Home schooling in CA

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by katiesue

For some kids homeschooling is the best option. But I think taking your kid out of a public school just because you think the quialty is low doesn't help. What if you instead helped out at the school? Your impact would be greater. Or lobbied to help fix the programs that are broken. Maddy's elementry school had an art teacher. Her salary was paid for by the PTA. The parents wanted art so they made it happen.

Someone who is orgainzed and motivated enough to homeschool their child would probably be a great help in the classroom or with the PTA. In my experience the schools are only as good as the parents who help keep them going. And motivated parents also work with their kids at home as well to follow up on things learned in school.

This pretty much sums up how I feel about home schooling. I think it takes more than good government and a good education system to make educated children. Every parent who home schools their child could have a similar impact on not only their own child but other children who don't have parents that CAN spend the time with their children.

I've never really thought that home schooling is the answer. I DO believe that different children have different way of learning and that our schools are too large and too "assembly line" oriented to give each child what they need.