[SMARTY]

Now days, kids do not learn because they went to school but they learn in SPITE of going to school.

Parents MUST intervene at all levels, remain watchful and de-program a great deal

[MrB]

Two stupid things about “de-programming” your kids:

One, they have thousands of “seat hours” in front of teachers with an agenda to “program” into them, and you’re gonna take a couple of hours each night to counter this?

If you’re willing to commit a “couple of hours” a day to de-program them, why not spend one more hour a day and homeschool them?

[wintertime]

Now days, kids do not learn because they went to school but they learn in SPITE of going to school. Parents MUST intervene at all levels, remain watchful and de-program a great deal

It is actually **more** work for the parent to afterschool and deprogram than it is to homeschool.

When I talk to parents who have academically successful children who are institutionalized for their schooling in every case ( without exception) these parents and kids are working at least as hard on afterschooling as I did as a homeschooling mom. These institutionalized kids are spending as much time on homework as my kids did all day in formal homeschooling.

My conclusion: Kids learn almost nothing in school. It is the parents and the kids themselves who are doing 99% of the work in afterschooling and "deprograming".