average american adult wont have above a 6th grade reading level, and as far as math goes it isnt good either.. I m not sayin that parents cant, if they are dedicated they can but like kdx says many of hte parents fit into two categories! It would take a ton of work the become half as proficient as those who teach at any school I attended
The fact of the matter is that right now the average american adult has a higher reading level than the average highschool graduate nationwide.
And as for math you've GOT to be kidding me. Most public school kids can't do a thing without a calculator or a computer...
Public schools don't care about the individual kids. They care about the numbers and the moneys. For example: According to the school system my 8 year old son would probably be considered for special ed since he struggles with his reading. If they can enroll him in special-ed classes they can get more funding from the government. If they really wanted him to read they would bring back "Phonics" which was removed from the school systems years ago thanks to a bunch of liberal whackos that are also responsible for removing the practice of "holding back" or failing kids that simply didn't learn the required material. This is why there are high school graduates that can't read proficiently.
Another example: Bussing - The practice of bussing kids across town to maximize federal funding through "Integration". Wow, what a crock, I won't even get started on that one...
One of the beauties of homeschool is that we can work 1-on-1 with our kids to keep them at or above the "accepted" level all the way across the board but let them excel in their stronger areas. My 8 yo son might not read as well as he could but he is a mechanical genious and that would never be recognized in the assembly line of the public system. How many 8 year olds do you know that understand a Toyota transfer case? Most adults don't... To me that gives him a jump on an engineering career or something in a related field and he can work on his reading in the mean time.
No, homeschool is not for everyone, but it is nowhere near as hard as people are lead to believe. I am a welder fabricator with some training in engineering so I did not "know it all". By studying curriculums and materials for the education of my children I have recieved quite an education myself.
I, for one, don't need my children indoctrinated with the garbage left-wing crap that is being taught in many of todays school systems.