Home Education Myths - By Karl Reed

Forward

Introduction

Only Highly Trained Educators Can Teach Children

More Money Equals Better Education

Good Education Requires Expensive Facilities

More of Everything, Educational Tools. Books, etc. is Better

Quality Education Requires Lots of Money

The Family Cannot Provide OpportunitiesNecessary for Children's Education

Some Parents Just Can't Teach

Home Education is Not for Everybody

Home Education Requires Super-Human Effort

Home Education Creates Hardship Upon Parents

Children Need Socialization and Peers

Homeschooled Children Will BecomeToo Dependent Upon Parents

Homeschooled Children Will be Too Sheltered

Homeschooled Children Will be Unable to Handle the Real World

Homeschooled Children Won't Fit Into Tomorrow's World

Children Taught at Home Won't be Able to Go to College or Get a Job Without a High School Diploma

Home Education is a Radical New Idea

Conclusion