Why do uneducated people homeschool?

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Why do uneducated people teach in public school?

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It’s not like degree holders who teach are coming up with their own stuff. It’s all focused and forced material directed toward pointless exams

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DUnning Krueger effect.

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I know a girl who has just decided to homeschool her child. She lives in a poor state and the schools are full of kids whose parents don't value education. Her child was getting attacked at school on a fairly regular basis. School did nothing about it.

So, she had no choice to pull her kid out and home school her. She's protecting her child.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s your point OP? This thread demonstrates that a wide variety of people choose homeschooling. It’s like asking why wealthy people send their kids to public school...

This is OP. You clearly have reading comprehension issues because you did not understand my question. I asked why uneducated Americans homeschool. I know there educated people out there who homeschool but it's not what I wanted to discuss.

Ahhh...so you just wanted to begin a thread for the purpose of bashing a certain group of people without hearing positive comments about homeschooling parents.

OP clearly has underlying issues and I’m beginning to think troll.

Disagree completely. It’s a valid, perplexing question. I guess the answer just is that stupid people make stupid decisions.

Exactly. It’s not trolling when most of the thread is on the same page.

Most of the thread is on the same page: spouting misconceptions, generalities and misinformation as if they are facts. Most of you don't know any or enough homeschoolers to even speak on the subject. The reality is that there are as many reasons for homeschooling as there are homeschoolers.

Do you think that homeschooling parents, especially the educated ones, judge parents who send their kids to traditional schools?

Why are you chiming in? This is about *uneducated* homeschool parents. You can't argue that there aren't states where communities of nutjobs have sprung up to unschool their kids where basically nothing structured is happening. Child abuse.

Child abuse is typically considered to be physical and or sexual abuse or neglect. Not providing structure isn't child abuse. You are using your values to judge someone.

America is a great country in which its citizens are guaranteed many rights and freedoms set forth in our Constitution. Each American has to be tolerant of differences, because (I'm certain) each of us has values, beliefs and practices which definitely offend someone else. Would you like your rights to be taken away, for example, for being a judgemental twit?

Preventing a child from receiving a decent K-12 education is abuse.

You are making assumptions, though. Many states offer free k12 public school, which has both online and textbook elements. There is a supervising teacher and compulsary "attendance". Even the child of a moron could get an excellent free public school education with this program. FWIW, children who are educated using k12 are not counted among the nation's homeschoolers even though they are, in fact, learning at home.

Back to Constitutional rights, parents are allowed to instill their values in their children. It doesn't matter whether you agree with them or not.

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Anonymous wrote:I have met a handful of moms in Florida who homeschool. I know for a fact they did not attend college. Their grammar is awful. I know I am not perfect myself but that's why I plan on sending my children to public or private school. Why do they homeschool? It seems so backwards. In my home country home schooling is not legal. We would see it as backwards.

In your home country, shameful and corrupt schools like Ballou and Ellington wouldn't even exist, which is why people don't need to consider extreme measures like homeshooling.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s your point OP? This thread demonstrates that a wide variety of people choose homeschooling. It’s like asking why wealthy people send their kids to public school...

This is OP. You clearly have reading comprehension issues because you did not understand my question. I asked why uneducated Americans homeschool. I know there educated people out there who homeschool but it's not what I wanted to discuss.

Ahhh...so you just wanted to begin a thread for the purpose of bashing a certain group of people without hearing positive comments about homeschooling parents.

OP clearly has underlying issues and I’m beginning to think troll.

Disagree completely. It’s a valid, perplexing question. I guess the answer just is that stupid people make stupid decisions.

Exactly. It’s not trolling when most of the thread is on the same page.

Most of the thread is on the same page: spouting misconceptions, generalities and misinformation as if they are facts. Most of you don't know any or enough homeschoolers to even speak on the subject. The reality is that there are as many reasons for homeschooling as there are homeschoolers.

Do you think that homeschooling parents, especially the educated ones, judge parents who send their kids to traditional schools?

