Home schooling in CA

[tracilicious]

I understand what you are saying, but so far we find so much reading and math in everyday life that the thought of sitting down and "teaching" these things is absurd. We don't have a school day (and never will as far as I can predict) but whatever amount of math life brings us is how much time we spend with it. As it happens, this is quite a bit. Granted, it takes more effort to incorporate higher math into everyday life as kids get older, but it is certainly possible.

As far as the law is concerned, the only thing that should matter with regards to education is that a person can support themselves. From a legal standpoint it shouldn't matter whether a person spends all their time on art or all their time on math, provided that they aren't a burden to other taxpayers later in life.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

As far as the law is concerned, the only thing that should matter with regards to education is that a person can support themselves. From a legal standpoint it shouldn't matter whether a person spends all their time on art or all their time on math, provided that they aren't a burden to other taxpayers later in life.

Then you agree we shouldn't have child labor laws.

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Then you agree we shouldn't have child labor laws.

I'm not sure how saying that as far as the law is concerned the purpose of education is to produce functional adults is the same as saying there should be nothing to protect kids from child labor.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

I'm not sure how saying that as far as the law is concerned the purpose of education is to produce functional adults is the same as saying there should be nothing to protect kids from child labor.

I thought your premises are that parental choices about how family business is conducted should be deferred to and that a child's interests in shaping how his formative years are spent should be deferred to. If the child would prefer to spend his day as a chimney sweep or a blacksmith's apprentice--rather than studying reading, math or art--and the family would have it so, why should the government intervene?