OP; you should be proud of yourself for being capable of schooling your teacher on topics concerning firearms and the 2A. Judging by many of your posts here on THR, I'm sure you'll make your best effort to represent the firearm-educated community as the well reasoned side of the debate if you ever do end up in a confrontation with your teacher concerning the topic. Best of luck and keep us updated!
Homeschooling children - Yeah that's the answer. Having inexperienced and unqualified people teach young minds.
Yeah... that statement doesn't match up with my K through 12 homeschooling experience in the least. In our homeschooling community there has never been a shortage of parents with successful careers willing to teach subjects they are better versed in than others. The classes typically revolve around real world application because often the subject isn't just something the teacher is qualified and employed to teach, rather it is what he or she does on a daily basis to earn a living. When I was two years from graduating, classes were being offered by a well-respected and successful historian and museum curator, a laboratory technician, an electronics theorist, a published author, and a skilled landscaper; just to name a few. These learning environments are popularly known as co-ops.
There is a certain normality humans get from socialization which you don't get in the basement of your house.
Because an age- and grade-segregated classroom environment based upon a standardized one size fits all curriculum does such a great job of replicating real life after high school and never results in 40-year-olds still living in their parent's basement and group homes, right?
Normalcy is relative, and the notion that socialization is something exclusive to the public school system and cannot be had anywhere else is ridiculous. For someone who supposes themselves to be so open-minded concerning social issues you sure do seem guilty of following a rather bigoted and judgmental stereotype concerning parents who choose to educate their children at home. Or maybe you have trouble appreciating diversity in educational environments and upbringing?
So I don't think the public school is what mold the person.
But in your opinion homeschooling does? I have formerly homeschooled friends and peers serving in almost every branch of the military, working in industry, medical/nursing/psychiatry, ministry, computer science, some who formed and joined alternative rock and pop bands, and some who took on their family businesses and started families of their own directly after they graduated. One in particular recently EAS'd from active duty in the USMC infantry after serving a tour in Afghanistan and is currently going to college to become a college-level history teacher. So much for their homeschool backgrounds inhibiting their success in society.
To anyone here on THR who is considering homeschooling as an alternative to public school; it's not for everybody, but it certainly is a viable alternative worthy of exploration on your part as a parent. It does require sacrifice and you will have to put up with the rest of public-schooled society constantly doubting and scrutinizing your decision, but if your children's educational experience and upbringing at home is anything like mine your children will likely appreciate and thank you for it.
