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Originally posted by randyvs
As I said our boy is home today and I can't wait til tomorrow when I get to tell the school why their curriculum sucks. As we put him in home schooling.
Originally posted by Neysa
reply to post by frazzle
Excellent thread, frazzle.
I just wanted to add my 2 cents.
My daughter has been attending an online school for the last three and a half years. I'm sure it's not going to be for everyone, but she is thriving. Online schooling is the best of both worlds for us.
She is getting the state approved curriculum, taught one on one with a certified teacher. That's great because I received a crappy education and algebra makes my brain bleed.
Her school is state accredited in case she chooses to go to university. We can call or message her teacher or adviser 24/7.
But
We can schedule her classes anytime we want to.
We can go to the history museum and she gets credit for that. We go to the art gallery and she gets art credit. There is so much more to being educated than being able to sit in a classroom quietly and memorize a textbook so you can pass the tests.
I wish I had more time to post but I have to scoot.
I'll be back tomorrow.
Originally posted by chrisbobson
reply to post by frazzle
At first blush home schooling has lots of appeal. But parents could not sustain the requisite effort and children need to be away from parents. School socializes children and there are ups and downs to that. But on balance, the ups win.
Originally posted by hadriana
My son has been homeschooled most of his life - he's 17 now.
Really the socialization issue has not been a big deal until the last couple of years. A LOT of kids go back to high school after being homeschooled through puberty.
We had a very active homeschool group and he always had lots of friends both in the group and the neighborhood.
The last couple of years have been rough though.
If I had it to do over, I'd probably send him to high school in the 9th grade. Of course, I was going to do that, but we went down to the school to donate a few thousand I'd won for them, and it looked and felt like a prison. Then they were just SO rude. I was there to try to give them MONEY and they - the staff- were rude! They never sent a thank you note either. lol If I had to do it over, I'd have given it to another school. lol
So anyway, my son had went with me, and after being yelled at by the principal- that had NO authority over him at all -for having long hair, begged me not to send him there.
Originally posted by Cancerwarrior
I think one of the big myths of home-schooling is that your parents become teachers. I was home-schooled all throughout junior high and it is much more like teaching yourself. You must be able to pick up a book, learn the material and apply it on your own on the test. I love my mom to death, but if she was my teacher I would probably be really dumb. I think this is why most kids that are home-schooled tend to score much higher than public school kids.
Also there are many more ways to get social interaction than sending your kid off to spend 8 hours a day with a bunch of hoodlums. My family was active in the church youth group, as well as giving me piano lessons and taking hunting/fishing trips with family and friends. Not to mention I had my friends from around the neighborhood where I lived to hang out with.edit on 9-1-2013 by Cancerwarrior because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by frazzle
Originally posted by Cancerwarrior
I think one of the big myths of home-schooling is that your parents become teachers. I was home-schooled all throughout junior high and it is much more like teaching yourself. You must be able to pick up a book, learn the material and apply it on your own on the test. I love my mom to death, but if she was my teacher I would probably be really dumb. I think this is why most kids that are home-schooled tend to score much higher than public school kids.
Also there are many more ways to get social interaction than sending your kid off to spend 8 hours a day with a bunch of hoodlums. My family was active in the church youth group, as well as giving me piano lessons and taking hunting/fishing trips with family and friends. Not to mention I had my friends from around the neighborhood where I lived to hang out with.edit on 9-1-2013 by Cancerwarrior because: (no reason given)
Why were you pulled out of school just for junior high? Did you go back to public school for your high school years?
I think the will to pick up a book and learn from it goes for people in school, at home, or 90 years old in a nursing home. In that respect we're all self-taught and as long as we keep picking up books (or hanging out at ATS and other sites ) we'll keep right on learning.
Originally posted by Cancerwarrior
Originally posted by frazzle
Originally posted by Cancerwarrior
I think one of the big myths of home-schooling is that your parents become teachers. I was home-schooled all throughout junior high and it is much more like teaching yourself. You must be able to pick up a book, learn the material and apply it on your own on the test. I love my mom to death, but if she was my teacher I would probably be really dumb. I think this is why most kids that are home-schooled tend to score much higher than public school kids.
Also there are many more ways to get social interaction than sending your kid off to spend 8 hours a day with a bunch of hoodlums. My family was active in the church youth group, as well as giving me piano lessons and taking hunting/fishing trips with family and friends. Not to mention I had my friends from around the neighborhood where I lived to hang out with.edit on 9-1-2013 by Cancerwarrior because: (no reason given)
Why were you pulled out of school just for junior high? Did you go back to public school for your high school years?
I think the will to pick up a book and learn from it goes for people in school, at home, or 90 years old in a nursing home. In that respect we're all self-taught and as long as we keep picking up books (or hanging out at ATS and other sites ) we'll keep right on learning.
I was pulled out at 5th grade because my grandmother (who lived out of state) got cancer and my mom had to take care of her. It was easier instead of enrolling me in a public school for an unknown period of time. That reason and because home schooling was gaining popularity in the early 90's. But I wanted to play sports when I got to high school and home schooling does not offer any competitive sports. All in all though I'm glad those few years I did it. I learned how to learn in that period of time. Something the public schools don't teach nowadays IMO.