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[quote=Anonymous]Going to college doesn't' make you a great teacher or educator. Look at many college profs. Very well educated, very poor educators. Having knowledge doesn't mean you communicate well, express ideas in ways that facilitate learning, or engage students. The education of becoming a teachers is about learning to teach, not about learning content, especially in elementary and middle school.

Having a degree in math doesn't mean you could teach a child social studies or English any better than someone without a degree. Being a good teacher is more about teaching kids how to learn since just talking about information doesn't mean anyone is learning anything.

My father was a homeschool teacher after he retired form teaching public high school. A large religious group who all homeschooled their kids through 8th grade created a homeschool coop for high school. They brought in retired teachers to teach high school topics. He lasted a year!

I taught swimming lessons for homeschooled kids for a term. They were an odd bunch. From the 12 kids, two seemed normal, about 5-6 had obvious social skill deficits - although I don't know if that was the cause or effect of homeschooling, and the other 4 or so were just not used to group, class structures and instruction. The parents were also way too over involved. It was like wrangling cats.

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