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<blockquote data-quote="jiminjersey" data-source="post: 2922408" data-attributes="member: 133536">Im not trying to say that everyone that wants to homeschool needs to have a degree in education, but Im wondering where the line is to be drawn. Some parents arent capable of comprehending 8th grade math let alone teaching it. A regular teacher only teaches one grade or one subject. With home schooling you have to teach it all, so you if youre to do that well, you better be qualified. How its determined who is qualified...I dont know.... but there should be restrictions on who can home school. I know of one parent who homeschools because she thinks her daughter can be a world class dancer. So she sends the kid to dance lessons for hours every day, and only does school stuff with her for an hour or so. Do you think thats the right situation for a kid? I dont. Im not saying home schooling is bad. There is a right way to do it. Im just saying there needs to be more checks and balances with it then there currently are in many places.And yes the education here sucks. And yes, its mostly the school systems. But its also because parents dont play an active role in their childs education. Home schooling is just an extreme of playing an active role, its playing the only role. But that doesnt mean we should let just anyone pull their kids out of school for home schooling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jiminjersey, post: 2922408, member: 133536"] Im not trying to say that everyone that wants to homeschool needs to have a degree in education, but Im wondering where the line is to be drawn. Some parents arent capable of comprehending 8th grade math let alone teaching it. A regular teacher only teaches one grade or one subject. With home schooling you have to teach it all, so you if youre to do that well, you better be qualified. How its determined who is qualified...I dont know.... but there should be restrictions on who can home school. I know of one parent who homeschools because she thinks her daughter can be a world class dancer. So she sends the kid to dance lessons for hours every day, and only does school stuff with her for an hour or so. Do you think thats the right situation for a kid? I dont. Im not saying home schooling is bad. There is a right way to do it. Im just saying there needs to be more checks and balances with it then there currently are in many places. And yes the education here sucks. And yes, its mostly the school systems. But its also because parents dont play an active role in their childs education. Home schooling is just an extreme of playing an active role, its playing the only role. But that doesnt mean we should let just anyone pull their kids out of school for home schooling. [/QUOTE]

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