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RE: WHAT!?!?! You Want to Educate YOUR OWN CHILD!?!?!? *GASP*! (Navigating Unschooling in Japan)
I believe in unschooling (homeschooling) or letting your child(ren) decide what they are interested in. The public or government school system is skewed to produce unhappy drones. I remember as a teenager how many of my age group were sort of wandering around wondering what they should do next. They would not be able to think outside the box if their lives depended on it (and I am a lot older than you). People have no business butting into what you do inside your family unit just like they have no business poking around your domain (home).
I was raised in the public school system and had all the creativity and curiosity beat out of me very early on. It didn't help my parents were Chinese and further beat into me about why education is everything and if you don't study hard in school, you'll just be a bum on the streets. I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and I'm dumber now than ever. My application to any real world situation is terrible and yes, I can't think outside the box.
I have a kid now and seriously considering homeschooling.
So sorry you had this terrible experience. Now you can go ahead and decide for yourself what you would like to learn. You can "unlearn" what you were taught. I did. And yes, look into homeschooling. You won't regret it.