So I always thought having a child in home school was a dumb idea. But being that I have a son/student and a wife/teacher, I see both sides of problems that we have in our schools. First, states are way to busy looking at teachers papers. Yes as a parent we want the best teacher teaching our child. But a paper does not prove that the person is a good teacher. I mean if the states are only worried about students getting good scores on there SOL’s then hell, I can teach out of a book.
The bottom line is that I understand what the SOL’s are designed for, but teachers/schools/states are so worried about kids not learning anything that they are only teaching what the child needs to know to pass. Second is funds. To start, I feel teachers should be paid more then what most get now. Teachers are very important to the development of your children. But as it turns out, that most are worried about loosing there jobs or cuts to there departments and can not focus on the real problems that our children are having. Just today I read that 80% of the Virginia school board is aware of cutting jobs and lowering pay. It really is sad to see this happening as this affects all of us even our children. Good teachers should teach and have fun without the worries of SOL scores and money. Again, SOL’s are useless information if all the teacher is going to do is teach right out of the book. They should just do the test for the student.
So now it seems that home schooling maybe a better way for are children to get a better education. As we don’t have to worry about the above problems. However social interaction is a very big part of going to school and should not be left out. But wait, if everyone did home school, then we all should create a school with the same ideas. Oh wait, we already have that, it’s called private school. This is nice if you can afford it and keep in mind that private school need to run like a business for it to stay open. So yes there are problems there too. Does the circle ever stop. I mean the only one that is really getting hurt by this is our children.
Believe me, I will be sending my child to a private school as long as we can afford it. I feel that he will get a better education then what the state has planned for him. Keep in mind, that there are a lot of different types of private schools and who over sees the education. Not to be biased, but I think my wife works for one of the best private schools around. As they focus more on family and arts. It seems that no public school these days care about arts or others, just what ever is in the SOL test. Again just my 2 cents as a parent and husband to a teacher.
