I came across an article by Penelope Trunk who writes on many things, but what caught my interest was one of her entries on homeschooling in that is a how-to-live decision not a how-to-learn decision.
People ask me why I homeschool my son and it comes down to allowing my son to learn at his pace and not have his enthusiasm and energy restricted by a teacher that is struggling to keep control of over twenty kids at a time.
I also feel that you maybe have ten to twelve good years to be with your child, from the age of around two to their early teens before they go out into the world more on their own. I figured that taking some time out of my life to build a strong relationship with my child isn't such a burden. Really, if you're going to have kids you should be prepared to deal with the responsibility of kids.
Not everyone is in the position to homeschool but many who think they aren't really could do it if they committed themselves to the idea of being more involved with his/her child's education. Our family has learned to live with less, and really we have a lot, in order to homeschool.
And to those who think homeschooled kids don't get enough social interaction, you're wrong. Homeschool kids have sufficient opportunities for social interactions: sports teams, field trips, homeschool groups (we have a math group), classes for homeschoolers, and more are out there. The cool thing is that it provides these children opportunities for interacting with not only children of their own age but children of all ages, instructors, teachers, other parents, grand parents, store owners, field trip guides and more. Homeschool children aren't restricted to the four walls of a school and one teacher for the year.
I overheard a conversation between a regular school kid and a homeschooler. "So when do you go to school?" the answer, "All the time."
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