"Certainly the failure rate among schoolchildren is far higher than homeschoolers. If 'failure to educate' means child neglect or even child abuse, well then, I'll tell you what, plenty of our schools are in big trouble."
(David Guterson - Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense)
“Certainly the failure rate among schoolchildren is far higher than homeschoolers. If ‘failure to educate’ means child neglect or even child abuse, well then, I’ll tell you what, plenty of our schools are in big trouble.” (David Guterson – Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense) by
“We kill, not only [ children’s ] curiosity, but their feeling that it is a good and admirable thing to be curious, so that by the age of ten most of them will not ask questions, and will show a good deal of scorn for the few who do.” (John Holt, How Children Fail)
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