Why are you chiming in? This is about *uneducated* homeschool parents. You can't argue that there aren't states where communities of nutjobs have sprung up to unschool their kids where basically nothing structured is happening. Child abuse.

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Read the f*cking title of the thread, people. This isn’t a general discussion about homeschooling.

Relax

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DP. There are actually a bunch of us who think homeschooling is by and large terrible for the kids involved, if only that they can't get what they need to survive in life. And FYI, it's great that PP was a "well-prepared" high school grad who was capable of reaching 1-12. But I would absolutely wager that a kid that is prepared out of high school for the responsibilities of teaching children is the exception rather than the rule.

How many homeschooling parents are so well-prepared? That's right, **you don't know**. Abuse, incompetence, idiots run rampant and unchecked. Look at the Turpins

You can't compare the worst of the homeschooling to an average public school. Compare it to reality. D is a passing grade in many school districts and you get it for just showing up in some schools. It is scary inside some of them, scary even in elementary. Do you really think that a school where less than 20% of students are proficient in math or English is a better option? I guess one does learn a trade like selling drugs by the end of it. Those schools are nothing but "babysitting" services while parents work.

That is not the "reality" for the vast majority of public schools and I doubt all of you homeschoolers live in an inner city failing school.

I've been an educator for a long time and worked many years in both rural and inner city areas with a lot of poverty. Probably not the majority, but is indeed the reality for MANY public schools.

Great, then it shouldn't be a problem for there to be standards for parents who homeschool. I mean, if we are looking at public school performance being poor, lets make sure the homeschooled kids are being better served. No problem right?

You are arguing that since regulations and controls have a proven record of NOT working in the public school school we should introduce them to homeschooling. Excellent idea. Let's take what's not working and implement it further.

You're making some huge fallacies of logic. What is failing some kids at some schools is point of debate, but no where is it settled that the cause is the "regulation and control" and structure provided by schools. If anything, it's the lack of family support, high crime rates in communities, lack of education among parents, that is causing the poor performance of those students.

You assume that homeschoolers "do well" because of a lack of control and regulation - I'm arguing that these kids by and large do okay DESPITE the lack of oversight and, had they been given a high functioning, high quality school, they would have excelled further.

I think that's the topic for the political forum if it's about should the government be actively involved in the process or not. No reason to bring it here.

This is a thread about homeschooling. That comment is about homeschooling. Quit trying to divert attention away from your poor reasoning.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s your point OP? This thread demonstrates that a wide variety of people choose homeschooling. It’s like asking why wealthy people send their kids to public school...

This is OP. You clearly have reading comprehension issues because you did not understand my question. I asked why uneducated Americans homeschool. I know there educated people out there who homeschool but it's not what I wanted to discuss.

Ahhh...so you just wanted to begin a thread for the purpose of bashing a certain group of people without hearing positive comments about homeschooling parents.

OP clearly has underlying issues and I’m beginning to think troll.

Disagree completely. It’s a valid, perplexing question. I guess the answer just is that stupid people make stupid decisions.

Exactly. It’s not trolling when most of the thread is on the same page.

Most of the thread is on the same page: spouting misconceptions, generalities and misinformation as if they are facts. Most of you don't know any or enough homeschoolers to even speak on the subject. The reality is that there are as many reasons for homeschooling as there are homeschoolers.

Do you think that homeschooling parents, especially the educated ones, judge parents who send their kids to traditional schools?

Why are you chiming in? This is about *uneducated* homeschool parents. You can't argue that there aren't states where communities of nutjobs have sprung up to unschool their kids where basically nothing structured is happening. Child abuse.

Child abuse is typically considered to be physical and or sexual abuse or neglect. Not providing structure isn't child abuse. You are using your values to judge someone.

America is a great country in which its citizens are guaranteed many rights and freedoms set forth in our Constitution. Each American has to be tolerant of differences, because (I'm certain) each of us has values, beliefs and practices which definitely offend someone else. Would you like your rights to be taken away, for example, for being a judgemental twit?

Homeschooling is not a right instilled in the Constitution, moron.

