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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So why didn't you put your child in an in-home daycare instead?

What's the difference then?

Shouldn't the daycare provider technically "unschool" your kid?

But you opted for a school setting instead.  Why IS that?

Are you saying that you'd do a better job of teaching your child if you "unschooled" him?

I call BS.

You put him in a preschool b/c you want your kid to learn.  And as a teacher, you have no patience to "unschool" your child, nor do you have ALL the instructional resources and skills to "unschool" him.

Be a parent and let the schools do what they need to do.

Most of the "unschooling" parents I know (I know of three.) are controlling and closed-minded - but sadly, don't have the $30K to pay for a progressive school.

Signed,
another teacher

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I'm a working parent (a public school teacher, ironically) so my kid went to all day preschool.  There were lots of great things he learned there, but I assume that had I been able to stay home with him as a 2, 3, and 4 year old he would have learned the same things, or other equally important things.  [/quote][/quote]

I put my child in preschool because, among other reasons, it had financial aid and was a safe place for him to be while I earned a living.  The one I chose happened to have a lot of child directed learning, and it was a good match for him.

I think that schools are a great option.  I feel as though I do right by my student, and other teachers have done right by my kid.  I can also imagine that there are other ways I could have raised my child and also had a great outcome.  There's not just one path.

As an educator, I don't understand the hostility between some teachers and homeschooling parents.  [/quote]

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