Book learning, which most of school is, needs solitary time. Time for reading, time for studying, and time for writing. The problem is that kids are wasting their time in school every day, where very little of the time is actually spent on “learning.” Some is, when the teacher is demonstrating something, or explaining something, but often, what he is doing is not applicable to many of the kids. Some already know it, some are daydreaming or not following, and some are trying to follow but don’t “get it” or don’t learn from listening or seeing.
If you homeschool, those same 6 hours are not spent lining up, checking out the opposite sex, texting, walking through halls, or listening to a teacher explain something to a third person. You DO the work DURING your school hours, and need very little later free time to complete something. It just saves time, and allows the kids to have a sport or hobby.
I’m all for home schooling, but when you take a look at most (yes, most) of the parents out there this would be an unmitigated disaster of biblical proportions if done on a massive scale.
Half the urban parents out there never graduated themselves, and of those who did I would estimate most don’t have the self discipline to do it correctly, or be even willing to take the time either. Some kids can thrive in public schools because they have what it takes to get the most out of it, no matter how bad it is there for many it is far worse at home.
If you think that most public school teachers have an agenda they are pushing can you imagine what some of the kids being home schooled would be getting?