I agree with your arguement that anyone wanting to home school their kids should be able to do so. I do not think the idea of doing away with public schools is very well thought out. Not every parent wants to home school their kids. Not every parent has the ability to home school.There are alot of single parents working two jobs who just do not have the time.One of the biggest reasons for the problems you write about in public schools is parents who will not get involved in their child’s education. Are you going to take these kids into your home to school? I am not a college educated teacher. I am a substitute in the public school system. I see many good teachers putting in more hours for less money than I was making with much less education before I retired.As for the people who think they are so well socialized because they can converse so well with professors and other accademic snobs, maybe you could help by volunteering to mentor in a public school and pass along some of your superior education to some of these kids I just mentioned.To Joe Buzz I would like to say I took a pencil and paper and added up the number of teachers and teachers aids a student in our schools will see (not counting admin.). It came to 58.Jiphner and Morningstar are right.
