Here's MY reasoning....

[tmtashn]

There were many reasons why I homeschooled my youngest, but this is the one that was the most pressing:

"Learning... should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the mind of noble and learned men, not a conducted tour through a jail."

~~ Taylor Caldwell, English novelist

Comments

[redwolf302]

A compelling reason to be sure. I however did relish the success of doing better than the other kids in class, but that is petty of me.

[tmtashn]

If a child's learning style works in the classroom setting and he or she can excel, then certainly the competition and validation that comes with success can be joyful and exciting. Many, however, are the ones who are failing, not succeeding - and for them, there is little joy, and dread rather than excitement.

If the learning environment causes nausea, vomiting, a knot in the stomach and is anticipated with dread, not pleasure, then it is associated with such negative feelings that the process of learning itself becomes something to avoid. Since life requires ongoing learning, resistance to the process dooms those who see it as painful and wish only to put it behind them.

[redwolf302]

Mother knows best, and you are one of the best mothers.

[redwolf302]

That, she is.