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One of the primary reasons that many parents are choosing to home school their children is because popular culture is full of confusing and contradictory assumptions and truisms that many parents reject. For this reason, many parents have started to view home schooling as a wonderful opportunity in which they are able to teach their children the philosophy and message that they find in their world view. Many of these parents want their children to hold wise, knowledgeable people as their heroes, not those whom the modern world has chosen to place in the spotlight. These parents want their children to be well aware of what is harmful to not only them, but also that which is harmful to future generations as well. These parents truly desire to produce disciplined children who are focused upon doing what is right and good, regardless of any personal sacrifices that the children must make in order to see this happen.
Parents who choose to home school are providing their children with an excellent academic preparation from which their children will be able to build the character that they will need in order to fulfill their full potential in life. These parents are also directing their energy toward other less tangible objectives as well. They are installing within their children those ideas which they believe are good for society in general. These are ideas which these parents truly wish to pass onto future generations. Three of these main ideas are concepts that most people can truly appreciate. First there is the concept that reading good literature will not only feed a person's mind, but it will also feed's a person's soul and spirit as well. Yet, this idea does not stop there since good literature also teaches people how to think since it provides them with a wealth of knowledge about people, history, culture, and so much more. Secondly, there is the idea that writing and speaking with a purpose serves to help sharpen the mind. Thirdly, it is important to remember that children between the ages of 12 and 19 years old are being prepared for adulthood. Remember that the dictionary states its definition of adult as a grown person who is able to gladly undertake certain responsibilities, and keep them, without complaining.
For these various reasons which have just been stated, parents who are choosing to home school oftentimes do so because in the past they have found themselves wondering who has the right to teach things which they reject. Many of these parents would not even hesitate to argue with you if you stated that the government had the right to remove children from their parent's home to teach them all to think alike, in the name of political correctness. Some of these parents would even go so far as to argue that this is socialism.
Of course the majority of these parents will also openly and gladly admit that home schooling is not for everyone. That is why they strongly believe that it will always remain important that educators continue to develop a curriculum which is customized to meet a child's individual learning styles, talents and interests, for the heart of this debate truly states that children must be given the opportunity, and the freedom, to pursue their individual fascinations both at home and in school.
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