(February 11, 2016 at 5:04 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: My biggest problem isn't with home schooling. It's with the states not holding the "teachers" to the same standards as real teachers. If you want to home school, you should be required to provide the same level of education that can be received at the local public schools. Otherwise, you're handicapping your kids, likely for life.
Abso-freaking-lutely, GB. There are decent home schooling groups that require standards and testing, but the state doesn't really monitor home schooling parents or require much of anything from them. (and this is Kansas) There was a story recently about a family in Texas that wasn't teaching their kids at all, because they were "going to be raptured". https://www.rt.com/usa/320564-texas-home...ion-trial/
I was actually pleased that she was wanting the kid to read something other than the Bible . . .
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
