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that is very true, but hopefully if one is employed as a teacher there is a review process and some accountability as to your failings as a teacher (more so in private ed. than public, i realize) but as a parent, who is overseeing the wackos and stupid people who are homeschooling their kids?

**that is very true, but hopefully if one is employed as a teacher there is a review process and some accountability as to your failings as a teacher (more so in private ed. than public, i realize) but as a parent, who is overseeing the wackos and stupid people who are homeschooling their kids? **

Of the 2 million + homeschoolers in the United States, I'd say the wacko/stupid people are rare. Many homeschoolers do indeed have accountability. Perhaps you could read up on that and not make randome judgement.

hopefully if one is employed as a teacher there is a review process and some accountability as to your failings as a teacher

ROFL!!

(more so in private ed. than public, i realize) but as a parent, who is overseeing the wackos and stupid people who are homeschooling their kids?

Oh, right, let's set-up a gov't agency to keep track of those homeschoolers because you think they might be "wackos" and "stupid people". But, hey, why stop there? What about the children who spend time with their parents after school? How do we know what's happening in their homes? Are the parents helping them with their homework? Are they feeding them properly? Maybe we should just set-up cameras in everyone's homes. /sarcasm

The way this thread has gone with you and a few others here... I can understand now why anyone ever "attacked" you for being a working mom. I know I didn't attack you on this thread, and I saw very few posts that did. But, here you are, getting a thrill out of bashing us. Obviously, whoever insulted you previously was doing so in self-defense.

...but as a parent, who is overseeing the wackos and stupid people who are homeschooling their kids?

You have stumbled upon the proverbial fork-in-the-road. Do parents have ultimate oversight or does government? If you give the feds oversight, when does oversight become interference. And should stupid people have as much right as people who are more intelligent? Who decides who is stupid, or unqualified?

I would rather let ALL parents have unabridged rights to homeschool their kids, even at the risk of situations like this happening, UNLESS the parent or parents have some history of criminal abuse.