The other night, at scouts I was talking to one of the other adults about it. I even mentioned how I could scribble out something in crayon on a napkin and it would be valid and legal. Of course, I wouldn't because no employer would take that seriously.
The other parent was just floored that I could just issue my child a diploma. That I don't have to submit them to some kind of test, registration, etc.
They then brought up a question that I couldn't right off the bat give a retort to. Perhaps, because it was never posed to me before.
So these parents whose kids drop out are just being duped into getting a GED? They could just simply make up a diploma?
Well, thinking on it is yes and no. Yes, they can simply just make a diploma. No, they just can't "simply," say their child has completed high school.
They have to take inventory of the situation. What has been the teen's grades like? Have they really done enough for the parent to say they have a high school education?
Truth is most homeschooling parents genuinely care about their children upbringing and post-high school plans. Most homeschool parents are going, to be honest about their children's abilities. Most parents that are self-respecting isn't going to set their child up for failure and say their child is ready for something when they are not.
That is why registration and all that is not needed. A college, technical school, trade school is going to know relatively quickly if the young adult has received an adequate education. An employer is going to know within short order too. It will do no good for a parent to say their child received an education when they didn't.
Thankfully, another parent there, who also homeschools, was able to point out those things. This caused the parent questioning things to agree with those points -- but still can't wrap their mind how it's possible for a parent to simply issue a diploma without some kind of government oversight.
It's not just non-homeschooling parents that share these thoughts. I have heard similar thoughts from homeschooling parents in highly regulated states. States that require registration, portfolios, standardized tests, and reviews from an evaluator. They can't wrap their head around how things work in a low regulated state, such as mine.
It's simple really -- you just homeschool and educate your children like you would if you were in a highly regulated state. You just have to worry about scheduling appointment with an evaluator, building and maintaining a portfolio of your child's work, submit them to standardized tests or any other HOOPS the state might submit you too!
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