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> How can you give your child expert knowledge of physics, mathematics, history, biology, foreign language of choice and sports? Who comes out of high school w
by ConceptJunkie 12y ago
> How can you give your child expert knowledge of physics, mathematics, history, biology, foreign language of choice and sports?
Who comes out of high school with "expert knowledge" in anything?!
The same could be said for a lot of university degrees for that matter.
Public education has only been a "normal" thing for a century and a half or so. It's certainly not the only way to turn out a competent adult, and that's assuming it actually does, which is becoming more and more questionable.
- gambiting 12y agoSorry, I might have phrased that sentence wrong - by "give child expert knowledge" I meant that the person teaching has to be an expert,not that the child has to become one. If you are teaching your child about something that you haven't received proper education in, then what, do you expect to be learning as you go? That even sounds ridiculous, and I am pretty sure it is.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoFor elementary-age teaching, you really only have to be one lesson ahead. Which as an adult is easy/trivial. Its not expert knowledge you're providing; its training in how to learn, methodical approaches to study, and a lively interest in a variety of topics. And the topic of course, which is pretty much reading, writing and arithmetic. Which at that level if you haven't received proper education in, yes you should consider not home schooling.
- capsule_toy 12y agoMost classes don't require an expert-level of knowledge and some teachers are completely incompetent, especially prior to high school. I had a science teacher in junior high that did not believe in evolution.