Why do uneducated people homeschool?

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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.

And what if your child IS gay? How is that going to work out?

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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.

Or maybe we just don't like our children being indoctrinated by the state.

-private school mom

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I was a teacher briefly, I have a Bachelors in Elementary Education, and moved into another industry but I've debated on homeschooling my children. One has anxiety issues and the other is super shy. They both have asked to be homeschooled but they do like school still and their friends so we won't be making that move anytime soon.

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Everyone I know who homeschools failed to get a college degree. Poor kids.

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Anonymous wrote:FYI the claim that in Europe homeschooling is illegal is false. In most EU countries, homeschooling is legal - under conditions laid by the law of course (which I would imagine exist in the US as well). I live in the EU currently and know a ton of families who homeschool and it is a growing trend in fact. Just to put some perspective on the "we in the US" vs "Europe" discussion here. ..there are also families that unschool...tho i dont know much about it. My kids go to regular schools so i am not following the details much

Let alone the fact that every country has kids who cannot attend schools for various reasons. These kids are home-schooled.

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Anonymous wrote:FYI the claim that in Europe homeschooling is illegal is false. In most EU countries, homeschooling is legal - under conditions laid by the law of course (which I would imagine exist in the US as well). I live in the EU currently and know a ton of families who homeschool and it is a growing trend in fact. Just to put some perspective on the "we in the US" vs "Europe" discussion here. ..there are also families that unschool...tho i dont know much about it. My kids go to regular schools so i am not following the details much

I think Spain is really lax so there's a pretty big unschooling community there--EU citizens can move around in the EU. And I think Scandinavia and the UK/Scotland/Ireland also have unschooling communities/movements.

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Anonymous wrote:I received an excellent 1-12 education. I learned nothing in college. Not sure why OP thinks 4 year degree is needed to teach 1-12.

I don’t believe that you went to college, but I do believe that you watch a LOT of Fox News. Enjoy living in your own manipulated ignorance.

NP.

*shrug* I have two Master's degrees (cross my heart), and neither of them is of any use to me. I can safely say that I learned nothing of essence in college LOL

I don't have cable TV, so don't bother with the Fox News bashing.

Enjoy living in your own, heavily manipulated, I assure you, ignorance

College teaches you critical thinking and exposes you to all sorts of ideologies and philosophies, not just facts and figures. Did you really not get anything out of college?

It really doesn't. Not the current American higher education anyway.

I certainly got something out of college. I found a good husband. I have fancy letters after my name, but never use them, because my work has absolutely nothing with any of my academic credentials.

FYI, I made some quick cash with tutoring a highly technical subject during the first years of college (basically, right out of high school). Trust me, a well-prepared high school grad is fully capable to teach for multiple choice testing this educational system is a slave to.

You learned something in grad school but then you chose not to start a career in that field. So therefore higher-level education is worthless? THAT is your point? Seriously?

What were these degrees?

It seems your degrees didn't improve your critical thinking skills one bit.

Whether higher-level education is worthy was not my point. My point was you don't need a PhD is Applied Mathematics to teach the multiplication table. Seriously

It was mentioned that many public school teachers are complete half-whits. I couldn't agree more. "Those who can't, teach." (Please spare me the examples of rare exceptions.)

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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.

I guess the majority of U.S. parents are abusers, because they can't afford good privates!

[Anonymous]

*shrug* I homeschooled without a college degree. Anyone who went through the K-12 system and thinks that they are "unqualified" to teach an elementary schooler really doesn't have a whole lot of confidence in their own education. I mean, really... Obviously I am not qualified to teach high school courses with the depth and breadth required, which is why almost all homeschooling parents - including myself - use outside curricula, outside classes, and other resources to facilitate learning those subjects. But a kindergartner? Second grader? What kind of qualifications do you think you need? Remember that it isn't about teaching a room filled with elementary schoolers from all different home situations and all different needs, which is what teachers are educated to do. It's about teaching your OWN child. What happens when they turn five that makes it impossible to teach them? Most of us taught our own infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children how to speak, use the potty, describe things, use scissors, climb up and down trees and the jungle gym, blow bubbles, help with simple chores, and all the rest. Suddenly we are unqualified when they get to school age?

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know who homeschools failed to get a college degree. Poor kids.

And everyone I know who homeschools has a college degree, some more than one. Some of my friends who homeschool have degrees in education; some have masters degrees or higher. Two of my friends who homeschool run homeschooling co-ops, and are certified through the state. Different people’s experiences are different.

- product of a public education, sending my child to public school, but acknowledge that not all options work for everyone

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I think this type of homeschooling parent hears that public schools are over-run by transgender MS-13 members and Catholic schools are staffed exclusively by pedophiles and their enablers. They can’t afford non-Catholic privates so they figure they will homeschool. Popular culture tells them that teaching is easy and teachers are dumb anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:Stupid people have no business home schooling. It shouldn't be legal.

How do you know they are stupid? There is a difference between stupid and ignorant and you are displaying your ignorance. All home-schooled children have to pass state-mandated examinations twice a year. In this country, patents have the right to educate their children however they choose and it is absolutely no e of your business.

For the record, my children were educated at private schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Stupid people have no business home schooling. It shouldn't be legal.

How do you know they are stupid? There is a difference between stupid and ignorant and you are displaying your ignorance. All home-schooled children have to pass state-mandated examinations twice a year. In this country, patents have the right to educate their children however they choose and it is absolutely no e of your business.

For the record, my children were educated at private schools.

My friend homeschooled her sons and they didn’t take any standardized tests. She’s ABD in biology so I never worried about her ability to teach. But no one outside of her is testing her sons.

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My cleaning woman home schools. She is uneducated but her children are all going to colleges. I think this is partly a reaction to public middle and high schools, which have all but abandoned kids who aren't in the top tier.

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My husband, head of engineering program, got a grant for high school students to attend a two week hands on free summer workshop taught by college staff. It was sent to all public high schools and no one applied. A week before the application deadline I suggested he send it to the home schooling association. The workshop was fully subscribed before the day was over. The kids were very engaged and surprisingly well educated, so there's that.