Harvard was supposed to have a massive anti-HSing conference on March 24, 2020. It was moved to June because of COVID-19. This article was clearly written to coincide with the afterglow of the conference and to build on the attendant overbearing sentiment.
The funny bit is that the entire nation now has a forced test drive on HSing. Thus the fire of hysteria and lies they would have fanned in March has been extinguished by the soothing cool water of forced homeschooling.
Yes many parents will come away from their experience being thankful to send Johnny and Mary back to school. But they won't see HSing as this horrible thing-they'll likely be positively disposed to it and won't see full time HSers as freaks anymore. And a goodly number of parents will likely start on the homeschooling journey, having seen the propaganda being pushed on their kids.
The irony of all this, is it's liberals who are all for keeping the country locked down - and as a result for de facto homeschooling to continue...and possibly further delay this horrid conference.
Good observation.
Honestly, I don’t think everyone has the time, resources, skill or inclination to homeschool their children. That’s just a fact.
But there are thousands of professional teachers who don’t have the time, resources, skill or inclination to teach children, and that is a fact as well.
I salute and admire any parent who attempts to make the effort to school their own children. I would think a parent might end up learning more about themselves in the process.
And I bristle as the “educators” who would deny them that opportunity because the educator holds the view that “only the professional can effectively teach”. That positively angers me.