heavenlyboy34
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I recommend you read the book 'Best Friends Worst Enemies: understanding the social lives of children' before making a final decision. We homeschool primarily *because of* the rampant negative socialization that you'll find even at private schools: they essentially have daycare rules they have to aide by which aren't always conducive to keeping all kids truly safe in the long run [as shown by the INCREASED security necessary at each higher level of schooling]. I tend to challenge people to "read the school's Handbook and highlight all freedoms and liberties that you are voluntarily waiving to attend the school." Not only are YOU waiving parental rights, but you are waiving your child's rights. And we're not just talking dress codes.
While it is admirable to attempt to reach as many as possible, the beauty of the smaller class size of homeschooling is its ability to actually make the teaching *stick* and explore that alleged open-mindedness w/ in depth discussion. ALL teachers understand the benefits and desirability of small class sizes of less than 12 students. ALL of them. It's one thing to have a large assembly, but when you're talking about real *teaching*, size matters.
That's a great point. Most of the best classes I had were very small ones (and I didn't get those until college).
