"Children can be educated at home, starting with teaching good manners. One day I visited a teacher's house; she had three children and not one of them, nor the teacher herself, was capable of saying good morning, even though she was expecting me. I believe a greeting—a simple hello—is already the foundation of a good education. Knowing how to read is so you don't fall into a hole; knowing how to add is so you don't lose your salary. I think government schooling is just a way for parents to pay for something they themselves are incapable of doing: educating, because 'teaching' is something else entirely."
"Children can be educated at home, starting with teaching good manners. One day I visited a teacher's house; she had three children and not one of them, nor the teacher herself, was capable of saying good morning, even though she was expecting me. I believe a greeting—a simple hello—is already the foundation of a good education. Knowing how to read is so you don't fall into a hole; knowing how to add is so you don't lose your salary. I think government schooling is just a way for parents to pay for something they themselves are incapable of doing: educating, because 'teaching' is something else entirely."