The experiences of this person do not shock or even appall me anymore, they just make me sad and angry.

I was not homeschooled very briefly but I did attend in a school district that, at the time, was considered in the top two or three in the nation and you know what? We had homeschoolers. They have never not been about religious indoctrination, and that religious indoctrination has always been more important than education or socialization. ALWAYS. Homeschooling first gained traction as an alternative to desegregation, grew under James Dobson and the Moral Majority and exploded under the End Times dipshittery of Tim LaHaye and company and as the rise of charter schools and the deprivation of public schools hit full steam, normie parents could squint at it and go "maybe" but there has never not been a time when homeschooling wasn't about white Christian nationalism.

Here's a different perspective:

“What do you mean, ‘woke’?” I ask.

She opens her mouth. Half-words and phrases stumble and tumble around. A few talking points from news sources fall out. Finally, she sighs. “I don’t know. Just tell me again what you write.”

See, kids, back when the Jesusfreaks were ascendant they could guide their flock clearly and easily. They were against communism, homosexuals, premarital sex, women's libbers, drugs and godlessness and everyone was aligned. Fast forward 40 years and:

- Communism has been dead 30 years and Socialism is that thing that meant your aunt in Denmark didn't have to pay for her cancer treatment

- Homosexuals give you fashion tips

- Marriage has cratered, without premarital sex there'd be no sex

- Households cannot function without two incomes

- Marijuana has been legalized in 40 of 50 states and nobody is into recreational fentanyl

- The only time religious leaders make the news anymore is because of graft or scandal

"we are against 'woke'" works for just long enough to wonder what 'woke' is and discover that there aren't actually catboxes at kindergarten. The old rallying cries of the conservatives were about "we want to live differently" while the new ones are basically "we reserve the right to hate everyone loudly and violently" and there's less room in that tent. IT AIN'T EMPTY - far from it. but there are a lot more people filtering out than filtering in.

"Liberal educator discovers what a shitshow homeschooling is" feels pretty good to the lefties, I'm sure but holy fucking shit it's got nuthin' on the past. And in the present? This is a story about home-schooling parents trying to validate their culture and failing.

That's nothing but good news.