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My kids go to public, if we could make homeschooling work I definitely would. The public school is nothing more than a holding cell.
Isn't this how Tim Tebow did it? Phe payed ball with local school system and home school while doing mission trips with family. I'm sure this fairly common but he is the highest profile player I remember it being talked about.
You could just say large city school system. Are there any "red" large city run school system?
The amateur to pro pipeline began in the early 80s when the Coombs introduced the amateur national championship series and what would become Loretta’s. That certainly laid the groundwork.
Emig dropped out of high school to pursue professional racing. I’m pretty sure Ricky’s era was the first generation of homeschooled top amateur prospects. There just wasn’t the industry support and momentum prior to this era, but it was building.
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Along with the people who pay these so called “protesters”
Exactly...this ^^^^^^. Ask old dual citenzenship Soros to stop funding this liberal insanity and anarchy.
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What if the moto parents can't understand the curriculum?
Imagine RC trying to teach his kids a standard English curriculum? The guy can't string a coherent sentence together.
Huh?????? what are you on?
All I can say is, I am always amazed at how many kids in Ca. are not in school during school hours. Go to the tracks on any weekday and there are 10 to 15 kids riding, go to the beach and kids are buzzing up and down the boardwalk with their surfboards and their parents. Funny thing I just got back from the skatepark and there was a dozen kids out there at noon and had the homeschooling thought and how that was not a thing when I grew up.
I also had a neighbor that had 11 kids all homeschooled, super smart kids but insanely socially awkward, all eleven.
Can’t speak for the wild parents who believe home schooling the child will result in a successful pro career. With that said, my sister homeschools her kids but she was a high school teacher before she got pregnant.
From my perspective, her kids need more socialization with other children. Sports are perfect for this. On my case, I went to private school from 1-6 and then middle school and high school. I felt like I was repeating things I already knew through sophomore year in HS. Super water’d down education
I got pulled out of public school after 2nd grade, so I can't really comment on the quality of it, but I will say that private/homeschooling comes with its own set of problems.
If your gonna homeschool, you need to make sure they're learning their social skills. I know a number of kids that were homeschooled, and a lot of them are very socially awkward and/or isolated even as adults. Private school kids are more socially adept, but are also tend to be very sheltered from the world around them, and alot of people I graduated with are a bit weird and out of touch with the world around them.
While I understand a parents concern with the lack of control over what their kids are being taught in public schools, trying to shelter them too much from the real world, or forcing your own beliefs on them through home/private school can have the opposite desired affect. Part of growing up is experimenting with things they're told not to and questioning authority. If your kid feels like your trying to hide something from them, they will naturally seek it out on their own.
CA school district can help your underage children get birth control pills without your knowledge or consent. They have planned parenthood right on campus
In WA State SB 5181 (2025) removed requirements for schools to notify parents about medical services, medications, or follow-up care provided to students. WA also tried to pass a bill that allowed them to NOT NOTIFY the parents of alleged illegal activities against their children. Thank good that failed.
Some school systems have gone too far. Parents don't always have a good option.
Solid non-moto post bro...
Quite literally an inexperienced opinion.
We have a kid that home schooled and one that didn’t. My childhood friend was bullied so badly he doesn’t leave his house.
School is NOT a microcosm of anything that happens in the real world in 2026. If you think it is, you are incorrect.
The only thing I learned in high school was sex drugs and rock and roll
Home schooling has become almost like a co-op now . The participating parents put a schedule together so that they could technically still pursue a career and not use public schools. At least around this area its becoming a popular option. I think here in NY state its to get around vaccine mandates.
There is no better way of learning than one on one. That's why people hire tutors. Our son was "falling through the cracks" in elementary should in the 90's. We took him out and my wife homeschooled him to get his reading, writing and math up to speed. She did it for 2 years. It was not easy on her but it worked for him.
Same applies for motocross. I have been training riders for decades. The rate for private one on one lessons is a lot more expensive than a group class. In any kind of learning the teacher/student time is more valuable with a lower ratio. The more time the teacher can spend with the student the better.
Of course homeschooling can be manipulated, but when done correctly its a better system. Not easier, but better.
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Fair enough reasons to be concerned. I won’t claim that I have answers to it all.
Back to the original point of the thread…..
Homeschooling kids in pursuit of the moto dream became a thing about 25 years ago. I’m sure it makes sense for some kids. Specifically the ones who clearly possess natural talent and win almost everything that they enter. Still, 90 percent of them won’t make it past local A class or ever make a dime doing it. So there’s an opportunity cost associated with chasing that dream.
Almost all of the best youth athletes in the country for traditional stick and ball sports attend regular school. They don’t need to be on some sort of custom schedule to pursue their dreams. They work out in the morning, go to school, practice after school, and do homework in the evening.
