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Um, no. You really think a middle-class family can afford a few private tutors?
So I have to say there are a LOT of parents who SHOULD NOT homeschool their children…
Let’s not forget there are college and highschool dropouts, and people who barely passed.
I say this without judgment and not to diss those who aren’t as educated. That’s not what a person’s worth should be in. It’s just not a good idea in many cases in the sense that having me play in the NBA would be total disaster. It’s nowhere near my skill set and I have no talent for it.
I do however, having been homeschooled myself, think that it can be done correctly. There are good and bad public, private, and home schools.
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To be fair, though, OP did mention hiring a private homeschool teacher….although I’m sure that would carry its own expenses depending on what job the parents have. Will say though, a lot of finances has to do with budgeting rather than college degrees. And a lot of trade jobs considered to be blue collar can actually cover quite a lot if managed correctly. Hiring a private teacher wouldn’t be out of the question >

A private teacher would probably be prohibitively expensive unless you're in a rural area where the teacher is desperate.  It costs me $900 per week just for two toddlers in daycare, with 5 kids per non-teacher.  I can't imagine what an actual private teacher would be. >

All you need to do is get a bunch of children together so one person can teach them. >

And then, if you're able to rent out a couple rooms, have a couple teachers there and separate the students by age group. >

Hell, maybe if you save up enough money you can buy an entire building that could hold multiple age groups and teach different subjects with varying difficulty with plenty of different teachers teaching big groups of them.. and at some point the community may decide it's of great public benefit and they would start advocating for us to use our taxes to pay for all of it so every kid could go and we would have an at least somewhat educated public... I should get a patent for this.. forget I said anything! >

This guy gets it! >

We come to this topic based on our experiences. We were in an excellent school district with great teachers. Our high school was one of the best in the nation. My children took courses in auto cad, and entrepreneurship. One had so many AP credits, she started college as a second semester sophomore. 
So the schools taught them better than I could have. But we were a two-career family, so home schooling was never an option. Plus, the thought of me teaching calculus…
I don’t know if OP is a teenager, but wages have stayed relatively flat for decades. Most families need two incomes these days. We searched carefully for a good school district, so that’s a better option for most families than home schooling. >

I'm also from Chicago. I was a member of Chicago Public Schools. They were hot garbage. I'd rather homeschool my kids than have them experience the BS I went through. >

Yeah I don’t live in Chicago anymore. We moved to the burbs for better schools. >

What suburb did your children go to school in, if you don’t mind my asking? >

Not my kids but cousins that lived in Buffalo Grove. My cousins were always telling me how well funded the schools were. >


Not everyone has the money for a few private tutor. 2. Parents can’t just stay home to teach their kids. 3. Even if they could, there would still be huge barriers to them being able to teach their kid in a way that actually helps the kid learn. >

Shouldn’t have had kids in the first place