Couple that went from 42,000$ a year to 6,500$ | Page 2 | General Homesteading Discussion | Forums

We discussed this as a family... we are all focused on something.. I work in IT and know that and business, my wife was a math major, etc. How much do you think your elementary, middle, or high school teacher learned? They have a certificate or degree on *how to teach* different kids, not necessarily have studied and reflect on algebraic theory, for example. Those are more college level discussions and when homeschooling you can use curriculum that will rival anything they will learn in school and can be taught in much less time.

Now if you live out in the country, don't expose your kids to math, science, etc. then they won't get very far. The goal in homeschooling, from my perspective, is to teach your kids to learn and teach themselves. I will consider myself a success if my kids don't rely on me to teach them everything and read a book, watch a video, take an online class, etc. to learn something that is beyond our scope. Then you have created a life-long learner, not someone trying to absorb information to regurgitate on a test.