The Secular Case for Home Schooling

A topic close to my heart even though I’m not (yet, insha Allah) a parent: The Secular Case for Home Schooling by Diana West (never heard of this journo before, my apologies if she has a bad reputation among Muslims). [Hat tip: Ladies Against Feminism – this is a Christian site by the way.] The commentator finds that she could not teach her children less than they learned at a public school in Maryland.

(I’ve got strong feelings about schools, because I didn’t have too good an experience in the system – I think they are overrated, that they are often bully traps and they expose children to too many bad influences. It particularly annoys me when I hear teachers complaining about parents taking their children out of school for a while for a trip ‘back home’ to India or Bangladesh, because they miss out on “education” even though they gain valuable life experience. I make it clear to any inquiring marriage partner that I prefer home schooling if no Islamic school is available.)