Third World Skeptical Kid

actually, most homeschool parents teach their kids very well.
also im not even gonna touch on the religious part because your most likely an atheist.

Just sayin'. As a parent, you're kind of expected to raise 'decent' human beings. To some people, that means passing on religious values, which can include stuff I'm sure you appreciate, such as charity, taking care of the earth like it was a gift, among other things...

I didn't say that you did. It's a personal choice whether you consider that part of the package or not. I have chosen to believe what I believe and I continue to consider the various aspects of my belief system. I don't think it's wrong to bring up children in your religion or lack thereof, but as they go from infancy to rationality, they should be allowed to consider and choose. A point of view that can't bear the weight of opposing viewpoints and survive likely doesn't have enough basis in reality. Philosophy is the study of truth. We should all be doing that. At any rate, we should be if we believe in the existence of objective truth. Anyone who makes any concrete claim must believe in objective truth, or else, their arguments are invalid. If you believe in truth, the only thing that makes sense is to always be trying to find it.

Kind of my point, dont think i typed it up well in the first reply though.

so calling all homeschoolers who teach their kids religion "bullsh*t" is alright but me thinking your an atheist for calling all homeschool parents who teach their children religion is bad? Your a genius.

It is all part of encultureation eh? If you never teach them anything else, is it indoctrination or just culture? Anywho, homeschooling is pretty neat. We came extremely close to homeschooling our little one this year due to the sucking of schools in our area. Depending on the state, it's a pretty broad thing to do. For example in my state the parent can withdraw the kid, and from then on determines everything about that kid's education. That includes when they graduate "highschool," which means that a legitimate and legal diploma recognized by the state is given to the kid without standardized testing. I was going to write a paper on it and did some preliminary research but I had some chaps in my class ninja me. It's interesting to note that if I recall correctly, a British article equated the downfall of public education to be tied with the government control of public education.

thats very rare when it comes to homeschooling actually... it almost never happens.

Maybe it does happen. In fact, it certainly does. But you can't put everyone from a broad group into a limited box. One of the things you have to realize is that public schools, (and yes, I did attend a public school district,) tend to average out educational requirements. That means that slower students get left behind and quicker students are dragged down by everyone else, get bored and sometimes never reach their full potential. So you know those people who are obsessed with success? Some of those people pull their kids and use homeschooling to maximize their kids' potential and actually create an education that fits.

Other motives aside, one of the things you have to realize is that indoctrination seldom works. Children grow up. They get rebellious. A totalitarian mode of force-feeding viewpoints without providing a basis for why they should be believed is a wonderful way to put those viewpoints in a pretty shaky position, future-wise.

exactly.

We have a strong homeschooling community here and many do it to keep the failing school system from cramming it's constantly changing pschological educational trends down their kids' throats.

it does rarely happen, are you actually part of homeschooling or are you just some public schooler who thinks he knows about homeschooling but actually doesnt?

Were you addressing me?

no, that was meant for octavia melody.

OH and for your information, iv been in about 5 homeschool groups, nobody forces anything, and all the kids have a choice for their religion :/

yes i do know it as a fact actually :)
also, like Basimpo said, its culture. you cant just simply take all homeschoolers, and assume they are all forced with their parents religion. anyway, this is my last reply because clearly, your just gonna keep on with this and i notice you ignore all other replies but mine, and all other replies are explaining things better than me. goodday.