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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 3108468" data-attributes="member: 18914">That isn't quite correct - I am in favor of public schools, to the extent that they perform the very useful function of educating many youth who would otherwise have little to no chance of getting a decent education and thus be at a great disadvantage seeking jobs, higher eduction, etc.  However, I also freely advocate that parents where able should be encouraged, not discouraged, from considering and taking advantage of other options like home schooling, parochial schooling, etc.I am incensed by "school advocates" who pose the false dilemma that to support home-schooling or parochial school is to oppose or harm public schooling (which by the way is, effectively, the position of most major American city teacher's organizations).   I also strongly oppose much of the non-educational (i.e., other than readin', writin', 'rithmatic) but rather social indoctrination activities that schools, especially public schools, seem to conduct with increasing regularity and stridency.  I hope I have clarified my position on public schools.  I am a product of both systems by the way - I went to a mix of Catholic and Public schools in NYC.  My high school Stuyvesant High School, was one of the first of what now would be called magnet schools and I favor such schools - within the limits described.</blockquote>