It's official, Montrose-area Streetmail readers buck the national trend. While about two-thirds of the national pool felt home schooling provided a better education than public school, here at the Montrose Edition, the vote was just about split. The survey ran in 77 Streetmail editions nationwide, and 1,150 readers across the country took part. Those answering the survey elsewhere had the same concerns as local respondents about public schools. Life is not hunkering down in your home.
Life is risk taking, and life is learning to socialize with other people.
I agree that something is very wrong with our public schools, but I don't believe that home-schooling is the answer. I am now going to be a senior at a private, academically challenging college, and have had absolutely no problem adjusting. I am involved in many campus activities, including a sorority, and I have many friends. I have to say that my child, and many others with whom I am acquainted, have excelled in the Montrose public school system, and have the standardized test scores to prove it. Sometimes issues are more complex than they appear on the surface.