Why is it ridiculous to suggest that people raise their own children? Its foolish to me to hand over our kids to strangers for the majority of their childhood. If we can afford to homeschool our kids, anyone can. Its a matter of priorities.
Many of the homeschool moms in our co-op work part time so they are able to be there for their kids and still contribute to the familys income. Its a defeatist attitude to simply say its unaffordable and give up your child to be trained by the state.
The real problem is the large schools. There is no way any teacher/ administrator can keep track of all the students. The students just become a number.
Large central schools were created to indoctrinate students to the guberments thinking. The repercussions were never thought about. Cookie cutter results do not always happen.
Blah Blah Blah