Access to a track is the biggest hurdle for moto kids. So I can see where some parents think the training facility option would make sense. But if your kid can’t win the local C class when on a normal kid schedule and riding 1-2 days per week, then they probably don’t have what it takes to reach the top even with all the tools and resources available to get better.
Harsh? Maybe. But that’s life. Every athlete comes to face that reality at some point.
I was home schooled several tumes during elementary school years in the mid 70's. My mom busted her ass. She even scheduled tours of stuff like bakeries and a western union store just like a regular school might do.
Also went to small church schools, one with 4 students for half of the school year.
Current trend is a little bigger as it seems there may be structures for parents to use for curriculum . I bet it is easier for parents now with online sources.
It is not just a motocross thing.
Girlfriend runs a stable with 80 horses and 3 full time instructors. We have had a waiting list since covid. Home schooled kids have a shorter wait because they have a flexible schedule. Most days they start at 10 am, so there are plenty of them.
Marty went to Point Loma and Tommy went to Kearny about 10 miles away
20 years as a high school teacher in Stockton and Sacramento area. Never once have I been given a base curriculum from the state that leaned one way or indoctrinated students. (Obviously doesn't mean individual teachers or districts won't/don't). I just haven't seen it personally. And my politics definitely don't align with my state's leadership.
The quality of the learning is directly related to the interest (work ethic) of the student, quality of learning environment inside the classroom ( student body), and the individual teacher they have. This doesn't change with homeschooling. If a kid has those 3 things in a positive way, no matter the setting/method, they will learn.
If you live in the right area, there are some great public education options out there. Especially for college bound students. In rural areas there are still skills based trade classes that can help to introduce kids to real world skills/trades they might not have access to otherwise. Unfortunately those classes are becoming less common, but CTE pathways are becoming more widely offered that usually cater to the interest of student body for the area.
I have had many kids who moto over the years. I will say they don't tend to trend towards great students or parents who really value their educational success or learning. 🤷♀️
RC received his well earned high school diploma in 2023 from On Track School. He wanted to graduate before his twins did. RX covered RC in a cap and gown on the podium Sunday morning at Daytona kicking off the RC Amateur SX. It took RC over 6 months of hard work to get it done. Jeff Emig also graduated through On Track School.
In your opinion isn't instructor skill and attitude as important as student/instructor ratio?
Andrea Leib, my wife and Michael LEIB's mother started ON Track School in 2002. FYI Michael Lindsay graduated OTS as did Canard, Peick, Malcolm Stuart, Shimoda, Deegan and many more. We currently have over 500 students and hold graduation and prom at Loretta Lynn's since 2008. Many of our students race moto but we've grown in other sports as well. Equestrian barrel racing, carting, BMX, surfing just to name a few.
There is no way you can convince me that the way social studies, history, or civics classes are presented are not biased or lean one way politically. Some of the omissions and stresses from this curriculum is blatant. At the risk of going political or attacking your profession you can assume the details and examples of which they are countless. Current history taught to children is merely fables produced to fit today's political agendas.
I teach government/economics and AP government/economics in California. So I can only speak to that. If you look at the state standards for those subjects and find/show evidence of students being pushed towards ideological views then I guess you are 100% correct. I personally don't think the actual standards do. There are no national standards states have to follow other than AP classes for history: here is a link to what is taught in AP government https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-us-government-and-polit…
And yes I am sure there are teachers who bend those standards to promote a political agenda. But the standards themselves are pretty benign and focus on critical thinking and basic understanding. Whether or not they are presented that way is up to the individual teacher. And yes there are pretty shitty people at their jobs out there.
The same can be said about home schooling.
I have a family member that pulled her kids out of public school because she wanted to have greater influence over what her kids were being taught. This very same family member doesn’t know her butt from a hole in the ground and has the critical thinking skills of a squirrel.
The home schooling only lasted for a year because the parents didn’t want to put the work into making sure the kids were staying on track. So the next logical solution was to take the two teenage kids out of the school/community that they grew up in, in an already very conservative area, and move to an extremely rural area devoid of anyone who thinks even the slightest bit different from them. Additionally, the school didn’t even participate in the main sport that the kids played. So that structure and ambition was completely ripped away as well.
The goal is to protect their kids. But they instead are going to completely rob their children of any ability to develop critical thinking skills prior to adulthood and pass on the stubbornness that has plagued the family for generations up to this point.
Not my monkeys or my circus, but it’s the same train wreck waiting to happen over and over again simply due to stubbornness. Meanwhile, I have to sit at the dinner table at every family get together and listen to people complain about how difficult life is and how stupid everyone else is.
And this is all coming from someone who is a Christian and a conservative.
I cannot disagree with you. But perhaps parents have more rights to their own kids than bureacrats.
I’d say taking your kids out of public school is a form of protest.
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