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Originally posted by JayP@Jan 14 2005, 08:24 PM
The column fails to mention the home-schooled girl's life outside of school. If she has no friends (which is quite common with kids home schooled their entire life) then there is definitely damage to her social skills that will affect her for the rest of her life. You can have the best degree in the world, but other people will always have that same degree and the social edge to boot.
Now I'm not saying home-schooling is terrible or anything, there's just two sides to the story (which the writer never mentioned). The idea of closing down public schools is laughable. Not every parent can afford to pay for private school and not every parent has the time to teach their child (needing a job for income).
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And what if she does? The point is that some parents are forced to go to great lenghts to protect their kids from a public school environment. Of course living as a hermit is not the best thing, but it is sad when people are pressed to do things they otherwise wouldnt do because they feel they have to protect their kids. Nobody said living in a tent is a solution.
Of course not every parent can afford to pay for private school. And you know why? Because they are taxed to fund public schools eventhough they would rather send their kids to a private school. But they cant because they cant keep their money and decide themselves.