Wrong? I could have never home schooled my children. I was never able to help them with their home work, as I was educated in Germany which has a different system. For example pencils are only allowed for drawing and loose papers are not allowed at all. Each subject has to be in a separate Notebook. When homework is given it has to be done at home, and the teacher goes through it the next morning or the following Monday depending if he or she assigns the homework during the week or the weekend. Homework is not for finishing work at home that should be finished during school hours.
There may have been other reasons not to homeschool but you are definitely a literate person. Helping with homework would not have been a reason.
Did you visit your area's homeschooling groups before ruling out homeschooling for your children?
Honestly, people choose not to homeschool for invalid reasons. They simply have not fully investigated what is involved in homeschooling and their own K-12 experience influences their decision. A visit to one of the meetings of their local homeschooling groups would have provided the information needed to make a sound decision regarding homeschooling.
“I could have never home schooled my children. I was never able to help them with their home work, as I was educated in Germany which has a different system.”
So? who says you have to teach them some ‘American’ way? Many homeschooler teach in ways that are far stranger than your German schools were. Seriously. MUCH different. And they still work. Lots of techniques work. It is just not that hard. The variety of curriculum available today is ASTOUNDING