Culture And Controversy In The Homeschooling Movement

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According to Rachel E Coleman's article "Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement" homeschooling started in the 1970's it began when an educational theorist named John Holt argued that public schools cause rote learning. He also argued that sitting in a public school all day created an oppressive learning environment. I have to personally agree with Holt's argument. My father teaches at a middle school and I sometimes go to the school to help around so I can have volunteer hours. My father is an art teacher at the middle school however, art is suppose to be the happiest class ever but it seems like when the students come to his class they are so drained. Doing math, science, social studies, and English before