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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ummm ... it’s the exact opposite. [/quote]

+1  Most parents are realizing that it's very, very difficult if not impossible to teach your kids everything they would learn in a school environment from real teachers at your house.  I used to think that with enough effort (lucky) homeschooled kids could get all of the academics done, but would still miss out on socialization.  Now I realize the academics are probably not getting done either.

I say lucky because I personally know several homeschool moms who brag every month or so about how all 4-5 of their kids got "All As Again!!" in grammatically nonsensical FB posts, so I don't trust that those kids have a shot in hell in the first place.  But with an educated, dedicated parent, and fewer kids to teach, it seemed possible.[/quote]

I’m sorry you’re friends with uneducated people on FB. I’m also sorry that you fail to realize that homeschool parents put a great deal of time and research into providing the best curricula for their children to succeed academically. When you are forced to make difficult decisions because of a pandemic is not the same as making a well thought-out rational decision, especially when it comes to educating you child(ren). [/quote]

Most homeschool families focus on mastery over grades for k-8.  I’ve never, in all the years that I’ve tutored and homeschooled, run into a homeschool family who bragged about As for 4-5 kids.  I have run into it with kids who attended brick and mortar schools, typically while I was trying to assess gaps in their education.  “Well, I just want to be sure Susie Q is ready for high school.  She’s always had all As!”  “I don’t care what grades she had.  She needs to work on the following gaps in her education, to make sure that she doesn’t falter in high school.”[/quote]

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