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So a crummy school isn't inherently the fault of the concept of school
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no, why should it be ? a crummy hospital is not an inherent fault with the concept of hospitals. a corrupt judge is not an inherent fault with the concept of the rule of law. a school has to operate with the resources they have. if you do not think it is good enough, better to boost their resources than condemn them for trying.
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but a crummy parent teacher is inherently the fault of homeschooling as a concept?
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no, the concept of home schooling is safe. but the reality is that most parents do not have sufficient skills of their own to teach the next generation, nor are they naturally good educators. if the parents can, good on them, and the home schooling resources are available to help them out when they need it. for many home schooled kids, however, their education is not good. their parents lack the basics of many topics themselves, they have little idea of how to teach, do not know what kids are capable of learning and at what ages. home schooling is often used as a way of preventing their kids learning rather than education. keeping their children in the dark about subversive things, like evolution or other peoples religions.
home schooling works well with a small number of parents. in order to make it work for everyone, you would need a system to monitor standards, ensure variety and opportunity and exposure to different points of view, keep parents up to date and trained in the areas they are not competent, give access to social contact as well as academic contact. then again, that is what school is for.
alternatively, you can allow many parents to fail their kids and hope the pattern doesnt repeat itself. because, you know, human beings never repeat the same mistakes.