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You will never have to consider vaccines for your school-age children if you Homeschool. It's worth it in so many ways.

Americans are poorly educated as is, do you want them educated even less by leaving it to "moms and pops?"

Angelina, you are correct in that "Americans are poorly educated" . . . I'm an 89 year old Australian who has lived and worked around the world. The company I help found had a head office in London (where I lived for 15 years) branches in Antwerp, Cologne, Nice, Hong Kong, New York, and I am now settled in the USA . . . . But you are ill-informed on the notion that American children would be "educated even less by leaving it to "moms and pops."

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Roger, I see your point. However, leaving education entirely in their parents hands (vs. in addition to school), could lead to more troubles than we already got. Not all parents are suited to teach (nothing wrong with it), not all parents are educated well, so it would be the blind lead the blind, and as a parent, I do see many issues with above situation, and while it could be excellent in some cases, it also could be a disaster in the wrong hands. I think we'd be better off to raise an educat…

Angelina, you evidently are 'under-educated', and unfamiliar as to how 'home-schooling' actually works? Yes, there needs to be competition,.. particularly, public funding attached 'to-the-student',.. rather than 'to-the-school-district' (and teacher's unions control), which would immediately solve the competition for better education FOR the public school students. But the data (and my own personal experience with family and friends who are home-schooling) shows that home-schooled are much bett…

I was referring to the public school textbooks, which could be selected based on the national competition to write the best textbooks.

The problem is that Americans are so severely under-educated, that they don't even know how bad the state of education is.

Wow... "your family and friends experience" - lol - how very impressive!

I'm sorry that you believe experience is not important? I assume you discount my familiarity with home-schooling? Don't you think that's being just a little bit arrogant.? Do you actually know anyone who home-schools, or home-schooled individuals? Perhaps your public-school 'education' has not made you especially empathetic about other viewpoints?

Textbooks alone will not address the deeper moral abyss of public education. Textbooks can not replace parents, or parent's choices for their children.

I don't discard "your experience," but being educated in Europe, and having my son educated on this continent, I can see serious deficiencies with American education. As a result, my family had to pay for our son's private school for his last school years, and to hire tutors to keep up core sciences. There wouldn't be needed abroad.

I don't suggest "replacing parents," but you're no authority to me on the above and given your chip on the shoulder, you're unable to see the issue.

Meritocracy has n…

I see you're that you're a little bit angry, and defensive. Please forgive my 'chip-on-the-shoulder' attitude, I don't wish to offend. Perhaps we are both a little arrogant? When you say you were educated in Europe, where in Europe? Were you native-born and raised in that country, or in the USA?

Empathy is not about enabling poor judgment, or victimhood.

You have misread my comment. You seem to discount the moral compass argument? Your animus is misdirected toward me, and the home-school movement…

Is it your usual technique to brand someone's views as "angry," if you don't like them? My son is an adult now, my parental duties are done, per se. I have no skin in the current "game." I just feel sorry for the parents who are struggling and have it even harder than we had, and I was speaking from experiences about what's offered in terms of education here, vs what is/should be expected, to help the current parents.

Now, why would I be offering my personal details in an online chat:-)?

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