I positively agree. There’s an adage I once heard: those that can’t do, teach; those that can’t teach, write text books. Nothing can replace life experience when it comes to teaching, IMHO. I don’t, so much, have a problem with a 22 year old college grad teaching my toddler how to count to 10 or identify colors... Conversely, I have a huge problem with them teaching my teen philosophical and interpretive subjects.
Army MP Retired wrote:I always heard it like this:
There’s an adage I once heard: those that can’t do, teach; those that can’t teach, write text books.
Those who can't do, teach.
Those who can't teach become administrators
And recently, someone here of FreeRepublic added:
Those who can't make it as school administrators run for congress.
I know some teachers who have written textbooks. I have also learned how little say some authors have or want in books that have them as authors. It is the editors who decide how things are written.
That said, my problem with homeschooling is that some of the more active and knowledgeable parents are giving up on public schools instead of fighting for them.
Then there are the parents who 'homeschool' because their kids cause too much trouble in schools. There are good and bad in both directions.
I have stayed active in school as a sub because of my grandchildren (the oldest of which is a teacher's nightmare - smart and outspoken).