In Bitter Lessons, a quote by Mary Foley (a mother of four who homeschools her children) really hit home with me, and I agree with it completely. What do you think?

"If we are not free to educate our children, our liberty is an illusion. I do not have a curriculum. I have never used one... The state does not have the power to standardize children. My education philosophy precludes the use of a curriculum. My method has been successful enough to produce a daughter who is a member of the National Honor Society and twin sons who... tested in the top 1 percent on a national placement test for two consecutive years. The priorities of our curriculum are daydreaming, natural and social sciences, self-discilpine, respect of self and others, and making mistakes."

I agree partly with what she says. I believe that some things should be standardized. There are certain things that each child must learn. If we do not have a curriculum and some type of standardization some children may not learn the things they should learn but only what their teachers "think" they should know.