Next week, you'll hear stories about the axe-murdering homeschool mom in Kansas, and the squalor of Mrs. B. in New Jersey who has 3 kids who can't read and we need to take over these people and make it all right for the children dontcha know.
Homeschooling is becoming so popular, there are homeschool sports teams in our area that compete with some private schools.
I haven't heard of any axe-murdering homeschool moms up here, but I understand that that kid-drowning homeschool mom in Texas is getting a new trial.
They'll fight back all right. But mainly through the mostly unconstitutional leviathan federal government. We need to hold fast, and put this beast back in it's cage. I couldn't think of a better first step than to withdraw all children from the miserable socialist failure of the "public education" system.
Yes Izzy and they will try to tighten regulations to help the children and make it harder to homeschool. I think homeschooling will change the face of education forever and it is a long overdue change. We need to focus more on the learning than maintaining the educational hegemony for teachers unions and liberal professors. I think it is horrible that we have a society where there is no inexpensive way for a poor child to self educate themselves and get credit in the form of degrees for their knowledge.
No one talks about that but like medicine they talk spending more money, student loans, and hanging a nice ball and chain of debt around the already disadvantaged. Why when anyone can pick up a book and study, one doesn't need a teacher to learn if they know how to read and comprehend and are willing to put the work into it. Also the world is full of teachers and is a teacher. I learned more from the people around me and my own explorations than I ever got out of school and some of the lessons I learned in public school I could've done without.
I think this is where homeschooling will be a boom with a generation of children that grow up knowing that learning isn't something you just do at a special time, in a special place, with a special union teacher. Teachers are valuable but the real teachers of value don't just teach children facts but teach them how to comprehend and learn on their own.