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To: SoftballMominVA
Tell ya what, you're the one making the claim they cant so lets see you back it up....

You are also assuming homeschooling happens in a vacuum and there is no such things as co-ops or prepared materials. Your also making the point a properly motivated and disciplined 18 yo cant teach themselves trig?

Calc is not taught in most high schools so lets throw that one out. I know I could teach it to my kids but when I was in HS I know most kids did not take it.

algebra: I would say close to 100% of people who want to and put in the effort can teach a small hand full of kids algebrea to the Senior of HS level.

geometry: 90-100%

trig: 90-100%

Now lets put these homeschooling people in a community, which they usually are in, and extend that network so they either know someone like myself who can teach those subjects on a college level (at least the one hundred level), or someone who knows the subjects well enough to lend a hand and youre damn near 100% for both.

Your turn: What percentage of kids coming out of schools as seniors have a proper and robust enough understanding of these four fields that they are prepared for college? I tutored many who were not..

174 posted on 08/28/2007 12:55:38 PM PDT by N3WBI3 (Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
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To: N3WBI3
You missed my point entirely - in fact I was curious how you would take it. You took it as a personal challenge, when I didn't mean it that way. Not every post is an attack, yet you took it way for sure. Is there a reason you though I was attacking you and therefore deserved the attitude I received back?

The answer to my question is - it doesn't matter. All a parent needs to be able to do is to be smart enough to either teach the subject or be smart enough to get them to someone who can.

And FYI most high schools do teach Calc

182 posted on 08/28/2007 1:29:38 PM PDT by SoftballMominVA (Never argue with an idiot. He will bring you down to his level and beat you with experience)
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