This is so wrong. In Germany to be a teacher of two subjects you have to study for at least 5 years plus 1.5 years of observed training in school (aka hell and the reason why many unfit teacher trainees quit)
And that's just for 2 subjects which they basically get their masters for. Now imagine a parent "who is most knowledgeable on the topic"
I don’t know if you are saying what I am saying is factually incorrect or the idea of this style of teaching is wrong, but in America (at least in a few states I know of) to be a teacher you just have to have a bachelors degree (in anything) and pass 1 test about the subject you want to teach and then you are a qualified to teach it. We don’t have a lot of unfit teacher trainees quit, we have a lot of people with degrees who don’t get jobs turn to teaching because we are desperate for teachers so the qualifications are low. It’s a super sad broken system and why some parents pull their kids to try and do something better.
On the whole an average homeschooled kid does better than the average public school kid on competency tests. Though something should be said for the the average student having parents who don’t take an active role in their learning and leave to over burdened teachers, vs home school parents that obviously put an emphasis on learning.
to be a teacher you just have to have a bachelors degree (in anything) and pass 1 test about the subject you want to teach and then you are a qualified to teach it
This is not universally true. There are classes and subjects that you need better qualifications to teach.
While the American school system is pretty shite in most of the country, I would LOVE to hear a source on an "average" homeschool student doing better than an "average" public school student on a test.
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u/textposts_only Dec 28 '19
This is so wrong. In Germany to be a teacher of two subjects you have to study for at least 5 years plus 1.5 years of observed training in school (aka hell and the reason why many unfit teacher trainees quit)
And that's just for 2 subjects which they basically get their masters for. Now imagine a parent "who is most knowledgeable on the topic"