There’s a negative outlook if I ever saw one! Most people will work like hell to avoid what they thin of as work. They’ll work even harder than they would if they had been doing the work. Lazy? Nope. Misdirected? Yes. The average person works 80 times harder than they have to.

On a direct note to the original rant. My parents took a direct interest in my education and I too was reading long before entering school. Because eventually not only would I get bored out of my skull waiting on the slowest kid in the class [usually a very nice person], it end up with teachers, professors and instructors that were slower than the slowest student in the class… And then came the idiot “decider” bosses.

Look around you. Most people are lazy as hell. They find a routine and stick to it. If you are energetic, enthusiastic (and yes, committed) you will find a job and move up in the ranks (unless you happen to be some unhappy minority, but that’s a whole different issue)… If you aren’t, you have no business home schooling in the first place!

You do have the option of sending your kids to private school, though this can be expensive, and after tenth grade your kids are no longer obligated to go to school, though most will complete their education. The way I see it, in order for homeschooling to work you have to have a committed, educated parent, and if you are that type of person you might as well get a job and send your kids to private school.

I don’t think I ever had ADD, but I was certainly bored to tears in public school. Or lazy. Bored or lazy, one or the other.

And as for the economic stuff, it works out. I somehow manage to scrimp and save so my son can go to private school in high school. Which reminds me, the tuition is due again. Eeek.

One last thing…the monetary concerns are often without cause whem considering homeschooling. My school offered a complete plan for 350.00 per year, less than the average public schooled child spends on clothes, lunches and books.

On the subject of homeschooling, I can vouch for there being advantages to this. I was homeschooled from 3rd to 12th grade. Not being distracted by peer pressure, learning at your own pace, and being able to have one on one contact with your teacher is invalueable.

The downside? A lot of times (even in my case) the parent doesn’t have the patience or the time to devote to the child. There’s always the social interaction aspect, but most towns have homeschool groups that have gym classes, outings, etc.

There are even schools that offer advanced satellite plans to help the family with the administrative and grading side of things, so they can focus on teaching.

Homeschooling is not just for religious nuts or backwoods scary people anymore. Its a viable option for those wanting the best education possible for the child.