The above is an astute observation!
Yes, indeed! Where did Pollster learn that languages were important but values are relatively unimportant in a child's formal education? Where did Nifster learn that it was somehow impossible to learn science without fancy labs, or that parents could not direct higher level mathematics without achieving that level themselves?
Somewhere Pollster wrongly picked up the idea that government schooling doesn't teach values. NONSENSE! It is impossible to have a culturally, religiously, and politically neutral education. That means **values**. Government schooling is utterly godless in its worldview and that means that the curriculum and policies of government schools have plenty of non-neutral cultural, political, and religious content and consequences.
I NEVER said that science could NOT be taught at home. Nor did I refer to FANCY labs. What I do know for a fact is that a well equipped chem lab is NOT something that parents are capable of providing on their own ( some of the chemicals can only be purchased if you are an educational facility or research lab)
I was NEVER suggesting that anyone NOT home school. There are (in spite of the bias in favor of home schooling on this thread) school districts and teachers that do a very good job with the children they educate. Not every school is a cess pool. Not every faculty is full of left wing commies.
If you live in a place where your schools are the dregs I would encourage a private religious school or home schooling. I made that point originally but it was ignored by all who want to lecture me on what they think I don’t know.
Out of curiosity how many of you went to a public school?