So at least my perspective in the UK is rough: endless burnt-out teachers resorting to escalating punitive measures to control kids being raised on landlordism, misogyny, etc. that makes me fear the kind of environment id be exposing a future kid to.
Of course, homeschooling and alternative education is stigmatised across the political sphere, whether it’s for legitimate reasons or otherwise. As socialists you also get exposed to a lot of critiques of so-called traditional school systems.
Do any parents here (or otherwise) have experience with homeschooling, or stuff like montessori, democratic schools, etc?
I was home-schooled and imo it should be illegal. It’s a terrible environment to grow up in and socially stunts people for life, please do not home school your kid(s)
Every time i meet another person who was homeschooled we always just talk about how fucked up it is and how “You don’t seem homeschooled!” is the best compliment you can receive lmao
Overwhelming amounts of homeschooling parents are hyper religious freaks, rich people who don’t want to mingle with the poors, and like 5 teachers or professors who actually do a better job than their underfunded public schools can.
I was also homeschooled and know that it severely stunted me socially and academically in retrospect. To be fair to my parents, I also hated public school and would just walk out whenever they tried to leave me there. But homeschooling was not the solution, just the easiest path.