What Makes People Think They Are Qualified To Teach Their Own Kids?

[roguevalley]

57. Okay. Stop all of you. Broad brush is going to kill us here.

Not everyone can teach. It is a rare case in my experience where a home school kid comes out with a really full round education. Everyone who thinks they can do this Try it. Find out. Most come back to school right away. Once most kids hit third grade their parents are done. This is a hard job and so much of it is observing, adjusting, changing, moving around. I wrote plans for the week and they were never followed. Sometimes the moment demands change. Most people don't know how to pivot and can't see the intuitive moment when things need to change, when a kid is right on the edge of knowing and what to do to help them get there.

Its a hard job and I would hope that people who try it do it right. There are many bright people out there that want to do this and some succeed pretty well but teaching kids is a hard thing and doing it right takes skill. Not everyone has it.

And I know ... SOME TEACHERS SUCK AND SHIT! Yadda-yadda-yadda. But most do and they do it right even in the face of raging hatred.

RV, old teacher who wouldn't do it again if I had to teach in the world as it is now,