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[quote=Anonymous]I've homeschooled for many years and do not have a college degree.  I teach my children through Algebra 2 by myself (with the help of a rigorous math curriculum I purchase).   After Algebra 2 we move to tutors or local college classes.   I did well in high school through Precalculus and I love math.    I hate teaching writing, so I pay tutors to do that for me.

I have two more (11th grade and 7th grade), but my other 2 have already graduated and both have 4 year degrees in their chosen fields.

I do know homeschooling families that are extremely lax with their children's education and I do not believe it is fair to the children at all.   They are absolutely constrained by the mindset of their parents in not believing that education is important, and I wanted my children to have a rigorous challenging education so that THEY could choose their careers and not be limited.   If any of them wanted to go to medical school, for example, I would have been sure to get whatever help in educating them that I would have needed to.  My 4th child wants desperately to go into STEM, and she will be able to do that with the education I'm providing her.   Some of that education will come from me, but some won't.  That is the only fair way to homeschool your children.

My 3rd child has some learning disabilities and the way I've been able to homeschool him has allowed him to work at his pace and achieve things he may not have been able to achieve in a public school.

There are many reasons to homeschool, but there are definitely wrong ways to do it, too.   I'm in a state with almost no regulations, and for me that is fine, but for countless people I've met in my state, it is not good for their kids that they can "play" all day and just get a little bit of book work in once in a while.   It's just wrong, and in a state with zero oversight many children will not get a decent education.  [/quote]

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