[petuniasevan]

I can't think of any legitimate reason any state could name for requiring parents to have a 4-year college degree in order to homeschool their own children.

Only a high-school education is required for military service.
Registering to vote doesn't even require that much.
Dittos for getting a driver's license.
In most states, a day-care provider needs no special training, just a license to operate the center.

The degree requirement HAS to be a deterrent, promoted by and for the public education establishment.

[conway]

Whyat would be wrong with a group of people getting together and hiring a qualified teacher to teach their children.

Our socialist don't make it in a system where there is compettion. God forbid we should have a say so concerning our own wards of the state.

[Calico]

Thank you. I thought it was an unnecessary hinderance. I see much in day-to-day college life that tells me many of those who receive degrees will still be far less equipped than those of us with life experience and most of all--COMMITMENT to give our children the best education.

[homeschool mama]

My husband took the Cbest in California...laughable. He came home absolutely shocked of how easy the exam was...said that there were a few people afterward fretting over how well they did. lol.

[Sonny M]

My mother actually had a funny story involving talking about home schooling. Even though I wasn't home schooled, my parents briefly thought about it. My friends mom is a teacher and told her somthing about how parents are not really qualified and stuff. My mother pointed out that she herself has a PhD, and MBA, a law degree, several masters, and is in a book called 2 thousand notable women in america. At that point the response was simple. "I didn't mean you specifically, I meant common people". Academic elitists always want the oppurtunity to brainwash people, and home schooling takes that away. By the way, my mother is a conservative, somthing that rubs alot of people in academia the wrong way due to her credentials.