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byOh really now ( 5490472 ) writes:
Started on the homeschool path because of an athlete kid who spent the bulk of the day in the gym. Worked incredibly well for her, grades stayed at the top and honestly her retention and understanding of the material improved. Her little brother always complained about having to go to school, how boring it was, etc. Starting in 1st grade, it was consistent and getting more frequent. The more we looked into his complaints and asked for clarification it was clear he wasn't making up a story to get out of goin
bytiananmen tank man ( 979067 ) writes:
"no child Left behind/teaching to the lowest common denominator", I can how your kid wanted to learn faster. so do you pay lower taxes by not having to support public education?
byfropenn ( 1116699 ) writes:
so do you pay lower taxes by not having to support public education?
Do you want educated neighbors? Who you can hire for your business? Who will have enough income to purchase your product? Who will be employed and can adapt their skills to a rapidly changing environment? Who will know how to make healthy choices for themselves and for their neighbors (you)? Who will carefully consider and thinking critically about public issues and use that knowledge when they vote?
If you want these things, then you will pay for a good public education.
bycayenne8 ( 626475 ) writes:
I think a lot of parents are home schooling to get their kids out of the classrooms filled with green/blue dyed hair teachers who are more concerned with indoctrination than education.
The pandemic opened A LOT of peoples' collective eyes as to what was really going on in classrooms that parents didn't have a clue about.
Encouragement of trans....grade school kids exposed to information on anal sex and how a boy can give a blow job were the most egregious examples....but just sets values that didn't set wit
byskam240 ( 789197 ) writes:
Encouragement of trans....grade school kids exposed to information on anal sex and how a boy can give a blow job were the most egregious examples....but just sets values that didn't set with what parents in general in the US want to impart to their kids.
In other words conservative parents are pulling their kids out of public school because of right wing trans panic (apparently it's just awful for kids to find out trans people really aren't at all scary in real life) and other right wing scare crap based on individual anecdotes and not broad trends.
byavandesande ( 143899 ) writes:
Conservative parents have been homeschooling for a variety of reasons long before 'trans' got popular.
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bywhatdoibelieve ( 1622097 ) writes:
That is simply not true and has been debunked over and over. We homeschooled several kids and they were working at the age of 14 while going to school because they could get jobs during the normal school day and do their school work in a few hours in the afternoon. All of them excelled in the workplace. The main reason is we didn't give them a phone to sit on all day so they actually learned to communicate.
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byskam240 ( 789197 ) writes:
I'm aware. I was addressing the claims of the person I was responding to.
byreanjr ( 588767 ) writes:
Traditionally, homeschoolers choose to homeschool their children because they want to abuse their child in private.
If homeschoolers are generally conservative, that says something quite disgusting about conservatives.
byreanjr ( 588767 ) writes:
"Itâ(TM)s specifically a system that is set up to hide the abuse. ... At some point, you become so mentally imprisoned you donâ(TM)t even realize you need help."
https://www.washingtonpost.com... [washingtonpost.com]
If you'd like to get the victims' word on it, go troll https://www.reddit.com/r/Homes... [reddit.com]
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