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Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc
Everyone will be home schooled and never learn to respect and deal with opinions, lifestyles, etc. that are different from their own.
I've decided to keep my kids in public school so they can learn those very lessons. I hope I won't have to pull them out because their freedom and education are comporomised by this idiocy.
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On the contrary, most kids that are home schooled are more acclimated to the cultures of others, not less. The majority of home school parents I have met take an extra effort in teaching their children a foreign language, taking them to cultural displays and events at the local museums and cultural centers and teaching them to be active in the community.
OTOH, in public schools, children face a higher incidence of peer pressure, "learning" what to think and how to think from other children their age without the guidance of an adult. Sure the teachers are there, but they are concerned with their specific class and teaching them what is required by the Board of Education. For public school children with parents who are active participants in their education, "peer" education has a lesser but still visible effect. Ask any teacher what the percentage of actively participating parents is and I am sure you will be surprised at how low it is, especially among minority parents. "Peer" education is much more prevalent today than it was 32 years ago or so. Active partents then were much more common than they are today. I see many parents who send their kids off to school, where they have no direct influence; they come home and the kid watches TV in their own room, where the parent(s) have no direct influence; that is assuming the parent(s) are there at all; or letting the kids go off with their friends after school, again where the parent(s) have no direct influence and "peer" education is at its highest point.
We do home school our son for many reasons. Because of this, I feel he is well ahead of where he would be if he were in a public school.