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To: tejek who wrote (392724)	6/19/2008 7:48:27 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576923

Ted, > I said that parents teaching their kids may not have the background. I figure a lot of the "background" necessary for professional teachers involve having to deal with many different types of students in many different situations. Homeschoolers only have to worry about their own children and their own unique needs, which of course a parent would (should?) be well-equipped to deal with. Also, I don't think it takes a masters degree to bring kids up to at least a sixth grade level of education. Heck, if you can read a newspaper, which is written at an eighth-grade level, you can get your own kids to almost that level. The problem you are seeing as an aspiring teacher stems from parents treating public schools as virtual day care centers. It's the exact opposite of homeschooling. IMO, you as a teacher are expected to be the parent that the parents can't be. Multiply that by the number of students you have to see every day, and I doubt that even a salary of $200K/year would make your job rewarding enough. Tenchusatsu