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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is it allowed for anyone to homeschool their kids. I have seen multiple people recently start homeschooling and it drives me nuts. You wouldn’t have a random person preform surgery at home, how are you going to have someone with no credentials teach? Just raising an uneducated society this way. I see friends from HS who barely graduated do this HS do this. No way they are qualified. There needs to be better requirements in place. [/quote]

I'm a certified, experienced teacher, currently on leave and homeschooling one of my kids.

While I'm flattered you think I'm like a doctor, the analogy falls flat.  The complicated part of teaching, the part that requires my degree and my experience, is the juggling piece.  It's how to keep 25 kids on task, while running small groups, differentiating up and down, and keeping data.

As a homeschooler, I don't do any of that.  I have the luxury of time and of having an ideal student:teacher ratio.  I can pick curriculum that's a match for my kid, and not have to constantly modify something the district picked to fit.

Don't get me wrong, I work hard at my homeschool program.  Emotionally, it's harder because there is no break and I'm way more invested in the student!  I also work hard to provide enrichment and interest led learning.  But if I didn't, and I just followed the teacher's guide, I'd still do right by my kid, and be able to equal what the public schools have to offer.  I know many parents with varying education who do that, and their kids learn and develop as they should.[/quote]

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