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3. My opinion is that if the home schoolers would use their energy to clean up the local school boards we'd go much farther along the way to get better schools.

What would be the point of that? The whole concept of warehouse schooling is flawed; it does little good to tinker with the details.

Warehouse schooling is especially bad for boys, who like to DO things not sit around. Of course, if a boy gets a little fidgety they can always shut him down with a little Ritalin or Luvox.

I've often thought the public schools are low security prisons. But now they are high security prisons.

"The whole concept of warehouse schooling is flawed; it does little good to tinker with the details."

First, I see so many great private schools that I wonder if you consider them "warehouses". These private schools pay teachers much less than the public schools but there is a quality environment and kids are not warehoused. As I've stated before on this thread that my own kids went to private Christian school even though my wife had public teaching credentials.

The truth is there are many women who -- because they lack the skills or temperment -- should not be teaching their own kids. I think it is fantasy to believe this home school solution fits everyone and neighborhood schools will always be necessary. I have seen actual home school moms spend less than 8 hours per week actually teaching.(This may be the equivalent of a public school but still it is bad.) Not every home schooled kid is a genius that's a fact.