Nevertheless, such strategy counts on people thinking that they are vulnerable and that they can deal with their weakness by judging others as a threat to them. Once homeschoolers start doing this, they will have made the job of the educational establishment very easy. And when they turn on each other, they end up undermining the strength they have-that is, the knowledge that the vast majority of homeschoolers are doing very well and can only be weakened by judging the very few who may not be.
When a child has serious problems in school, some of which may be caused by the school itself, shouldn't his family have the opportunity to homeschool? Many of the reasons listed below can also be shared with other homeschoolers.
• Points you can make with legislators and the general public
- It is no sense to regulate and judge all homeschools in order to prevent a few people from homeschooling, especially since restrictive legislation interferes with homeschools that are working well. One old legal maxim states, "Hard cases make bad law."
- Let’s take a look at the realities of the situation. Imagine that "unqualified" homeschoolers were prevented from homeschooling. Then, what would they do and where would they go? Most of these supposedly "unqualified" families have already tried conventional schools.
The regulative system did not work for them. Unlikely, forcing them to go back to a conventional school will do any good, especially since often the schools don't want them anyway; some of them have even been expelled. Where would you rather have these kids? At prison? Existing law provides for jailing truants and their parents.
To summarize, "unqualified" homeschoolers are not missing out on some other wonderful opportunity that would work wonders for them.
- Legislators and others may say, that families like yours that are doing a good job of homeschooling shouldn't have any trouble complying with regulations intended to prevent unqualified families from homeschooling. Homeschoolers can respond by explaining that homeschooling works well because it allows children to learn in ways that work best for them rather than forcing them to follow the public school mold.
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