Why did you decide to Homeschool?  I’ve heard almost all of the reasons out there.

Maybe you don’t want your kids sucked in to the corrupting influence of the public school culture.  Maybe you’re worried about the quality of education in the public school system.  Maybe you want to spend more time with your kids and not see them raised by strangers.

It may be a combination of all of the above.  No matter what your reason is, I applaud you.  And I want to encourage you because education is and important and difficult task.

There’s another aspect, which you may or may not have thought of that makes your decision to Homeschool that much better.

Think about the goals of the public school system.  Not their stated goals, that’s irrelevant.  Think about the kind of training that kids are really getting.

In the real, adult world, what kind of environment is the most like a classroom setting?  Well first, there’s the actual classroom.  Graduates of the public school system are best prepared and most comfortable pursuing a career in education.

That’s what they were surrounded by for 12 years with adults that they only see functioning in that setting.

I’m not criticizing the teaching profession, but I am pointing out that public education best prepares students for a life in public education.

What is the most similar setting after that?

Data entry.  That’s not a joke.  Public school students sit at a desk, hour after hour, scribbling down what other people tell them to.  The most similar real world job that matches that description is data entry.

This accounts for a large portion of the work force.  Mindless jobs with menial responsibility.

But Homeschool students are different. There’s a natural flexibility with homeschooling.  Because students are more accountable and entrusted with more responsibility, they enter the adult world much better prepared for jobs that reflect that environment.

Those jobs include upper management, law, entrepreneurs, and company executives and presidents.

When entering the “real world,” there’s no doubt that Homeschool students are much more prepared.