Burr under my saddle

This little tirade is not directed toward those who are not homeschooling their kids and is not a bash on public schools. It is directed at the NEA. Yep, the NEA. I was just reading their annual meeting report and the synopsis is that they think that children who are homeschooled don't get an adequate education and that only state certified parents should be able to homeschool as long as we pay for it (which we do by the way, every single penny with no tax break at all), teach exactly what we are told to teach (by them of course), take all their silly tests and our children don't participate in extracurricular activities (which if our children are at such a disadvantage, you'd think they would want to "help" them all they could if they really had the kids' best interest at heart) . When I brought Nathan home to be schooled 6 years ago, his reading specialist had a fit (I do believe it had to do with her "program" being messed up but that is a different story). She thought I was doing him a terrible disservice. When I asked her point blank if she knew any homeschoolers, she admitted that she did not. As someone who is trained in the education field, this just drives me bonkers!!! If I were in their classrooms, doing what they told me to do, I would be a professional. But since I am schooling my kids at home instead, I am a fringe parent who is doing my children a disservice. Amazing. I have to go and teach now.