"And when you're a teacher, prepare to be FReeper flamed...teachers here are treated worse than Democrats!"
"Not by everyone here. We've utlized public, private and homeschooling - all successfully, I might add."
Dittos on this.
Meandog, this is not about disrespecting teachers - many of whom do wonderful work and are underpaid and overworked - as much as opposing a monopolistic, liberal-biased system that is often toxic to kids. Even our wonderful local public schools are purveyors of politically correct liberal clap-trap and are under-performing given what they have. We pay $7,000 or more per year per head for that. About 50% of the money ends up in the teacher's pocket btw; too much ends up in layers of administration, fantastic and over-engineers campus buildings, and sports stadiums (texas, ya know). The problem isnt the teachers, its everything *else* about the educational system.
Meandog, imitation is flattery so consider homeschooling as a reflection of the importance some parents hold to the discpline of teaching!
As I've tried to point out for some time now, I support HS freedom of choice but believe firmly that it is a concept best suited only for gifted and talented students (only about 1 in every 12 students are such (IQs above 130), according to theorists). Besides, if homeschooling is so great, then why won't other industrialized countries (such as Japan and Korea) encourage the idea as well? Incidentally, their students way out pace ours and their systems are entirely public ones.