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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Evangelical families make up the homeschoolers in our area.[/quote]

Might be true someplace.

All the homeschool families we know in Fairfax County are non-religious and started homeschooling after seeing what a mess FCPS is. They use mainstream materials, teach evolution and science, and their kids are having no problems with obtaining good college admissions. So far, one has a BSN from UVa with an RN. Another is studying engineering. [/quote]

The common theme...they are all poor.

Nobody with $.02 homeschools unless they have an elite athlete/musician/actor or like some billionaire I know wanted to sail the world on his 200 foot yacht for a year and hired two teachers to tag along to teach his kids (and then promptly re-enrolled them in a private school when back on dry land).[/quote]

I started homeschooling because our school options were not great.  I could pick from either terrible public school (as in under 75% of the kids are not at grade level, and 80% low income) or mediocre privates.  I looked at all of the private options, including catholic and they were unimpressive and used a ton of Ed tech.  I would still end up having to spend the afternoons supplementing material to provide what I feel is necessary for a well-rounded education and challenge. I got tired of doing this. Now my child is getting an excellent education AND we have the afternoons to spend cooking, doing sports, music, and freely playing.  [/quote]

Which begs the question...why do you live in such a shitty area?  It's not because you are rich and just decided to "slum it", right?

Where I live, the public schools aren't great but aren't terrible either, but you have the choice of like 6 private schools within 3 miles, a number of which rank in the top 100 in the country.

What makes you think your child is getting an excellent education...because you teach it?[/quote]
Check out Bloom's two sigma problem. Not sure why anyone with the proclivity to homeschool would pay five figures per year for worse academics outcomes.[/quote]

Because most people with a “proclivity to homeschool” meaning they are the ones teaching, aren’t wealthy and aren’t qualified.

If you are so qualified then why send them to college? Homeschool through college as well.

Granted, plenty of ultra wealthy that think nothing of hiring tutors to bring on their world travels that don’t want to be tied down to a formal school schedule, though equally likely to send their kids to boarding schools.[/quote]

What’s your point? Do you think your kid’s public school 3rd grade teacher would be equally qualified to teach multivariable calculus? [/quote]

No, but I trust my kid's HS teacher with a Math PhD is qualified to teach multivariable calculus...far more than basically 99% of all adults.  That's why my kid's 3rd grade teacher doesn't stay with the class each year through age 18.[/quote]

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