If you were to ask me how I felt about home-schooling, I would not be sure how to answer you. On the one hand, I think there are a lot of students who benefit from an environment that traditional schooling does not provide (and, in fact, one of my students is being homeschooled for the remainder of the year due to health issues she has been having, and is excelling in that environment), but on the other hand, I think that people can abuse it (mainly religious nuts), and some use it as a cop-out.
In the same ilk, I am slightly unsure about what I think about this, but I am leaning more toward the "I don't like it" vein, since I think it would mostly benefit people who homeschool their children because they don't like the "liberal agenda" or whatever they think traditional schools promote (it is named after another religious nut, after all).
I do agree that since parents who homeschool their children still pay taxes, so they should be able to have some input about public schooling-- but then again, they have made the choice to homeschool their children, and are aware of what they are giving up to do so. Also, I think waaaay too much emphasis is placed upon sports and other extra-curriculars where the academic curriculum is being ignored. But that's an entirely different issue...
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