Originally posted in a LVRJ forum
We homeschool. It's not for everyone, but I STRONGLY urge parents to avoid public school.
We have a MUCH better familiarity with public education than *most* CCSD parents. We know a lot of public *and* private school parents. We have perspective. We've heard all the pedagogies. The bureaucratic forms, conferences, busywork, sensitivities, politics, etc. We see the textbooks and homework assignments. We read about the poor public school test scores. We compare all this against what our kids are doing.
We hear all the horror stories. One friend's bright, eager kid recently came home in tears after being humiliated in front of the class, a spectacle courtesy of a "credentialed" teacher in a "good" public school. Another friend's kid was actually reprimanded for READING in class. Not joking.
Private schools have negatives also, but at least they have strong feedback mechanisms. One friend was so angry at her son's $>20,000/yr private school (for "labeling" him) that she pulled him out and issued a STOP PAY on tuition installment check! Be sure the Headmaster got the message. Public school parents have no real alternative, and I'm forced to pay for it.
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