I can sort of see where the government is coming from. Its fairly difficult to ensure kids are getting enough education from within their own homes, so I can understand where the government might be coming from, but I see two problems with their actions:

1. A degree is one of the lesser important things when it comes to actual teaching.
2. From what I've seen, homeschooled children tend to do better than non-homeschooled children on average. Certainly better than most public schools.

I might understand legislation requiring one of the parents to have a high school degree or equivalent, that might actually be a good idea. But teaching degrees for the most part don't teach one how to teach in general, but rather how to teach to a varied, unfamiliar student body in a classroom setting, none of which is present in your typical home school.

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