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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I also am a bit of an outlier in some homeschooling circles because i dont think that any one parent can provide an adequate high school education (if your qualified to teach chemistry, you're probably not qualified to teach literature at that level). That's where the beauty of a strong community comes in to call upon the skills of other parents along with online classes etc.[/quote] It's funny you say this.  I've considered home schooling for part of high school.  I have a JD and a PhD in Chemistry, with a double major in Biology and a minor in political science as an undergrad.  I could easily handle teaching advanced science classes as I've taught these subjects at a top tier university.  I also am very comfortable teaching writing, as I've taught legal writing at a law school.  I suspect that I could manage to teach high school history and literature without too much trouble, as it's not that removed from some of my favorite law school and undergrad classes.  My husband is an engineer and could easily handle all advanced math and Physics through university levels, as he's taught university classes on these topics.  He also got a perfect verbal score on the SAT and is very well read.  He'd help with literature and history.

We'd want to outsource a foreign language, but this is best taught by a native speaker anyways.  I was a good musician in school, getting top scores at the All State competition every year in high school, but am rusty enough that I'd hire that out as well.

Anyways, I have no idea if we'll ever try to homeschool, but there are people with broad educational backgrounds who likely could manage high school topics.  Those are far easier for us than early elementary stuff.[/quote]

It sounds like you could definitely handle a lot of the high school course load! However, I just wanted to point out that you would also be calling upon your husband to help with certain courses that lie within his wheelhouse, so you didn't really contradict what I said when I expressed that [i]one[/i] parent could not really an entire high school course load. I know some families who use a similar strategy as you outline and it works well for them!

The important thing is to know your limitations and seek help in the areas where you need it so you won't sell your kids short.[/quote]

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