Description from homeschooloasis.com
This book seems a bit radical at first glance, but a quick glance at what is happening (and not happening) in our schools balances it out.
Points that impacted me most:
Parents who are willing to talk about their most private anguish will admit that their children undewent a dramatic change of attitude when they went off to school, and have ever since been “clone-like”, duplicates of their peers.
Do not blame the public school teacher of the school's issues. You need to look on the federal level.
The average homeschooled child is not spoon-fed information, but often works alone, building effective study skills, unique thinking abilities, and academic confidence.
Home educated children never learn the false idea (reinforced by institutional schooling) that they “belong” with their peers and must be dependent on them. Rather, they become closest to those who share common interests with them, no matter the age. They are equally comfortable with all age groups, because interaction with all age groups has not been stigmatized or artificially segregated.
Homeschooled kids learn how to learn.
Homeschooling is freedom from a failing institution.
Homeschool is one-on-one tutoring. This is always superior to an institutional arrangement.