There are many reasons why I homeschool my children. There are ups and downs with homeschooling but nothing like what is going on in our public schools across the U.S. in today's world. My oldest son attended two different publics schools, kindergarten and first grade and even at this young age I liked neither school.
There were two occasions were I was called to the school. He was tapping his pencil on his desk causing a classroom disruption.(note: Why not just ask him to please stop.) And on the other, he was left alone on the playground after recess. The lunchroom worker discovered him while take out some trash. It turned out he was fine but there is always the what if….
I once had a meeting with one teacher and she informed me that she had to many children per class and when she divided her time up, she has around 2 minutes per student per day to help them one on one.
More often than I would like, I see the crime, violence and discipline not to mention safety issues that are going on in public schools. I see it on the TV, newspaper, Web etc... Recently I browsed over the internet and was shocked at what I found.
This site states that corporal punishment is routine in public schools including children being paddled, thrown to the floor, pinched, and being struck with objects such as a ruler. What bothered me about this site was the comments I read by parents sharing their story of abuse. You can read this article and the comments at Care2.com.
This site talks about the safety of children in public schools including gang violence, bullying, lack of communication which creates safety issues.
And then, she had stories of children getting arrested or suspended from school for the craziest things. Here is three stories of student arrests or being suspended:
A young girl, 17, was suspended from school for the rest of her senior year for taking her dads lunch by mistake which contained a small paring knife.
A 12-year-old girl was arrested for writing “I love my friends Abby and Faith” on her desk and another girl, 13, was handcuffed and arrested for writing “Okay” on her desk.
This 8-year-old boy drew this picture of Jesus and sent home to undergo a psychological evaluation.
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I would not trust the school systems with my child's safety or my child’s education.
