Spotty Banana Homeschool

Personally, public school was never an option we considered, but for those parents who haven’t made a decision, you may want to read these two recently published articles. These two articles convince me more than ever that the quality of public school education in the U.S. is not only declining, but in some cases, deserves an ‘F’!

An article recently published in the St. Petersburg Times talks about how ‘No Child Left Behind’ has ignored the bright and gifted students in favor of the struggling. If reading that article wasn’t disturbing enough, a different article written by Melanie Hubbard, who has a doctorate in English from Columbia University, stunned me! As she describes her experience as a high school teacher, I realize that what she is describing is a system that is totally broken. The unruly, lazy, disrespectful, cheating students in her class would not allow themselves to be taught, challenged disciplined, or enlightened! She doesn’t even bother assigning homework because they wouldn’t do it anyway — besides, if they actually did it, they would just cheat.

I am sure that not all public schools are this ‘broken’, but if more people read these two articles, maybe less people will ask why I homeschool? No, I don’t think my child is missing out on ’socialization’!