Is Hubby a Traitor to His Profession?

Hubby teaches at a public high school.
And we homeschool our own children.

When we first started this journey I was a little worried, based on other people's experiences I read online, that Hubby would be seen as a traitor among his credential program professors and peers.

Shouldn't a public school teacher believe in and be invested in the success of public education?  And shouldn't that mean that he would want to trust his own kids in that system?  After all, one reason that some schools decline is because the families who care (volunteer in the class, help with and encourage homework, etc) often also have the means to pull their children out in favor of a school with a better reputation.  When they do that, you're left with a school full of only struggling students/families.

Thankfully, the few times that our homeschooling has come up among his colleagues, it hasn't become of point of contention.  We are making so much progress in this country in that other forms of education are becoming increasingly popular and seen as increasingly legitimate.

As Hubby went through the credential program and saw first-hand the inner workings and motivations of the public education system, it only cemented our convictions that homeschooling is the best option for our own children.

But that doesn't disqualify him from working in the public system.

In his own words, Hubby says:

"I'm in my profession in the hopes of making my profession obsolete.  The hope is that my students will get smarter and when they grow up and become parents, they will choose to homeschool because you can't rely on a state-run education system."

Of course, that is idealistic and unrealistic.  So he goes on to say:

"I believe in homeschool.  I think everyone should do it. But I recognize that not every parent will provide it and not every kid will receive it. Thus I do what I do to help those kids."

He teaches in public school because he believes in the importance of good education in America and thinks that he can do a lot of good for a lot of students while working within the current system.

He homeschools because he believes in the importance of good education in America and thinks that we can do a lot of good for our children by taking advantage of this wonderful alternative.