Home Schooling

My recent post about a father who’s considering home schooling as an option for their kid due to the “terrible” quality of education reminds me: how qualified are these folks to home school their kids?

I tutor in the local high school system, but that doesn’t mean I’m good at teaching little kids to read, or teaching AP European history to teenagers.  My parents were both college graduates, but they were both smart enough–and humble enough–to leave my education to professionals.

I’m also concerned that the typical parent in this position is going to crap out very badly when it comes to post-algebra math: geography, trig, algebra 2, and calculus, not to mention high school science: biology, chemistry, and physics.