Private and Home Schooling Isn't Necessarily Better than Public Schooling (rant)

[GobBluth]

3. No thanks. 2 out of my 3 kids would be dunces if they had to rely on me

I was able to teach my older two how to read before they were 4. But even with that my oldest needs a professional (I honestly feel like sticking my head in the oven trying to help him with his 5th-grade-math). My middle child would do great academically if she was homeshooled, but she really needed the social aspect of it (and thank God, she is now a social butterfly!). My 3rd is the smartest of the group (and I say that because he has the benefit of 2 older siblings who are smart and love him and teach him as much as they can), yet he is 3 and still does not know color, numbers, etc. I want to pull my hair out as I have no IDEA what to do with a child that doesn't want to sit down and read a book (my older two would do it for hours). We can finally afford Pre-K and luckily he has a summer birthday, so we are holding him back a year. He is smart as crap, but desperately needs a creative teacher, and I have not one creative bone in my body.

Thank God for teachers! Thank God for public education. This is not to say that I don't see the benefit of homeschooling if it works for the family. But for my family, well with the amazing support of some amazing teachers, I am hoping that the world will have 3 amazing and productive adults in a decade. I know for a fact my kids would be missing out without the amazing educators they have had. My husband, in-laws, and myself could have done an adequate job, but my kids, and the world, deserve better than that.