Okay, I will try this one more time.
We are compelled to enroll our children in school at 5. WE MUST DO IT BY FORCE OF LAW>
When my son turns 5 I MUST enroll him in a school. I do not have a choice in enrolling him in a school. I did have a choice in which school to enroll him. I chose homeschool.
I MUST keep him enrolled in school until he turns 17. I DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE IN THIS.
The state can COMPEL me to place him in PUBLIC school if I fail to meet THEIR requirements. I will not have a choice. If he gets below the 50th percentile on his standardized test for two years in a row, he will be forced to attend public school. What do they do with public schoolers that score below the 50th percentile? NOTHING. What do they do with MY son in PUBLIC school when he scores below the 5oth percentile? NOTHING. Do they let him return home? NO. If I do not inform the school that he will be homeschooling and provide a plan of instruction they will force me to put him in public school.
The state gives us a couple of choices with alot of strings attached and you think we are free to direct the upbringing and education of our children. Sad!!
Let's call this what it is. It is Sophie's Choice. You had the choice to cooperate with the government or face police, court, and prison action. You had the choice to **ransom** your child by paying extra ( above your usual police compelled school taxes) from the godless and socialist schools. You had the choice to pay jizya.
Honestly, in the upside down world of some conservative’s minds, “choice” is pulled out of the Mad Hatter's hat.
I have no clue what state you live in, but my daughter is on track to graduate HS at 15 if she so chooses. So your age issues are a personal matter to you, not me.
I also have no clue how old you are, but it seems to me that even when my mother was a tyke going to school at 5 or 6 was the going thing. I started 1st grade in 1966 a few weeks before I turned 6. My daughter started 1st grade in 2004 at age 6 (her b’day is in July.)
I’m really sorry you feel you have no choices, but I feel I do. You don’t like the choices I’ve made and that is your choice, just as it is my choice to support yours. It is what it is.