Homeschooling

[Westerner]

I believe Westerner is not a parent, but a young woman who was homeschooled and recently received her college degree at TESC. I don't think you should be concerned. It seems like her parents did a good job with her education.

That's correct. And thank you

Ah, thank you for the correction.

Though given her position on science, I would have to question that aspect of her education at least. And I'm not saying that to be condescending or as a personal attack. Even in public education, many people come away at the end without a proper understanding of evolution. It's not an individual's fault for being misled.

But there's no whitewashing it. Evolution is the foundation and lynchpin of biology. Denying it is like denying the heliocentric solar system in astronomy, or thinking the earth is flat in geology. It's that established and integral.

I have learned about both creation and evolution. Based on the evidence, I believe creation is the most logical option. If you believe different, that's fine. You think I was indoctrinated by being taught creation is the truth; I think all those public school kids are being led to believe the lie of evolution. We just may need to make another thread for this topic.

It's true that parental involvement is necessary for any successful student. But a huge problem is that most parents just expect the school to completely take care of their kids while they are at school. I see this all the time at the private school where I work and it's sad. I am glad for my parents caring enough to ensure that I got a proper education. So many parents expect the teacher to "do their thing" and don't follow up.

But, acedemics aside, one of the main problems my parents and others have with the public or private school systems is just the bad influences teachers and other students are.

I don't think it's unreasonable to have concerns when people are stating that indoctrination and "protection" from knowing about homosexuality are stated objectives.

I don't think it's unreasonable to have concerns when public schooled kids are offered condoms and abortions without their parents' knowledge, and have to deal with members of the opposite gender using their bathrooms. In homeschool you don't have to worry about teachers having sex with students or mentally instable kids walking in and killing people.