Thursday, June 02, 2005
Abnormality, thy Name is Homeschool
By Steve Kellmeyer (05/19/05)
For most Americans, homeschooling seems rather odd. Why bother with it? We have had public and private schools with us all of our lives, as have our parents before us and their parents before them from time immemorial. Why not stick with what works? The thought would be touching, if it were historically accurate. It isn't. The concept of compulsory schools with mass attendance is aradically new idea to Western civilization, no older than industrialization. Indeed, industrialization arguably could not have taken place without the mass school, and therein lies a tale. As John Taylor Gatto points out in his impressive work, "The Underground History of American Education," America's schools were not very much used prior to 1870. The reason is simple.
the rest of the article is here:http://www.americandaily.com/article/7821
For most Americans, homeschooling seems rather odd. Why bother with it? We have had public and private schools with us all of our lives, as have our parents before us and their parents before them from time immemorial. Why not stick with what works? The thought would be touching, if it were historically accurate. It isn't. The concept of compulsory schools with mass attendance is aradically new idea to Western civilization, no older than industrialization. Indeed, industrialization arguably could not have taken place without the mass school, and therein lies a tale. As John Taylor Gatto points out in his impressive work, "The Underground History of American Education," America's schools were not very much used prior to 1870. The reason is simple.
the rest of the article is here:http://www.americandaily.com/article/7821
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