Liddle’s piece annoyed me considerably too, since on several occasions he doesn’t seem to know what he is talking about. He gets the demographics of HEors completely wrong. Most parents adopt this course of action not for some middle class objection to contents of the NC, but because school clearly has or would fail their children.

However, the homeschooling that I do is through a distance education program, part of the government’s ministry of education, and I follow the government’s school curriculum. I’ve got textbooks, coursework, and even teachers that I correspond with through email.

The good thing about homeschooling, for me, is that (a) I get to do the same schoolwork as kids going to public school, (b) I get to work at my own pace, and (c) I’m protected from much of the nasty stuff going on at the public schools. And, I get to slip in Islamic studies as well, so my Islamic education is not being neglected.

And, contrary to what many people think, no, I’m not isolated from society. I have friends and I do get to go out and do things…

For me, I love homeschooling. I’ve been doing it so long now that I don’t think I could go back to a public school, sitting in a room with a teacher droning on and on. Through homeschooling, I get to do hands-on work, my teachers give me the attention I need when I need it, and I learn many things through experience that kids at public school don’t get to learn.

So… yeah. That’s my two-cents’ worth…

And I suppose Rod Liddle views himself as working class and humble.