Homecshoolers Helping Public Schools
Well, we know I have been struggling with the whole home school view point, and when I read this I thought…”Bravo South Carolina”. Really. I think it’s great. I don’t know this persons credentials, but seeing that she wanted a better education for her children seems a perfect fit for this position. I’ve always said the public school system needs out of the box thinkers. If you are willing to go against the norm and educate your child at home, I think that does show some positive initiative. I’ll be interested in seeing how this turns out. I would hope she really has a love for education and uses her position to better the system.
Part of my problem with the Home School army is the apparent attitude that public schools can do no right. It does my heart good to see someone say, the school system is not right, I pulled my children from it, but I now want to help fix it.” This attitude I can get behind. It’s a positive approach to the problem, instead of just throwing verbal grenades. I’d love the public school system to get to the point that no one feels the need to home school their child. That one day people will be excited about sending their child to P.S. 101 or J.B. Henderson Elementary.
The post states:
And if you wish for something better for your children, does it mean that you can’t work for something better for other people’s children?
Exactly. We live in a country full of single parents and households that cannot financially or educationally pull off home or private schooling. So, if you can do something “better” for your children, do so, but also try to help those who can’t.
Bravo South Carolina.
December 28th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
But remember, not all homeschooling parents think they can fix public education. I doubt that no matter what I do it will never be a 1:5 teacher:student ratio, that teachers will move through the grades with their students so they know and understand them better, and that they are free to teach to the students needs and interests rather than to the govrnment guidelines. I do wish for something better for other people’s children, I just think that public schools need more repair than the “homeschool army” could do in a few thousand years.