fundamental beliefs

In The Bias Against Homeschool Posted by Rachael Brownell (Redsy), the writer mentions that the bias against homeschooling relates ...

to a fundamental belief that children should be educated in a classroom, along with their peers, though clearly the days of the peaceful one-room schoolhouse, or effective public school are more or less long gone.

The phrase fundamental belief really caught my eye. I want to linger on it awhile.

The word fundamental in this case can be best defined as profound, or being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"

So in other words the belief that children belong in a classroom instead of in the home is profound, ingrained, fundamental and rudimentary. This would mean that putting a child in the classroom is a natural and basic thing to do... that a child is as inclined to belong in a classroom is as natural as their urge to walk and talk.

But there's nothing natural about taking a child from a parent who can actually teach them and making learning difficult in a classroom situation full of distractions and frustrated teachers...is there?

To make things worse, if you look up the word fundamental belief, what you will find are references to fundamental religious beliefs.

Am I the only person sensing an oxymoron here?

So if it is a fundamental belief that children should be in classroom settings, shouldn't they also be exposed to fundamental beliefs?

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