“It takes a lot of work on the part of the teacher to make it work, but it is worth it in the long run.”
This is the problem for American teachers, parents, and students in American public schools. It is also why homeschooling works well for so many.
Now if schools ever become places where discipline and hard work are rewarded again, maybe there will be a chance at success. As they are now, teachers have become babysitters for many of their students.
NO STUDIES HAVE EVER BEEN DONE ( yes, I am shouting) to determine **where** a child actually learns. Is is home, school, or elsewhere?
NO STUDIES HAVE EVER BEEN DONE to determine **who** is doing the bulk of the teaching. Is it the parents who are afterschooling? Is it paid or unpaid tutoring, or is it merely the child reading the text and doing the problems.
We spent up to $30,000/child/per year on government schools whose effectiveness is COMPLETELY UNKNOWN!!!!
( Yep! I am shouting.)
It is my anecdotal observation that academically successful children who are institutionalized for their schooling have parents and children who are doing EVERYTHING I DID and MY CHILDREN DID as a homeschooling family! My conclusion: The real learning and schooling happens at HOME!
There is one big difference between academically successful homeschoolers and institutionalized children. The institutionalized child is frazzled and exhausted!