> Are these homeschooled kids worse off than that?
They were both f..d up by the system and I'm sorry to hear that. No kid deserves having his life destroyed by a screwed up education.
> Oh so you weren't talking about education at all then.
Creationism, for example, is not education (and yes, I know, some public schools have been forced to teach that crap too, but that's actually the perfect example why religion should not touch education in ANY way).
> I went to public school and was violently assaulted at school at least a half a dozen times and verbally harassed dozens more.
Violent assaults are nothing exclusive to public schools, they happen at private schools too. And when I look at scandals of sexual abuse and violence (from teachers!) here in Germany, most of these have happened in private schools.
> I wouldn't give the state any moral authority.
At least I would give the state more authority than the churches or religious nutjobs.
> No kid deserves having his life destroyed by a screwed up education.
And yet it is not uncommon.
Where I live if you look at overall education homeschooling provides the best results, followed by private schools, and then public schools bring up the rear.
> Creationism, for example, is not education
That's neither here nor there. Millions of people who went through the public system here believe in creationism and it certainly wasn't taught in schools.
Like I said in my original post the curriculum is still determined by the state for homeschool and private schools.
> Violent assaults are nothing exclusive to public schools, they happen at private schools too.
Of course they do.
I guess my point is the media will focus on teacher related scandals etc.
However, the overwhelming majority of physical and sexual abuse is student on student.
As such the likelihood of physical or sexual abuse while homeschooled is likely an order of magnitude lower than at public school.
> At least I would give the state more authority than the churches or religious nutjobs.
The authority belongs with the parents.
If your parents are horrible and abusive then you are in for a rough life.
It is horrible and true regardless of whether you go to public school or not.
They were both f..d up by the system and I'm sorry to hear that. No kid deserves having his life destroyed by a screwed up education.
> Oh so you weren't talking about education at all then.
Creationism, for example, is not education (and yes, I know, some public schools have been forced to teach that crap too, but that's actually the perfect example why religion should not touch education in ANY way).
> I went to public school and was violently assaulted at school at least a half a dozen times and verbally harassed dozens more.
Violent assaults are nothing exclusive to public schools, they happen at private schools too. And when I look at scandals of sexual abuse and violence (from teachers!) here in Germany, most of these have happened in private schools.
> I wouldn't give the state any moral authority.
At least I would give the state more authority than the churches or religious nutjobs.