Depends on how people want to live.

I grew up poor with a single earner income and was home-schooled until I forced my parents to let me go to high school my sophomore year because I couldn't self teach anymore. I am still recovering from the social, technological and financial skills deficit at 37. I have nothing against home schooling in general, but living like paupers to do it can put your kids way behind the curve in modern society.

In response to this post by darnellm

Posted: 02/27/2018 at 2:13PM

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

Depends on how people want to live.

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