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| Subject: Home schooling is a perfect alternative to OZschwitz schools stuck in a time-warp Wed Sep 10, 2014 12:15 am | |
| The issue about teaching creationism in home schooling is a red herring. The main aim of home schooling is to offer an alternative. It is ideal for anyone who believes our current school system is not suitable for their child.
In Australia there are about 30,000 home-schooling families. We should be encouraging the development of this approach where it meets the needs of children. Home-schooling is not a free-for-all. It has to meet formal criteria. Home-schoolers must be enrolled as a student at a day school and be available when required for assessment against the regular school curriculum
The main benefit is freedom for children to be children. Home schooling offers a physical liberty that a highly regimented classroom does not. It is not oppressive. It avoids the brutality of modern schooling. Am I exaggerating? Why not ask a sample of children or adolescents about their deepdown, personal experiences of attending school. It is not always a pretty place.
Home schooling offers well-rested children who have time to play, to learn and to work. School is an artificial educational factory.
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