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Ah, there's a logical explanation for this! Home schooling is off the table for a lot of these parents as they're most likely both working professionals with d

Ah, there's a logical explanation for this! Home schooling is off the table for a lot of these parents as they're most likely both working professionals with demanding jobs OR they recognize they're not going to do a good job educating their kids past a certain level. Private school might be off the table because the local public schools might have a better reputation than any nearby private. Why pay more to get less?

gedy 4y ago
> they recognize they're not going to do a good job educating their kids past a certain level. These are the people that have me shaking my head when they then are so opinionated about the curricula though.
- glowingly 4y ago
  That's what hurts. The worst tyrants (classically) believe they are doing the right thing. For who(m)? That's another question.
- jcims 4y ago
  Sometimes you just get outliers. For example, there were some methods taught to my kids in elementary school as part of an emerging common core math curriculum that I disagreed with quite a bit. I didn't take it to the school though because they were stuck in the middle of a state mandate and pissed off parents. I just helped my kids differentiate some of the more fundamental methods from helps/shortcuts (like sections on estimation).