I have two businesses and 3 elementary aged kids. I have an anti masking page and have been part of a three point spear that’s shaking up my County regarding masking in school children. If I had a dollar for every time someone simply wrote “homeschool” I’d have $100. I homeschooled 3 elementary aged kids with two businesses through the pandemic. It was not for us. And I’m really getting annoyed at that one-tier solution. No, I’m not going to take my kids away from the teachers and friends they made…I’m going to write my name big like John Hancock against this tyranny and FIGHT for my kids. Not unsubscribe and hide. NCSWIC
Don't worry about these folks. It's frustrating that the only answer to some people are, "do what I do, it's the only way." Clearly there are other ways.
Personally, I wanted my wife to HS but she didn't want to. It's actually been very good for our kid and our school seems pretty good, and especially compared with the ones in our same area. He loves to go to school. I NEVER wanted to go to school. Ever. My mom homeschooled us kids one year and she promised she never would again. And she was a homemaker and loved us kids.
Our kid is overly social. Sure, he could go to some HS hangout or whatever they call it but he gets far more interaction at school with his classmates and teachers.
Should this school change, we'll look at other options.
The choice shouldn’t be between home schooling and government schools, it should be between home schooling and private schools. Education is an individually consumed, abstract service industry. There’s no need to tangle it up with compulsion, coercion, taxation, and government propaganda. The private schools could be quite varied to appeal to different people: online or in-person, big or small, neighborhood or regional, religious or not, multicultural or not, disciplinarian or not, etc, etc. Eventually the alumni would reveal the effectiveness of their respective schools’ and the more effective ones would receive more resources and expand, while the foolish ones would wither without coercive government subsidies.
I have two businesses and 3 elementary aged kids. I have an anti masking page and have been part of a three point spear that’s shaking up my County regarding masking in school children. If I had a dollar for every time someone simply wrote “homeschool” I’d have $100. I homeschooled 3 elementary aged kids with two businesses through the pandemic. It was not for us. And I’m really getting annoyed at that one-tier solution. No, I’m not going to take my kids away from the teachers and friends they made…I’m going to write my name big like John Hancock against this tyranny and FIGHT for my kids. Not unsubscribe and hide. NCSWIC
Don't worry about these folks. It's frustrating that the only answer to some people are, "do what I do, it's the only way." Clearly there are other ways.
Personally, I wanted my wife to HS but she didn't want to. It's actually been very good for our kid and our school seems pretty good, and especially compared with the ones in our same area. He loves to go to school. I NEVER wanted to go to school. Ever. My mom homeschooled us kids one year and she promised she never would again. And she was a homemaker and loved us kids.
Our kid is overly social. Sure, he could go to some HS hangout or whatever they call it but he gets far more interaction at school with his classmates and teachers.
Should this school change, we'll look at other options.
The choice shouldn’t be between home schooling and government schools, it should be between home schooling and private schools. Education is an individually consumed, abstract service industry. There’s no need to tangle it up with compulsion, coercion, taxation, and government propaganda. The private schools could be quite varied to appeal to different people: online or in-person, big or small, neighborhood or regional, religious or not, multicultural or not, disciplinarian or not, etc, etc. Eventually the alumni would reveal the effectiveness of their respective schools’ and the more effective ones would receive more resources and expand, while the foolish ones would wither without coercive government subsidies.