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[quote=Anonymous][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]

You spent years learning pedagogy to prepare for your profession, and you can't seem to understand why there's friction btw. the "unschooled" and the educated?

I have only met one homeschooling parent who seemed "normal."  But her homeschooling ways caused friction. So she's now divorced and unable to homeschool b/c she has to work.  So guess what?  Her kids are enrolled in their local ES.

So it's oh so convenient when you have two incomes, right?  What about the single parent?  not an option

So it's truly for the "privileged."  [/quote]

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