on FR if you would like. Last I heard he is an attorney now.