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November 22, 2006, 8:11 am PST
11/24 Great School Debate
Quote From: our4sonsNowhere in our DNA is the ability to teach all that is necessary to exist in the modern world. There's just no two-ways about it! Desire to do so may fuel a parents search for the best ways to do it (educate their child on all required subjects to get them into college/university) but that alone does not make a person the best educator for their child. It's an interesting notion, maybe even 'sweet", to think that a parent is the one best source of what is best for their child(ren), but it's a very naive one at best.
Not all are meant to parent. Not all are meant to teach. WHere's the debate in that? Yet many have babies when they should not, and many teach when they should not.
Interesting to note that when I was in college, education and psychology were the majors friends/acquaintances switched to when they found the couldn't "cut it" in their chosen area of study (accounting, computer science, biology, etc.).
Education majors are taught "how" to teach, not "what" to teach. If you needed a higher mathematics degree to teach public school math (ditto for every other subject), then I may be inclined to lean to your way of thinking on this issue. But public school teachers don't have such requirements. So why would anyone presume that homeschoolers should?
FWIW, the homeschoolers in my co-op (a large one, with almost 1,000 members) are not high-school drop-outs. Most have higher degrees in engineering, chemistry, biology, computer science and yes, even education. In fact, because of our town's trend to hire recent college graduates, quite a few homeschoolers have more advanced degrees than our public school teachers do. It is a misconception that home educators do not have collegiate backgrounds.
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