Parents that home school but can't even spell properly.
I'm all for freedom of choice regarding education. I know a lot of people that home school and their children have done well after graduation.
However, I have a "friend" (a friend of a friend, acquaintance maybe) that has 4 children ranging in age from 7 to 19. Two of them are special needs 9 and 13 yr old, the oldest one is 19 and has "graduated".
She "home schools" her children. They have no structure regarding the time of day they do school work. They live in a 3 bedroom apartment with 4 children, 4 adults 2 dogs, 4 cats, (she currently has "adopted" her best friends son and his pregnant girlfriend so they are living there as well). Their house is a MESS. I am so not one to complain about a messy house but theirs is disgusting.
Putting all of that aside the thing that bothers me the most is that she home schools these children and she can't spell correctly to save her life. Her grammar is horrible. Her punctuation worse.
Her special needs children need way more time and attention than thy are getting now. The 13 year old has RSS and he can barely speak or print. The 7 year old is non verbal save for a few grunts and "words" that only his mother can understand. How is this child ever going to excel when the most important aspect of his learning is being taught by someone that can't spell properly?
Are there not laws to protect these children? Who marks their work? Who makes sure they are doing appropriate curriculum? It's so sad to know that these boys could flourish so much more if they were placed in a regular school with teachers that are qualified to teach them properly.
So frustrating to sit back and watch.
She's in the USA so maybe they have different laws regarding homeschooling than Canada does?