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With the current day curriculum (or lack thereof) homeschooling will become more common. The dumbing down of America has to stop and it starts in our public schools.
Who knew? My parents are cool. Homeschooling is becoming hipster. Celebrity parents like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie proudly discuss their homeschooling lifestyle. But pioneers like my parents set the trend of educational freedom.
The plan was to send me to public school. My mother enjoyed her job as an R.N. and was not bored. She was simply a creative rebel. And my father encouraged her to pioneer—because he believed in freedom.
My mother is a rebel with her own style. She once told me: “I never wanted to be like anyone else. I always did my own thing. But my...
When free markets exist, education rises to meet the demands. What is taught is what is bought, and what is bought is what brings VALUE in return. Education, in a free market, is PRODUCTIVITY training. And productivity training covers a wide spectrum throughout the economy. Different strokes for different folks, all driven by self-interest.
The current public education system does EXACTLY what it is supposed to do, people are simply unclear on its true mission.
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