You don't think that being in a learning environment alongside peers...

...throughout the formative years, during which time kids learn to operate in groups/teams and develop their problem-solving skills, is a good system? Unless the way corporate America does business is also going to change, I think sending kids to sit in an expensive building for 6-8 hours a day is probably pretty good preparation for their careers.

In response to this post by HokieNoVA

Posted: 02/27/2018 at 2:11PM

Will Home Schooling children rise because of recent events? -- darnellm 02/27/2018 11:36AM

My Daughter a Hokie Grad and my son in law -- okiehokie1 02/27/2018 10:00PM

Homeschooling isn’t for everyone. -- YardBird 02/27/2018 3:56PM

I wish I had homeschooled my youngest. -- GFallsFan 02/27/2018 3:43PM

Maybe, but public school is more about babysitting than education now. -- Naelbis 02/27/2018 1:45PM

There is an enormous range of quality among public schools -- BB Hokie 02/27/2018 2:54PM

^This +1000 ** -- RTFC 02/27/2018 2:58PM

This is why we decided to homeschool -- Burruss Writer 02/27/2018 2:48PM

Congratulations, you are doing homeschooling right. ** -- Naelbis 02/27/2018 2:50PM

I can certianly appreciate your situation below... -- Burruss Writer 02/27/2018 3:04PM

The Dual parenting affordability argument is a crock -- darnellm 02/27/2018 1:58PM

Depends on how people want to live. -- Naelbis 02/27/2018 2:13PM

Counter: have people stopped going to movie theaters, outdoor concerts, -- Hokie360 02/27/2018 1:05PM

No. ** -- Hokie Bird 94 02/27/2018 11:50AM

Online courses ** -- HokieDan95 02/27/2018 11:45AM

Online schools are the future (not B&M), maybe this speeds things up. ** -- HokieNoVA 02/27/2018 12:17PM

Hope not. People will retreat further into their bubbles; social -- ModerateHokie 02/27/2018 12:21PM

No kidding. That is a scary but real problem. -- MP4VT2004 02/27/2018 12:37PM

Very true, we already have a generation that cannot have a face to face -- fordham 02/27/2018 2:24PM

Isn't that just a sign that the current system is broken? -- HokieNoVA 02/27/2018 12:48PM

You don't think that being in a learning environment alongside peers... -- MP4VT2004 02/27/2018 2:11PM

Dogs and cats, mass hysteria, etc. ** -- HokieNoVA 02/27/2018 12:36PM

Definitely made us think more about private school ** -- ModerateHokie 02/27/2018 11:41AM

Not immune but -- YardBird 02/27/2018 11:54AM

You don't think that being in a learning environment alongside peers...

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