Anyone have a homeschool blog?

Discussion in 'Home Schooling' started by RyvreWillow, Aug 27, 2005.

  1. RyvreWillow

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    I bet if you searched on LiveJournal, you could probably find something like that!
     
  3. RainbowSquidney

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    I started to, but never got around to finishing it.

    I thought about helping my daughter start one for herself. She would love it!

    Does anyone know of a very simple, free blog page (is that what you call it?)?
    The one that I started seemed too unorganized for me. I didn't care for the set-up too much. Maybe I wasn't doing it right! :&
     
  4. Sage-Phoenix

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    livejournal :)


    Original, and perhaps best, blogging site. Stupidly simple to use. Also there are communities (cross between blogs and forums) about basically everything. So you can easily find fellow homeschoolers.
    Must warn you though, it is potentially very addictive.

    Does sound an excellent idea.
     
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    try vegsource.com and vegweb.com they both have home schooling forums. Also look on your county/towns local website. I know the one I live in has a forum
    I think you are doing the right thing. If I had little ones I would home school too.
    Good Luck.
     
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    well I have a blog, but haven't kept up with it over the summer. Guess this is as good a time as any to get back to it. It's kinda nice to keep a journal of what we are doing as an unschooling family.

    http://www.xanga.com/mosaicthreads
     
  7. squawkers7

    squawkers7 radical rebel

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    I don't have a homeschool blog but found a great one this morning
    http://www.geocities.com/rebeccawow.geo/index.html

    This mom had gone to college to become an elementary school teacher but ended up staying home to homeschool her 3 kids in Texas.
     
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    i really don't see the point in homeschooling (unless the cause is just). I think that the reason that most parents do it is either because their child is getting bullied, or if they don't think that the level of education is sufficient. My feeling is that these are not the most important aspects of schooling, rather teaching the ability to learn and to build people skills.
    I can barerly remember anything that was taught to me at school, but i'm sure that by leaving the house to attend a place of study with peers not only made me focus, but prepared me for the world of work.
    As for bullying, if the child is having a hard time and is simply removed from the problem, they will never learn how to deal with it.
    I think that the lack of simple things like sports teams that schools provide are quite damaging to the development of social skills.
    Less intelligent or worse behaved children have a negative affect on the child's learning, fact. But the proactive qualities required to overcome situations like these cannot be taught, they need to be cultured from a young age and the only way to do this is to face adversity, and more importantly, people! If you worry about the qaulity of the education, simply set regular, higher level, homework assignments as an extra curricular activity.
    it's fine if you guys don't agree, I personally don't know anyone who was homeschooled and what i have said is purely my opinion.
    I would be interested if people who have had a positive experience of homeschooling could argue its case (except for the obvious, controlling your childs learning rate) as i struggle to see any benefit
     
  9. HippyFreek2004

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    First of all, why punish your child with more homework when he/she gets home? He's put in his 7 hours. That's rude.

    Second of all, home-schooling is so far advanced now that most children DO meet up with their peers at least once a week. They can become involved in sports teams, not necessarily through a school system, but most areas provide little leagues in almost any sport.

    Another thing, the idea behind home-schooling, or rather one of them, is to let children continue learning without that herding mentality of "getting them ready for the world of work". You honestly want your child to grow up and get a job in a cubicle, kissing some CEO's ass? I think not. Home-schooled children follow a routine just as public-schooled children do, but they get more out of the time spent learning. Instead of waiting while slower children catch up to what they already know, they can continue to learn. If a child is ready to learn basic multiplication at 5 years old, who has the right to tell that child he has to wait until he's 8 years old, when every other child is ready? Why are we setting our children up to be mediocre? Why aren't we stroking the individual genius that every child possesses? Why don't we nurture their potential to be something more than just another flunky in a dead-end job, uni degree or no?

    You should maintain an open mind about the possibilities of home-schooling. Especially in the United States, where "no child is left behind" but no child is allowed to surpass the intellectual requirements of their age group, home-schooling is a welcoming breath of fresh air. Home-schooling is allowing children to become more intelligent, more productive citizens without that "yes-man" mentality that will ultimately cause generations to not get anywhere in their lives.
     
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