Another Reason to Homeschool
Absolutely! Schools have resembled prisons ever since government took over education, or at least since compulsory attendance laws were passed.
Although he was a fuzzy lib, John Holt had great insights into how schools actually function and how miserable they are for kids. How Children Fail is one of his books.
People claim that schools are important for socialization, but just look how the society in schools functions. There are gangs, drugs, bullying, etc. It’s a survival of the strongest kind of place, and the kids who suffer the most are those with disabilities, very smart kids, and those who are shy or weak. The real reason government schools exist is to provide subsidized babysitting for working parents.
Wintertime - given that the Sandy Hook mass murderer was home schooled and the victims were public school children, perhaps using the massacre for a diatribe about public school security and a “Another Reason to Homeschool” ping is in poor taste...