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Originally posted by dmoolenaar
Maybe you need to pick the teachers better? My wife volunteers 3x week and does HW with kids everyday. She has hand picked their teachers thus far (K-4th grade) with outstanding results. Other parents have similar experiences and the main similarity is that they participate. Parents that don't invest the time, energy, or interest get the scraps and hope for the best. Schools say parents don't get to pick but we all know that's a crock.
Can it be improved...definitely, but there are alot of GREAT teachers in the public schools these days. You need to find them and not accept any less. My position on home school is that the kids get a personally tailored program, and home cooked meals , but miss out on all the social interaction the school grounds offers. I'm not comfortable with them missing that.
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How does she handpick the class? Its against our disctrict rules. We tried to get him changed from a class at the beginning of the year and the priciple and GC both said no it was against policy. They would be spending all their time changing classes if they allowed it.
Your wife obviously has gotten you kids special treatment in the school. Good for you, I hope your wife can volentter the entire time they are in school and nothing in your life changes to stop that.
By your own admission schools don't have to care about kids who have parents who both work and are too busy to volenteer. Then those kids get the crappy teachers and the poor education.
That is sad.