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Originally Posted by FireFly
Wow. I think the school system is quite detrimental to children these days and there are better ways of socializing them than forcing them into farily large groups of people they may not have anything in common with....
Laugh if you want but the Duggars, (you know the 19 Kids and Counting family) have raised 19 exceptionally well behaved children up in a religious, home schooling environment.
As long as they're socialized, they seem to turn out fine. Sports or other interests is a better method (IMO) of socialization than the social construct of school. Bullying anybody? Remember Columbine? School isn't for everyone.
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The public school system has it's flaws and is by no means the be-all, end-all solution, but I feel it is a far better regulated, monitored, and informed system of teaching and socializing young Canadians than the uncontrolled and behind-closed doors possibilities of home schooling. Of course, proper parental guidance, supervision, and extra-curricular activities are needed by all but the public school system is a way to at least get a measure or chance of that into a young person's life as well as providing the opportunities young people need to broaden their horizons and reach their potential - things they may not encounter when taught by untrained parents in a solitary home with limited resources and exposure to peers.
I view the hidden, unregulated, and isolated environments of home schooling as simply having a much higher probability than an established school system for engendering ignorance and fostering social deviance.