But nevertheless, I'm fine and dandy with parents instilling values in their children. I'm not okay with idiots unstopping their kids, aka, letting their kids run loose, and calling that a "superior education." What do you think happens when these kids grow up? That's right, you and I pay for their food stamps, medicaid. You can define child abuse anyway you like, but not giving your children a basic education is doing them a terrible harm. Cry constitution all you want.

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Anonymous wrote:I have met a handful of moms in Florida who homeschool. I know for a fact they did not attend college. Their grammar is awful. I know I am not perfect myself but that's why I plan on sending my children to public or private school. Why do they homeschool? It seems so backwards. In my home country home schooling is not legal. We would see it as backwards.

In your home country, shameful and corrupt schools like Ballou and Ellington wouldn't even exist, which is why people don't need to consider extreme measures like homeshooling.

In a country like Germany, for instance, they track kids as young as 10 to a trade school track. Do some research before you write?

https://www.german-way.com/history-and-culture/education/the-german-school-system/

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Anonymous wrote:What’s your point OP? This thread demonstrates that a wide variety of people choose homeschooling. It’s like asking why wealthy people send their kids to public school...

This is OP. You clearly have reading comprehension issues because you did not understand my question. I asked why uneducated Americans homeschool. I know there educated people out there who homeschool but it's not what I wanted to discuss.

Ahhh...so you just wanted to begin a thread for the purpose of bashing a certain group of people without hearing positive comments about homeschooling parents.

OP clearly has underlying issues and I’m beginning to think troll.

Disagree completely. It’s a valid, perplexing question. I guess the answer just is that stupid people make stupid decisions.

Exactly. It’s not trolling when most of the thread is on the same page.

Most of the thread is on the same page: spouting misconceptions, generalities and misinformation as if they are facts. Most of you don't know any or enough homeschoolers to even speak on the subject. The reality is that there are as many reasons for homeschooling as there are homeschoolers.

Do you think that homeschooling parents, especially the educated ones, judge parents who send their kids to traditional schools?

Why are you chiming in? This is about *uneducated* homeschool parents. You can't argue that there aren't states where communities of nutjobs have sprung up to unschool their kids where basically nothing structured is happening. Child abuse.

Child abuse is typically considered to be physical and or sexual abuse or neglect. Not providing structure isn't child abuse. You are using your values to judge someone.

America is a great country in which its citizens are guaranteed many rights and freedoms set forth in our Constitution. Each American has to be tolerant of differences, because (I'm certain) each of us has values, beliefs and practices which definitely offend someone else. Would you like your rights to be taken away, for example, for being a judgemental twit?

Homeschooling is not a right instilled in the Constitution, moron.

But nevertheless, I'm fine and dandy with parents instilling values in their children. I'm not okay with idiots unstopping their kids, aka, letting their kids run loose, and calling that a "superior education." What do you think happens when these kids grow up? That's right, you and I pay for their food stamps, medicaid. You can define child abuse anyway you like, but not giving your children a basic education is doing them a terrible harm. Cry constitution all you want.

You twit! Parents have the right to direct the education of their children.

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People usually homeschool because they do not like certain principles taught at other schools.

For instance, a Christian family may not want their children learning about Darwin/Evolution or how homosexuality is something that people are born with.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do uneducated people teach in public school?

They don't. Public school teachers are required to have college degrees. This is enough in & of itself to make them better educated than the majority of the US population but many have graduate degrees, as well.

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Anonymous wrote:People usually homeschool because they do not like certain principles taught at other schools.

For instance, a Christian family may not want their children learning about Darwin/Evolution or how homosexuality is something that people are born with.

Live in ignorance. Are you going to keep your kids at home forever so they don’t find out? Tie them to their beds with chains? Take their personal identifications so they can’t get jobs or apply to college?

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Anonymous wrote:People usually homeschool because they do not like certain principles taught at other schools.

For instance, a Christian family may not want their children learning about Darwin/Evolution or how homosexuality is something that people are born with.

Yup. Stupid people make stupid decisions.